According to the article below, which repeats claims of CNN, beavers change climate. This is not correct. Global climate has been warming for at least 15,000 years. Because climate has warmed, the habitable area […]
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Who Liked Hurricane Sandy? These Tiny, Endangered Birds
As discussed below, barrier islands are very subject to storm “damage”, which change habitats from one year to the next. The species that inhabit them are adapted to these changes, and decline without them.
Read morePitchstone Waters’ “Chiveros”
This video is about Pitchstone Waters’ “Chiveros” – Spanish for goat herders. This team of Peruvian goat herders and their dogs have raised herding to an art. Pitchstone Waters “Chiveros” from Christopher Gill on […]
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Park Service, Forest Service Agree to Supplement Bison Management Plan
Imagine if bison were added to deer, elk, moose and pronghorn as migratory animals coming and going from Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, and the millions of acres of public land surrounding them. […]
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Culling of Bucks Doesn’t Lead To Bigger Bucks, Research Says
Western wildlife agency elk and deer managers should read this article. For 40 years, culling, the removal of “inferior” bucks from deer herds, has been a bedrock principle and practice in Texas deer “management.” […]
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Artificial Beaver Dams Are Catching on in Idaho
How and why to build artificial beaver dams. Any property with small streams should consider these. The authors say, “We visited two very different streams in Idaho to learn how beaver dam-like structures can […]
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Wolf Species Rebounds in Southwest, Angering Ranchers
The success of the Mexican gray wolf reintroductions is great news. Limited wolf hunting would change wolf behavior, making wolves less of a nuisance, according to ranchers quoted in the article below. Wolf advocates should get […]
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Re-introducing Beaver on the Escalante River Watershed in Utah
An excellent explanation of the importance of beaver to any watershed.
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How to Tell Black Bears from Grizzly Bears
“Is this bear photographed at Pitchstone Waters a black bear or a grizzly bear? Read below and then say which.”
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Bear and Wolf on Fall River in Idaho
We left this camera up all winter. So we have photos from October through June. We asked the experts… What kind of bear? Is this a wolf or a big coyote? Their response is below. […]
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