Conservation Keyline Desert Ranch This video is about Keyline soil restoration on a desert ranch in Northern Mexico. Keyline “flood-flow” channels are combined with Keyline contour ripping between “flood-flow” channels. Both channels and rip patterns are on contours established by drone survey and laser transit. Disturbed soil has been seeded. Regrowth following 6-inches (150
Cattle Higher Cattle Prices Here, More To Come, Rebuilding Yet To Begin “Good news for the folks who produce the beef Americans love. Beef producers have been suffering for years. NOTE: this article was originally published to Livestock Weekly on August 2, 2023. It was written by By Colleen Schreiber. — For more posts like this, in your inbox weekly – sign up for
"Invasion Biology" Markets for Conservation: Reining in the Wild Horse Crisis There are more wild horses and burros on the public landscape allotted to them than that range can sustain. Beautiful as they are, these animals are degrading the range and they compete for water and forage with other wildlife. The result of too many horses on too little range is
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 8/8/2023 Mitigating wildfires with wild horses. Redefining recovery of grizzly bears. And more...
Conservation Keyline in the Desert 2-Years Later With 78 Mm of Rain in the Year 2022 Below is an interesting video showing the results of Keyline treatment 2-years later, after 3 inches of rainfall. Although the video is in Spanish, the results of the area that was treated, and the area that was not treated, are evident. <span style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow:
Bio-Diversity Redefining "Recovery" of Grizzly Bears Here is the position of those who say that the definitions governing Grizzly Bear recovery should be expanded. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on January 18, 2021
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 8/1/2023 History of horses in America. Prescribed burn in New Mexico almost goes wrong. The role of ruminants in the environment. And more...
Bio-Diversity The American Heritage of Wild Horses As discussed in the article below, horses DID NOT arrive in the Americas around 1492: They were already there. Horses evolved in the Americas; horses did not exist anywhere else before 17,000 years ago. Therefore, even under the bogus timelines and definitions of invasive species “biology”, horses’ presence in
"Invasion Biology" The Role of Ruminants in Environmental Health An excellent video from the Savory Center for Holistic Management, in Zimbabwe. The thinking described is largely missing from the management of our public ranges, forests, and national parks, even though ALL the physiological elements described apply within every environment.
Bears Bears and Roosevelt Elk on Vancouver Island Roosevelt’s Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) – is the largest elk in body size – but not antler size – of all elk subspecies. Mature bulls weigh from 700-1200 lbs with very rare large bulls weighing more. Roosevelt’s geographic range includes temperate rainforests of the Pacific Northwest, extending to parts of northern
wildfire control US Forest Service Burn Started Wildfire That Nearly Reached Los Alamos, New Mexico, Agency Says As reported below, another prescribed burn went out of control in New Mexico with very bad results. Plenty of folks are up in arms about how these burns are conducted, but none seem to question the “science” that justifies these fires in the first place. Our friend Allan Savory – the
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 7/25/2023 Is the planet really hotter than it has ever been? Bill Kerr leaves a massive legacy. Bighorn battle for supremacy. And more...
record heat 2023 Is the Planet Really Hotter Than It Has Ever Been? As discussed in the article below, “Actual temperature records from NOAA’s Global and United States Historical Climatology Networks (GHCN & USHCN) date back to 1895.For the lower 48 U.S. states, where the majority of stations with the longest records are located, NOAA’s data shows that it
Bighorn The Epic Battle for Female of the Rocky Mountains Bighorn Sheep “Bighorn rams fight for herd dominance in this great video. NOTE: this video was originally published to NationalGeographic.co.uk on November 13, 2017 https://sire-ngcuk-pmd.fichub.com/mpx/FIC_SIRE_Natgeo/270/112/The_Epic_Battle_for_Female_of_the_Rocky_Mountains_Bighorn_Sheep~~110066~~~en~~~1_uk_134504517262_
Conservation Kerr, the Man Behind Jackson Hole's National Museum of Wildlife Art As discussed in the article below, “Art portraying wild animals of the American West had been created since artists trailed early explorers and exploiters into the region. But there was something about the subjects being animals that made it less than serious in the wider world of art. The work
"Invasion Biology" Fishing and Managing Idaho Alpine Lakes Very few high mountain lakes had fish before stocking began in the 1940s. NOTE: this post originally was published to this site on December 29, 2020
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 7/18/2023 Partnerships that protect habitat. Let's talk about wolf predation. Poison use quadruples. And more...
Bio-Diversity Regulators, Landowners Form Habitat Protection Partnership As discussed in the article below, it is ESSENTIAL that public forest managers and the private landowners that border them work collaboratively. This needs to happen in the Greater Yellowstone area. NOTE: this article was originally published to APNews.com on March 23, 2023. It was written by John Flesher.
"Wolves" Watch Rare Mexican Wolf Pups Meet Their Wild Foster Families “Cross fostering” Mexican Wolves for reintroductions and to increase genetic diversity. NOTE: this video was originally published to NationalGeographic.co.uk on May 5, 2018. https://sire-ngcuk-pmd.fichub.com/mpx/NGP_NatGeo_GS/857/768/mexican-wolf-puppy-cross-foster-animals_UK2~~~~~uk~mux~~1_195244613270_mp4_video_1920x1080_4000000_primary_audio_eng_6.mp4
"Wolves" Let’s Tell the Truth About Wolf Predation “As discussed below, actual livestock deaths from wolf predation are few, and greatly exaggerated. NOTE: this article was originally published to JHNewsandGuide.com. It was written by Story Warren, of Writers on the Range. The return of wolves to the West has always been contentious, and the deaths last fall
Brush Bad News for Wildlife and Habitat: Use of Vietnam-Era Plant Poison More Than Quadruples The Wall Street Journal, arguably one of the most respected newspapers in the country, has swallowed the Kool-Aid, or, in this case, the 2-4-D. If readers were to accept this piece at face value, they would come to the conclusion that it is reasonable for the agrochemical giants to push
Beavers The Incredible Hulik and His Beavers Biologist Tomas Hulik spent more than 300 days and nights in the wild riverine forest along the river March, separating Slovakia and Austria. After that, Rachel, the matron of this beaver territory, allowed him to watch the daily routine and dramatic adventures of her family of five at close range.
"Invasion Biology" The Late Pleistocene of the Mojave Desert, the Peopling of the Americas, and Terminal Pleistocene Extinctions “As discussed in the paper below, recent discoveries indicate that humans arrived in North America thousands of years earlier than previously thought. If so, this earlier dating of the beginning of human hunting of American wildlife would explain the human role in the catastrophic loss of wildlife known as the
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 7/11/2023 Using prescribed burns and wild horses to prevent wildfire.
Biodiversity Breaking the Code on the Invisible Fenceline “Someday soon, a workable livestock grazing collar – such as what is described in the article below – will transform restorative grazing practices. NOTE: this article was originally published to Onland.WesternLandowners.org on April 18, 2023. It was written by Matthew Collins. Virtual fencing is increasing in popularity around the West
