Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 3/5/2024 The “villain de jour” is the Black Vulture. The case for destroying old forest roads. Bears at play on Pitchstine Waters ranch. And more.
"Invasion Biology" USDA Wildlife Services--Black Vulture, Wolf Predation At the recent American Sheep Industry Association annual convention, those attending the resource management council and policy forum heard an update from USDA-Wildlife Services.
Bio-Diversity Black Vultures Are Good for the Environment Bird park aviculturist, Kat, joins us to tell us about one of the most “misunderstood” birds in the animal kingdom, the Black Vulture.
Brush The Case for Destroying Old Forest Roads Can Destroying Old Roads Point the Way to a More Sustainable Future?
game cameras Griz Bites Camera “At Pitchstone Waters bears are constantly chewing up cameras and drinker float valves. For them its a form of play. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on July 4, 2021.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 2/27/2024 A popular weed killer making Americans sick. Can non-native large animals be good for habitat? Using cows to rebuild soil after a century of tillage. And more.
Paraquat Is This Popular Weed Killer Making Americans Sick? This weed killer is banned in 58 countries. U.S. workers say it’s giving them Parkinson’s. Despite health concerns, paraquat continues to be a popular herbicide in California and other parts of the United States. Some hope to see it banned.
Bio-Diversity REGENERATIVE GRAZING: Using Cows to Rebuild Soil After a Century of Tillage. This episode shares the story of Stephen Brass of Walnut Grove Brass Family Farm in Stillman Valley, Illinois, and how he successfully transitioned his 160 acre farm from a chemical intensive, commodity crop operation to a regenerative 100% grass-fed beef operation.
"Invasion Biology" Functional Traits - Not Nativenes - Shape the Effects Of Large Mammalian Herbivores on Plant Communities Large mammalian herbivores (megafauna) have experienced extinctions and declines since prehistory.
Bio-Diversity Fuel, Fire, and Wild Horses Wildfire continues to devastate the American West at increasing rates. As this video is posted, wildfires are burning across more than 768,000-acres of land in twelve Western states, and 500,000-acres in Canada. Ten fires are in Idaho, which has been under a smoke cloud for days. According to
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 2/20/2024 Is Arctic ice actually melting? Forests and farms are not multually exclusive. Biodiversity and holistic management. And more.
Climate UN Says Melting Arctic Ice is a Key Indicator of Climate Change—But It's Not Melting Climate policy based on an assumed relationship between CO2 and Arctic ice levels is problematic, say scientists.
Bio-Diversity Amazing 23-Year-Old Permaculture Food Forest - An Invitation for Wildness In the small town of Riverton at the bottom of New Zealand’s South Island is Robert and Robyn Guyton’s amazing 23-year-old food forest.
"Invasion Biology" Biodiversity and Holistic Management These excellent thoughts on the importance of biodiversity apply to wildlife as well as agriculture. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on November 20, 2016. And reposted again on July 1, 2021
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 2/13/2024 Is climate change policy based on faulty temperature data? Are so-called invasive ‘exotic’ species harmful to the environment? A quick, cheap method to restore desertified desert grasslands. And more.
Climate Trillions Spent on ‘Climate Change’ Based on Faulty Temperature Data, Climate Experts Say Meteorologist finds 96 percent of NOAA temperature stations located in ‘urban heat islands,’ including next to exhaust fans and on ‘blistering-hot rooftops.’
"Invasion Biology" How We Treat Wild Horses This video was created by Wild Horse Fire Brigade, a non-profit dedicated to expanding wild horse populations in order to reduce fire hazard on public lands.
"Invasion Biology" Invasive Species vs. Native Species Native and introduced megaherbivores similarly affect plant diversity and abundance
Bio-Diversity Creosote, Cows & Keyline “Creosote, Cows & Keyline is a 5-minute video which discusses a quick, cheap method to restore desertified desert grasslands. It was filmed in the high-mountain deserts of far-West Texas.” Creosote, Cows and Keyline from Christopher Gill on Vimeo. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on October 3,
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 2/6/2024 Super pigs from Canada will soon be in the U.S. Another huge award against Roundup. Why farmers sell their weapons and buy donkeys. And more.
"Invasion Biology" Hard-To-Eradicate ‘Super Pigs’ in Canada Threaten to Invade the US An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion.
"Wolves" This is Why Farmers Sell Their Weapons and Buy Donkeys As described in this video, burros make excellent guards against wolves and coyotes.
food safety Bayer Ordered to Pay $2.25 Billion After Jury Links Herbicide Roundup to Cancer A jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict, including $2 billion in punitive damages, against agrochemical giant Monsanto, according to the lawyers of a man who said he developed cancer from using the company’s weed killer, Roundup.
Featured Experience From the High Deserts of Texas to the Rocky Mountain West. For 20 years, our family owned and managed Circle Ranch, 32,000 acres of high desert located in the Sierra Diablo Mountains of far-West Texas. Our goal? Leaving the land more diverse, and therefore healthier, than we found it.
