Baby Bison Baby Bison Takes on Wolf and Wins “After being swept away from his herd while crossing the Lamar River in Yellowstone National Park, a bison calf defies all odds in order to survive. NOTE: this video was originally published to NationalGeographic.co.uk on January 15, 2021 https://sire-ngcuk-pmd.fichub.com/mpx/NGP_NatGeo_GS/775/428/
Bio-Diversity Is Widespread Pesticide Use Connected To Grassland Bird Declines? “This article discusses the relationship between grassland bird declines and a host of poisons increasingly used by ranchers, farmers and homeowners. The root problem according to the author, is the seeming “capture” of the pesticide regulatory system, in both Canada and U.S., by the chemical industry and its well-funded
Allan Savory Why Hunting is Necessary to the Health of Wildlife and Habitats “Remarks by Christopher Gill to The International Order of St. Hubertus. “If you have not adopted holistic thinking, you are part of the anti-hunting problem.” NOTE: this article can also be accessed here ->
Bio-Diversity Farm Animals May Soon Get New Features Through Gene Editing Hybridization of plants and animals is as old as agriculture. However, most GMOs have made plants more tolerant to herbicides, and thus are essentially drivers for the agrochemical companies that sell both the seeds and poisons. NOTE: this article was originally published to APNews.com on November 15, 2018. It
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 8/9/2022 Articles This article from PERC (Property and Environment Research Center), the free market environmental think tank based in Bozeman, discusses the origin of the public forest management policy that has turned out to be so bad for our national forests. Videos This is a video about The European pine marten,
Pine Marten See Two Scottish Pine Martens Start a Food Fight This is a video about The European pine marten, also known as the pine marten or the European marten, a mustelid native to and widespread in most of Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and parts of Iran, Iraq and Syria. The American marten (Martes americana), also known as the American
California wildfires The Big Burn of 1910 and the Choking of America’s Forests This article from PERC (Property and Environment Research Center), the free market environmental think tank based in Bozeman, discusses the origin of the public forest management policy that has turned out to be so bad for our national forests. NOTE: this article was originally published to PERC.org on June
Bio-Diversity Hunting Is Conservation - Hunting is Sustainable, Helps Species Thrive The anti-hunter claim that hunting is not a sustainable model and the populations of hunted species will decline and no longer flourish is simply untrue. NOTE: this post was originally published July 22, 2019
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 8/2/2022 Articles As discussed above, once a bear associates humans with food it will become dangerous. Eventually that bear will have to be killed. Moderate hunting of bears makes them wary of humans. Fear of humans greatly reduces these conflicts. In this way, fewer bears are killed. Videos A baby black
Baby Bears Baby Black Bear Learns the Ropes A baby black bear must “learn the ropes” from mom in order to survive. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on July 8, 2019
bear attack A Camper Scared Off a Bear — Then the Grizzly Came Back and Killed Her As discussed below, once a bear associates humans with food it will become dangerous. Eventually that bear will have to be killed. Moderate hunting of bears makes them wary of humans. Fear of humans greatly reduces these conflicts. In this way, fewer bears are killed. NOTE: this article was originally
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 7/26/2022 Articles We-the-people’s war on wildlife and biodiversity is alive and well, as described in the article above. Fighting wildfires with wild horses. Courtesy of William E. Simpson II Videos As explained below, fallen logs and logjams are essential to riverine wildlife and habitat health. Shawn Vickers does mapping and
Bears Watch Bobcats, Bears, and Even Birds Use Fallen Logs as Bridges “As explained below, fallen logs and logjams are essential to riverine wildlife and habitat health. NOTE: this article and video was originally published to Popular Sciences’s Apple News Channel on June 25, 2022. It was written by Philip Kiefer. For animals living in the woods of western Oregon, a
"Wolves" US Agency to Limit Predator Killing Methods in Idaho “We-the-people’s war on wildlife and biodiversity is alive and well, as described in the article below. NOTE: this article was originally published to APNews.com on June 29, 2022. It was written by Keith Riddler. OISE, Idaho (AP) — A U.S. agency responsible for killing wolves and other predators
Conservation Pitchstone Waters, by Shawn Vickers Shawn Vickers does mapping and wildlife planning for many ranches and public lands in North America, East Africa and the British Isles. He filmed, edited and wrote the music for this little video. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on June 24, 2019
Bio-Diversity You Don't Need To Be A Rocket Scientist To See What's Coming via Wildfires This Season! “Fighting wildfires with wild horses. NOTE: this article is courtesy of William E. Simpson II. It is published here with permission The deadly 2018 Klamathon Wildfire. Photo: William E. Simpson II The recent pattern of alternative sun and rain has generated a prodigious crop of seasonal grass and brush, the
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 7/19/2022 Articles According to this article, wolves could solve Italy’s wild pig overpopulation. Another, better solution would be to return pigs to Italy’s commercial food supply. The agencies that manage Yellowstone National Park say that human impact is harmful and “unnatural.” This is another anthropological myth based on ideology
Bio-Diversity Goats, Brush, Weeds and Wildfire At Pitchstone Waters Ranch in Idaho, 5-miles southwest of Yellowstone Park, we use goats and cattle to reduce brush, control “weeds” and forbs, reduce wildfire and stimulate plant growth on forest floors and meadows.
Feral Pigs Returning Wolves Could Be the Answer to Rome's Feral Hog Problem According to this article, wolves could solve Italy’s wild pig overpopulation. Another, better solution would be to return pigs to Italy’s commercial food supply. NOTE: this article was originally published to Popular Science’s Apple News Channel on June 26th, 2022. It was written by Bob McNally and
Yellowstone "Land of the Burning Ground”: The History and Traditions of Indigenous People in Yellowstone The agencies that manage Yellowstone National Park say that human impact is harmful and “unnatural.” This is another anthropological myth based on ideology rather than natural history and science. As discussed in the article below, hunter-gatherers have been interacting with Yellowstone for at least the past 11,000 years. These
john wayne John Wayne Rides Again at Wal-Mart John Wayne couldn’t have done it better. Watch as a would-be bicycle thief in Eagle Bend, Oregon, quickly reaches the end of cowboy Robert Borba’s rope…. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on June 17, 2019
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 7/12/2022 Articles According to the article above, Greenland’s polar bears are doing okay as climate continues to warm - as it has been for many thousands of years This makes sense. Polar bears as a species have been around through several long-term weather cycles during which global temperatures were far
polar bears Polar Bears in Greenland Adapting to Life Without Sea Ice According to the article below, Greenland’s polar bears are doing okay as climate continues to warm- as it has been for many thousands of years. This makes sense. Polar bears as a species have been around through several long-term weather cycles during which global temperatures were far higher, and
"Invasion Biology" How Texas Cougars Saved the Florida Panther According to the article below, cougars translocated from Texas saved the Florida mountain lion, known as the Florida panther. At least two of those cougars were trapped at Circle Ranch, the West Texas ranch we previously owned, in 2002. Species restoration using non-native stock is common across North America. Elk,
Bio-Diversity Pitchstone Waters Roads #1 Eco-friendly forest thinning and road building next to Yellowstone Park, in Idaho. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on June 5, 2019.
