States like Arizona have led in common sense management of public forests and grazing. To reduce wildfire and improve habitat, forests need periodic thinning by selective logging. Thereafter, forest floors can only be maintained […]
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Are Elk Native to Texas–Historical and Archaeological Evidence for the Natural Occurence of Elk in Texas
This paper began as an effort to persuade Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to cease its efforts to eradicate elk on the state lands which it manages in far-West Texas. Our assumption was that […]
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Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics, Alarming Health Officials
Dr. William A. Albrecht, often called the “Father of Soil Fertility” was Chairman of the Department of Soils at the University of Missouri. He was dismissed as an alarmist when speaking about the problems discussed […]
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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.
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Baby Moose at Pitchstone Waters
Our ATV trails attract wildlife like this little moose calf.
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State-Owned Lands in the Eastern United States: Lessons from State Land Management in Practice
Quoting from the paper below, “Eastern states have been a source of experimentation and innovation in land policies, administrative arrangements, and management approaches — often with considerable economic and environmental success.” These ideas would […]
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Back to Nature: Making Money While Restoring The Land
Going against the grain has paid off for these beef producers and even encouraged other conventional farmers to change course.
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Nesting Sandhill Crane at Pitchstone Waters
Here is a nesting Sandhill Crane at Pitchstone Waters. Tens of thousands of these birds winter on the Llano Estacado and parts of the Trans-Pecos, each year. The cranes have been making this annual journey […]
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Who Gets to Own the West?
This article complains that private landowners won’t open their land to the public in Idaho, a state in which about 70 percent of all land already belongs to the public, but is mostly controlled by […]
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Judge Cuts $55 Million From $80 Million Roundup Verdict
This is not a “victory” for Monsanto/Bayer. There isn’t enough money in the whole stock market to pay $25 million to every person Roundup has made sick.
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