Chance encounters with bears are a constant danger in the mountain West. The Rhodesian ecologist and range management expert Allan Savory offered this advice on shooing away bears: “Re the bears. I have not […]
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National Parks Are Getting Trashed During COVID-19, Endangering Surrounding Communities
For many decades our national parks and forests have suffered as Congress has diverted federal lands’ mineral royalties, which are supposed to support public lands. As a result, infrastructure maintenance including upkeep of trails, roads […]
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Why Women Are the Fastest Growing Segment of the Hunting Population
Quoting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the article below the authors write that, “Of 143 drugs and pesticides likely to be found in raw [domestic] meat and poultry, 42 were known to cause […]
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Climate Crisis: Releasing Bison, Reindeer and Horses Into The Arctic Would Slow Warming, Say Scientists
As climate warms, animals can help the tundra, as reported below.
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Zoo Plays April Fool’s Joke on Media
“The irony is that, but for human influence on wildlife, close relatives of elephants might inhabit the valley of the San Antonio River today. Mammoths were in our systems until early Native Americans hunted them […]
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Texas Ranch Market Report – Special – March 2020
Because of the economic lockdown, the ranch market is currently in deep freeze. Even with an economic “recovery”, ranch prices – like the oil to which their values are tied – will remain depressed. In […]
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As West Coast Transplants Pour In, a Small Idaho Town Has a Big Dilemma
As described below, Idaho is experiencing a massive inflow of new residents, especially Californians.
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Bayer’s Roundup Woes Deepen as Germany Bans Key Chemical
“Considering that the Europeans are far ahead of the US in their efforts to address the health and environmental hazards of agricultural chemicals, including glyphosate (Roundup), it is incredible that Bayer management – a European […]
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Baby Boomers Are Leaving Behind a Trail of Luxury Ranches
It is true that Western legend no longer captures American imagination as it once did. But the main reason many Colorado – and Western – ranch sellers can’t sell their big ranches is that so […]
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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 […]
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