Common sense about how to fund our national park system. Quoting the authors, “True conservation is taking care of the land and water you already have, not insatiably acquiring more and hoping it […]
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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation: an Analysis by PERC (Property and Environment Research Center)
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is the basis on which public wildlife and habitat is supposed to be managed in the United States. Central ideas are that science will govern decisions, and human […]
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Solving the Wildfire Crisis Requires Free-Market Solutions
Common sense ways to reduce wildfires.
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Common Ground: How an Environmentalist and a Logger Came Together to Save Arizona’s Forests
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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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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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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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.
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‘Earthworm Dilemma’ Has Climate Scientists Racing to Keep Up
Now we are adding earthworms to the list of invasive species. After climate change, the most discussed environmental issue is the so-called invasive species crisis. Invasive species biology rests on the mistaken belief that […]
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