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Farm Animals May Soon Get New Features Through Gene Editing

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

See Two Scottish Pine Martens Start a Food Fight

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

The Big Burn of 1910 and the Choking of America’s Forests

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

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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. NOTE: this post was originally published July 22, 2019

Baby Black Bear Learns the Ropes

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

A Camper Scared Off a Bear — Then the Grizzly Came Back and Killed Her

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

Watch Bobcats, Bears, and Even Birds Use Fallen Logs as Bridges

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

USAgency to Limit Predator Killing Methods in Idaho

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

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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. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on June 24, 2019

You Don’t Need To Be A Rocket Scientist To See What’s Coming via Wildfires This Season!

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

Goats, Brush, Weeds and Wildfire

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.

Returning Wolves Could Be the Answer to Rome’s Feral Hog Problem

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

“Land of the Burning Ground”: The History and Traditions of Indigenous People in 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 Rides Again at Wal-Mart

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

Polar Bears in Greenland Adapting to Life Without Sea Ice

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

How the Texas Puma Saved the Florida Panther

"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,

Pitchstone Waters Roads #1

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.

How Do Beavers Build a Dam?

How Do Beavers Build a Dam?

Beavers build dams that are designed to endure bad weather and high waters using logs, branches and stones. Impoundments are crucial for the species as they provide ponds as protection against predators. This advantageous skill is passed on from generation to generation and the beavers of the wet grassland of

Wildlife: Behind the Scenes of a Wolf Hunt

Behind the Scenes of a Wolf Hunt

Wildlife: Behind the Scenes of a Wolf Hunt

“Amazing drone video of a wolf pack hunting moose in a Canadian winter. NOTE: this video was originally published to NationalGeographic.co.uk on December 16, 2019 https://sire-ngcuk-pmd.fichub.com/mpx/NGP_NatGeo_GS/395/1016/video-1576503557_425615429375_mp4_video_1920x1080_4000000_primary_audio_eng_6.mp4