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The Grand Prize – An RMEF Film

The Grand Prize - An RMEF Film

Growing up in a hunting family, Rafe Nielsen of Browning Firearms says the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation played a large role in shaping his views of hunting from an early age.

Yellowstone Fishing License Cost Doubles

Yellowstone Fishing License Cost Doubles

“Park user fees are absurdly low. Using those fees on unwinnable battles to eradicate so-called invasive species, some introduced by the agencies themselves, wastes money badly needed for neglected infrastructure and forest management. NOTE: this article was originally published to JHNewsandGuide.com on March 25, 2021. It was written by

An Idaho Congressman Aims to Dump Dams

An Idaho Congressman Aims to Dump Dams

“Here is an ecological idea on salmon restoration that gives environmental, social and economic factors equal weight. Congratulations and thanks to U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson. NOTE: this article was originally published to JHNewsandGuide.com on March 24, 2021. It was written by Rocky Barker – Writers on the Range. U.

Stocking Rates vs. Grazing Days, Recovery Rates and Necessary Impact

Stocking Rates vs. Grazing Days, Recovery Rates and Necessary Impact

Below is an excellent piece by our friend “Cowboy Bob” Kinford. For several years, he helped us manage cattle herds on the high deserts of far-West Texas. Paraphrasing Bob: Many holistic/regenerative grazers think that ultra-high densities, by definition, mimic wild herds. These grazers oversimplify by ignoring, forgetting or not

USDA Offers New Forest Management Incentive for Conservation Reserve Program

USDA Offers New Forest Management Incentive for Conservation Reserve Program

As reported below, The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is paying people to engage in innovative forestry practices on private land. USDA says these practices reduce fire hazards, increase water retention in soil, and benefit habitat and the wildlife it supports. Meanwhile, next to Pitchstone Waters in Idaho, the

Feds Finalize Wyoming Wildlife Killing Plans

Feds Finalize Wyoming Wildlife Killing Plans

The 2021 campaign of the feds’ seemingly endless war on wildlife is described in the article below. 100-plus years into the misadventure of government funded predator removals the historian’s observation seems appropriate: “They had learnt nothing and forgotten nothing.“ The managers quoted below say their eradications help ranchers. While

New Study Reframes Fence Impacts on Deer, Pronghorn

New Study Reframes Fence Impacts on Deer, Pronghorn

According to the article below, “More than 600,000 miles of fence crisscross the West, possibly making fence modification for conservation “more urgent than currently recognized.” The lead author’s insights which led her to study fences’ effects on wildlife movements were based on observations she made on a field

Enviro Group Wants Grizzlies in Cascade Mountains, Files Lawsuit

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Enviro Group Wants Grizzlies in Cascade Mountains, Files Lawsuit

“By resorting to strong-arm tactics such as those described in the article below, wildlife ideologues continue harm grizzly bear recovery. By ignoring the social and economic costs of their demands, the ideologues make dedicated enemies of essential allies who – ironically – want much the same outcomes as themselves. The result is

The Environmental Upside of Modern Farming

The Environmental Upside of Modern Farming

“The article below offers thoughts on how to make industrial farming less harmful to the environment. NOTE: this article was originally published to WSJ.com on February 5, 2021. It was written by Robert Paarlberg. New methods rooted in low-impact, precision techniques require less land, less energy and fewer chemicals

Pitchstone Waters Beaver Report

Artificial Beaver Dams

Pitchstone Waters Beaver Report

“As reported below, we successfully released beaver at Pitchstone Waters in the summer of 2020. We will see if and where they show up this spring, 2021.

Fish Crossing - Sweetwater Texas (?!)

Fish Crossing - Sweetwater Texas (?!)

Someone is pulling our leg about the location. You have to love his comment however: “Now we know something besides chickens and crawdads cross the road to get to the other side.” <

Why Do at Least Half of All Adult Coho Salmon Returning to Urban Streams in the Seattle Area Die Each Fall Before Spawning?

Why Do at Least Half of All Adult Coho Salmon Returning to Urban Streams in the Seattle Area Die Each Fall Before Spawning?

According to the article below, a chemical used to stabilize automobile tires is washing into streams where silver salmon spawn, and killing them. Many of the chemicals, fertilizers, hormones and other additives that are routinely used in food production also wind up in these marine systems, where they also cause

Weather-Upending La Niña Is Headache for Farmers World-Wide

Weather-Upending La Niña Is Headache for Farmers World-Wide

“According to the article below, “La Niña 2020 has evolved quicker and with stronger intensity than many leading climate models predicted.” NOTE: this article was originally published to WSJ.com on December 4, 2020. It was written by Lucy Craymer. Feature photo via: David Gray / Bloomberg News. Characterized by cooler-than-normal

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Albert Bierstadt

Meteorological Majesty

The article below gives the history of Albert Bierstadt’s majestic “A Storm in the Rocky Mountains, Mt. Rosalie” (1866). The 7-by-12-foot magnum opus was a sensation when first exhibited. But by 26-years later the work and the artist were out of fashion. The painting disappeared into storage where it

When Were Dogs Domesticated?

When Were Dogs Domesticated?

“How long have dogs lived with humans? According to the article below, “In Central Asia a 33,000-year-old dog’s skull was unearthed in a cave in the Razboinichya Cave in the Altai Mountains and three slightly later examples of dog remains were unearthed in other sites in Russia.” NOTE:

One of the Pandemic’s Big Winners: Hunting

One of the Pandemic’s Big Winners: Hunting

“According to the article below, hunting has surged during the Covid pandemic. Reversing decades of decline, hunting license sales have increased 12 percent nationwide, as 1,000,000 new hunters took up the sport. NOTE: this article was originally published to WSJ.com on December 13, 2020. It was written

The North Atlantic Ice-edge Corridor: A Possible Palaeolithic Route to the New World

The North Atlantic Ice-edge Corridor: A Possible Palaeolithic Route to the New World

“For several decades, evidence has been accumulating to support a different theory for the peopling of North America. In this theory, early humans entered America from Europe not Siberia. It happened much earlier than previously believed. NOTE: this paper was originally published to academia.edu. It was written by Bruce

Agriculture Industry Bets on a New Cash Crop: Carbon

Carbon Credits: Environmental Boon or Boondoggle?

As discussed in the article below, the new “green” climate initiatives will probably include carbon credits. If the past predicts the future, proponents of these subsides will claim they are for small operators, but in practice, payments will wind up benefiting a handful of politically connected agro-giants. Subsidies will not

First Feedground-Region Elk Contracts CWD

Chronic Wasting Disease

First Feedground-Region Elk Contracts CWD

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a rapidly spreading, invariably-fatal brain disease which is decimating North American deer and elk. It is now found in Yellowstone and Grand Teton’s elk. In addition, the herds of elk, bison and cattle in and around Yellowstone exist in close proximity and infect each

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Well-Employed During the Crisis: Landscaping Goats

Property owners worried about fire dangers should be considering goats and mechanical clearing as a safer and cheaper alternative to costly, dangerous and very unpopular prescribed burns. In addition to safety and cost, goats are much better for the health of the land they graze – and the environment. This is