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How We Treat Wild Horses

"Invasion Biology"

How We Treat Wild Horses

This video was created by Wild Horse Fire Brigade, a non-profit dedicated to expanding wild horse populations in order to reduce fire hazard on public lands. They challenge viewers with this question: “Do you want to keep funding Orgs that merely show photos of what’s wrong, ad-nauseam? Or that

Aoudad herd drinking water in a West Texas grassland

"Invasion Biology"

Invasive Species vs. Native Species

Presented below is a scholarly article on the issue of whether so-called invasive ‘exotic’ species like feral pigs, goats, buffalo, and horses, are by definition harmful to environments in which they did not evolve, or from which they disappeared – often because of human impacts including overhunting. An example is the

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Creosote, Cows & Keyline

“Creosote, Cows & Keyline is a 5-minute video which discusses a quick, cheap method to restore desertified desert grasslands. It was filmed in the high-mountain deserts of far-West Texas.” Creosote, Cows and Keyline from Christopher Gill on Vimeo. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on October 3,

Hard-To-Eradicate ‘Super Pigs’ in Canada Threaten to Invade the US

"Invasion Biology"

Hard-To-Eradicate ‘Super Pigs’ in Canada Threaten to Invade the US

Super pigs from Canada will soon be in the U.S. These animals can’t be eradicated but they can be controlled – if we allow them into the commercial food chain like any other domestic species. If not, there will soon be a northern ‘feral pig problem’. NOTE: this article

This is Why Farmers Sell Their Weapons and Buy Donkeys

As described in this video, burros make excellent guards against wolves and coyotes.

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Bayer Ordered to Pay $2.25 Billion After Jury Links Herbicide Roundup to Cancer

“Another huge award against Roundup (glyphosate). NOTE: this article was originally published to WashintonPost.com on January 27, 2023. It was written by Frances Vinall. A jury handed down a $2.25 billion verdict, including $2 billion in punitive damages, against agrochemical giant Monsanto, according to the lawyers of a

Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Tense Moments as Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Charges Ranger

Video footage has surfaced showing a Yellowstone National Park ranger firing projectiles at a grizzly bear after the bruin had charged the officer as he was outside his vehicle attempting to control traffic. NOTE: this article was originally published to USAToday.com on June 1, 2021. It was written by

Climate Scientists Say We Should Embrace Higher CO2 Levels

Climate Scientists Say We Should Embrace Higher CO2 Levels

While governments pour billions of dollars into lowering CO2 emissions, several climate experts say CO2 is essential and higher levels are not a problem.

Farming Sustainably with Regenerative Agriculture | Restoring Paradise

Farming Sustainably with Regenerative Agriculture | Restoring Paradise

Regenerative agriculture offers a future for sustainable farming of meat in line with nature’s needs, by using holistic management and organic/biodynamic practices and even sequestering carbon in the soil – so important in our response to our climate crisis. At Mangarara, in New Zealand’s beautiful Hawke’s Bay,

What Are Farm Animals Thinking?

Animal Intelligence

What Are Farm Animals Thinking?

“Quoting the article below, “These are not dumb creatures. They have a rich emotional life and personality.” NOTE: this article was originally published to Science.org on December 7, 2023. It was written by David Grimm. New research is revealing surprising complexity in the minds of goats, pigs, and other

Chukar Hunting in Utah's West Desert

Chukar Hunting in Utah's West Desert

Adam Eakle joins Brett Wannacott and friends on a chukar hunt in the mountains of Utah’s West Desert. They show you how to hunt these devil birds for tons of fun, and shooting action. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on April 26, 2021.

Why Us Ranchers Are Becoming Beaver Believers

Why US Ranchers Are Becoming Beaver Believers

As described in the article blow, the US is bringing back nature’s best firefighters: beavers. NOTE: this article was originally published to BBC Futures Apple News channel on January 11, 2024. It was written by Lucy Sherriff. For decades, beavers were considered pests – trapped and shot on sight. Now

Elk in Paradise: Rancher, Ecologist, Hunter

Elk in Paradise: Rancher, Ecologist, Hunter

Here is an excellent video by the Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC) a free market conservation think tank based in Bozeman. Quoting PERC: The ancient pathways of elk are the heartbeat of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem—herds shifting with the seasons to sustain the wonder of this place. The

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Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic Wasting Disease Ends Decades of Kerr Deer Research

“For six decades, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has known facilities like those in the article below foster the spread of CWD. CWD was created in a Colorado experiment station at Ft. Collins in the 1960s. Infected animals were unwittingly sent to other confinement locations from which they

Wildlife Using a Log Bridge in Pennsylvania

Wildlife Using a Log Bridge in Pennsylvania

This multi-season video shows bears, deer, bobcats, grouse, beavers and many other species crossing or swimming under a log which has fallen across a Pennsylvania stream. Credit: Robert Bush. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on February 22, 2021

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The Declining Effectiveness of Roundup (Glyphosate)

To top off the damage that Roundup has wreaked on habitats, biodiversity, human health and farming profits, glyophosphate, the ubiquitous herbicide’s main ingredient, no longer works. Nature has adapted by creating “Super Weeds” that are not affected by the product. The authors of the article below summarized various studies

Animal Trails: Rediscovering Grand Teton Migrations

Animal Trails: Rediscovering Grand Teton Migrations

Grand Teton National Park is a magical place renowned for its scenery and abundant migratory wildlife, but the animals that call the park home only live there for part of the year. Migration Recent GPS tracking of migratory mule deer and other big game species revealed that animal trails radiate

Limited Testing Might Have Slowed Yellowstone Discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic Wasting Disease

Limited Testing Might Have Slowed Yellowstone Discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease

For years, everyone has known that CWD was already in, or coming to, the Yellowstone herds. Unfortunately, there is no will take the steps necessary to stop its spread. Winter feeding continues. Brucellosis remains untreated in the bison and elk herds, which makes animals more susceptible to epidemic diseases; no

Idaho Game Cam

“Late summer 2020 game camera clips from Pitchstone Waters. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on July 7, 2021

Embattled Wolves Gain a New Frontier in Democratic Colorado. The Move is Stoking Political Tensions

Embattled Wolves Gain a New Frontier in Democrat Colorado. The Move is Stoking Political Tensions

“The increasingly-authoritarian green movement routinely mandates environmental and wildlife practices, implemented in ways that ignore people and their livelihoods. Colorado wolf reintroductions are no exception. NOTE: this article was originally published to APNews.com on December 11, 2023. It was written by Matthew Brown and Jesse Bedayn. DENVER, Colo. (AP)