Rangelands
Rangelands act as nature’s factories.
Sunlight is converted into vegetation that produces oxygen and sequesters carbon. The land, when covered with diverse vegetation, also serves as a sponge, slowing rain as it hits the land, funneling it into aquifers below or filtering it as it runs into streams, rivers and lakes and eventually into saltwater estuaries.
Rangelands also provide wildlife habitat and the viewsheds that lift the human spirit.
Latest articles
Read more about rangelands and land management practices:
Valerius Geist: When Do Wolves Become Dangerous to Humans?
“Valerius Geist was the world’s foremost deer authority. Born in Ukraine, Geist was heir to millennia of Central European cultural memory of wolves. He was neither anti-wolf, nor in denial regarding the threat wolves can […]
Chihuahuan Grasslands
As discussed below, Chihuahuan Desert birds can be helped by planned grazing.
Land Stewardship on Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands of Mexico
Para más información, contáctenos: pastizales@birdconservancy.org Bird Conservancy of the Rockies collaborates with private landowners across western North America, from the Northern Great Plains to the desert grasslands of Chihuahua, Mexico. We […]
Desert Aerators in Mexico
Where brush has grown into small trees, crushing the growth is a plausible alternative to poison.
Steve Nelle on Brush: It’s for the Birds
Former NRCS biologist and range practitioner Steve Nelle’s vocation was wildlife and habitat management. His avocation was education of the public and landowners on those and related subjects. Here is his latest piece on brush […]
How Bison Are Saving America’s Lost Prairie
Quoting the makers of this very interesting video, “The Nature Conservancy reintroduced 300 bison to this prairie in 1993, and the herd has grown to more than 2,000 animals today. They graze on the majority […]
A Plant That’s Everywhere is Fueling a Growing Risk of Wildfire Disaster
As reported in this article below, the invasive plant warriors have a new enemy. Their latest villain is grass, which CNN says is an invasive, dangerous plant. The true problem is too few animals […]
New Wolf Management | Montana PBS Reports: IMPACT
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is working on a new conservation and management plan for the state’s Grey Wolf population. Montana PBS talks with agencies to learn more about the changes and ranchers who are […]
Brush Chaining to Improve Elk Habitat
Quoting the makers of this video, “We head to Eastern Kentucky to observe a new habitat management technique called “Brush Chaining” to help rid the land of the invasive Autumn Olive. In turn, this will […]
How Holistic Planned Grazing Works in 60 Seconds
How does holistic planned grazing heal the soil? We explain it in this short introductory video. For more visit: http://savory.global Note: this post was originally posted to this site on August 2, 2021
USDA Wildlife Services–Black Vulture, Wolf Predation
“Wildlife Services” is the helpful-sounding name taken by the federal agency which has been conducting the misguided, wasteful, and counter-productive war on predators for over 120-years. The war started with bounties, but now relies on […]
Black Vultures Are Good for the Environment
Bird park aviculturist, Kat, joins us to tell us about one of the most “misunderstood” birds in the animal kingdom, the Black Vulture.
Functional Traits – Not Nativenes – Shape the Effects Of Large Mammalian Herbivores on Plant Communities
For decades the assumption shared by conservation dogma and Invasive Species “Biology” has been that non-native animals – by definition – harm native habitat and plants. This belief is often used to justify the ongoing […]
Fuel, Fire, and Wild Horses
Wildfire continues to devastate the American West at increasing rates. As this video is posted, wildfires are burning across more than 768,000-acres of land in twelve Western states, and 500,000-acres in Canada. Ten fires […]
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 […]
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.”
This is Why Farmers Sell Their Weapons and Buy Donkeys
As described in this video, burros make excellent guards against wolves and coyotes.
Bayer Ordered to Pay $2.25 Billion After Jury Links Herbicide Roundup to Cancer
“Another huge award against Roundup (glyphosate).
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. […]
BlM Ends Use of ‘Cyanide Bomb’ to Kill Coyotes and Other Predators, Citing Safety Concerns
“This article discusses the continuing ‘War on Wildlife’ being waged against predators by government agencies. These have done vast damage to wildlife.
Drought Busters 101 : A 21-Minute Video on Desert Grassland Restoration
“Drought Busters” is an inexpensive, quick, physiologically and economically sustainable method of habitat and wildlife restoration. We call it Drought Busters because it increases effective rainfall by rebuilding soil fertility and the soil’s ability to […]