Restoring Biodiversity - 10/22/2024

Butterflies know native plants aren't weeds. Chronic Wasting Disease is hurting Texas deer breeders. Far west Texas wildlife. And more...

Restoring Biodiversity - 10/22/2024
Photo by Gary Bendig / Unsplash

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Here is what we’ve been reading, watching and writing about over the past week…


Articles

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Butterflies Know: These Native Plants Aren’t Weeds

As Aldo Leopold observed so many years ago, “The last word in ignorance is the man who says of an animal or plant, 'What good is it?' If the land mechanism as a whole is good, then every part is good, whether we understand it or not."

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White Tail Deer in a meadow

Texas’ Battle Against Deer Disease Threatens Breeding Industry

"Quoting the article below, "Conservationists say that allowing deer from breeding facilities to co-mingle with wild deer is what contributes the most to the spread of (Chronic Wasting Disease)."

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Videos

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Far-West Texas Mountain Wildlife #1

First in a series of game camera photos taken in Winter, 2017. The series contains many wildlife photos, and, discusses holistic wildlife management practices.

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