Restoring Biodiversity - 11/29/2022

Articles

Due to human releases, we have exotic bugs, plants, and animals everywhere. Here’s one of the latest.

A possible means of control: put it out in South Louisiana that they are really tasty – but illegal to hunt.

Quoting the article above, “Faced with costly new regulations that included building fish screens and ladders, the company (power utility PacifiCorp, a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway instead entered an agreement with the tribes and the U.S. government to decommission the dams”.

Videos

In 2018, a biologist and a filmmaker used camera traps to film the entire fall migration of an elk herd in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of western Wyoming. During the project’s first week a snowstorm hit, which prompted a large group migration. En route they displayed a variety of herd behaviors.

If you have ever wondered why, when and how elk move—and what they do while they are on the move—you will find this piece insightful.

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