Restoring Biodiversity - 4/9/2024
Scientists debunk climate change claims about hurricanes. Bird Conservancy of the Rockies collaborates with private landowners. Wolverine restoration in the West. And more...
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Here is what we’ve been reading, watching and writing about over the past week…
Articles
‘There’s Been No Increase’: Scientists Debunk Climate Change Claims About Hurricanes
The “Rest of the Story”: According to NOAA, “There has been no significant trend in annual numbers of U.S. landfalling tropical storms, hurricanes, or major hurricanes.”
100 Years Ago, the Last Wolverine Vanished From the Rockies. Now, It May Be Coming Home.
Wolverine restoration in the West.
Plan to Allow Wolf Hunting in Europe to Spare Livestock Could Backfire, Some Scientists Say
“Wolves are even more controversial in Europe than the US. Pre-firearms Europeans lived with wolves for millennia; fear of wolves was reality-based and deeply ingrained in European culture.
Allan Savory and the Science of Tracking
Over the last 60 years, Allan Savory has at different times worn a wildlife agency shirt and crest, his country’s military battle camouflage, the formal attire of a parliamentarian, and rancher’s dungarees. His in-the-bush and on-the-ground observations gave rise to the physiological insights of holistic grazing and wildlife management; his guerrilla warfare and parliamentary experience informed his concepts of holistic planning, a process which gives social and environmental outcomes the same importance as profits.
Videos
Land Stewardship on Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands of Mexico
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.
Desert Aerators in Mexico
Aerators can sometimes work where grades or topography make subsoil plowing impractical. Once plants are thinned, aerators might be followed by subsoiling. Smaller is better. Use of contours is essential. Applications must vary since no two properties are the same.
This will be cheaper than poisons, kinder to habitat & soil life, and healthier for wild and domestic animals.
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