Restoring Biodiversity - 8/17/2021

Articles

The history of the screwworm eradication program. This program is the single most important reason Texas has so many deer.

Inside the U.S. and Panama’s long-running collaboration to rid an entire continent of a deadly disease.

Quoting the article above, “Our government rewards practices that increase industrialization and degrade arable land – charting us on track for another Dust Bowl.”

Nearly a century after the destruction of the Dust Bowl, the US gov't subsidizes farmers via the farm bill. And is renewed every five years with an outsized impact on how and what kinds of food are grown.

Videos

Quoting the producers, “Wolverines are also referred to as the glutton, carcajou, skunk bear, or quickhatch. Wolverines are the largest land-dwelling species of the family Mustelidae, carnivorous mammals that include weasels, badgers, otters, ferrets, martens, minks and wolverines, among others.”

The wolverine has a reputation for ferocity and strength out of proportion to its size (15-55 lbs), with the documented ability to kill prey many times larger than itself.

Video demonstration of the work done in soil and mounted by rehabilitating rollers of different sizes.

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