Restoring Biodiversity - 9/24/2024
Wolves test sheep ranchers in Oregon. BLM plans to develop solar on public lands. A "town's bear" in California is killed. And more...
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Here is what we’ve been reading, watching and writing about over the past week…
Articles
Wolves on the Doorstep Test Sheep Ranchers in Small Town Oregon
As discussed below, wolf protection is very difficult.
BLM Releases Plan to Develop Solar on 31 Million Acres of Western Land
The historic justification for federal ownership of public lands is that the feds will do a better job of protecting these than states, or private interests. Here we see federal bureaucrats planning solar farms across vast tracts, turning these over to private groups subsidized under ‘Green New Deal’ ideologies. Blighting huge areas with boondoggles often awarded to cronies hardly qualifies as sound "stewardship of public land held in trust". It's yet another reason to return control of federal lands to the states.
A California Town’s Beloved 400-pound Bear Attacked a Woman. Now He’s Dead, and Locals Want Justice
"The Disneyesque fantasy of bears and wolves as ‘cute and cuddly’ usually ends in tragedy for both the animals and the people who project human traits, emotions, or intentions onto these very dangerous animals.
Videos
Wolverine - The Most Ferocious Animal in the World
"A Wolverine is a fuzzy, stumpy little varmint with big claws and a bad attitude" - Nick Fury
Diversity of Life at a Beaver Pond
Quoting the producer, “A compilation video of some of the wildlife that visited a beaver pond in New Hampshire over a six-month period. The series shows beavers, river otters, bear mother and cubs, mink, fox, coyotes, bobcat, deer, and a variety of birds. Beavers are a keystone species, because they alter their natural environment in such a way that the overall ecoysytem builds upon that change.”
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