Bio-Diversity Soil for Water Tina Weldon and her partner Orion are among a growing network of farmers, ranchers, and land managers are taking steps to catch and hold more water in the soil.
"Invasion Biology" They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They? An audacious federal plan to protect the spotted owl would eradicate hundreds of thousands of barred owls in the coming years.
cattle grazing Grazing Forested Rangelands Livestock producers use forest grazing to increase pasture acres, temporarily or permanently, while providing protection for livestock from the elements.
deer genetics DMP Parents Don’t Pass Bigger Antlers To Wild-Born Offspring Raising big bodied, big antlered bucks is something of a pastime for a number of Texas landowners and deer managers. For many it’s simply a fun kind of pastime; for others it’s become an intensely studied and intensely applied, well-honed practice.
Conservation Abusive Land Grab of Family Farm Sadly, the history of charitable giving abounds with examples of gifts used in ways the donors would never have imagined – let alone approved.
Chronic Wasting Disease Two Hunters Died of Rare Prion Disease. Doctors Suspect a First-of-Its Kind Deer Transmission Two recent cases of prion disease in the U.S. may have been caused by contaminated deer meat, though the connection is still unproven.
"Invasion Biology" Conserving the Legacy by Wyman Meizner The outstanding scientific discovery of the twentieth century is not television, or radio, but rather the complexity of the land organism.
Conservation BLM to Finalize Rule Allowing Federal Leases Targeted at Protection of Natural Area It also creates two new types of leases focused on protecting natural areas. The BLM already leases parcels of land for extractive industries including energy development, mining and livestock grazing.
Bureau of Land Management Utah Gov. Spencer Cox Vows to Sue Over New BLM Landscape Rule The Utah Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office said the rule directly impacts 22.8 million acres of land in Utah and, contrary to what the BLM asserts, it is not a positive step toward conservation.
food-supply Sacred Cow Film - Official Version The world is overwhelmed when choosing what to eat. Sacred Cow probes the fundamental moral, environmental and nutritional quandaries we face in raising and eating animals.
Climate Change and Hurricanes The Science Behind Why the World Is Getting Wetter Extreme rainfall and killer floods that have struck around the globe in recent weeks have been unexpected both in their location and power.
American Buffalo Buffalo Facts Did you know a buffalo can jump over a six-foot fence? Or hit running speeds of 35 miles per hour? These animals may look strange and slow, but they’re a souped-up hotrod of an animal hiding in a minivan shell.
Public Land Battle for the American West How Four Elk Hunters and a Ladder Could Reshape Wyoming’s Chequered Frontiers How four elk hunters and a ladder could reshape Wyoming’s chequered frontiers
"Invasion Biology" Can Beavers Restore Far-West Texas? Two so-called invasive species, cattle and beavers, have the power to restore desert habitats.
Yellowstone The Lost History of Yellowstone: “The Big Myth About Yellowstone is That It’s a Pristine Wilderness Untouched by Humanity. Archaeological research supports and complements the tribal oral histories, and also reaches back further in time.
"Wolves" Alaska: Wolves vs Bull Caribou A pack of wolves attacks a bull caribou near the Delta River in Alaska's Interior.
Endangered Species Act Failure to Recover The Endangered Species Act is a landmark federal law that reflects a profound commitment to the conservation of rare species. Yet after 50 years, there is ample reason to question whether the law is capable of meeting its stated goal of recovering endangered and threatened species.
Biodiversity How Bison Are Saving America's Lost Prairie American prairies were once home to as many as 60 million bison. But when ranching and agriculture displaced elk and bison from the prairies, America’s grasslands all but disappeared.
"Wolves" Valerius Geist: When Do Wolves Become Dangerous to Humans? Geist became an outspoken commentator on wolves and recognized them as dangerous predators to humans.
Bison Extinctions, Scenarios, and Assumptions: Changes in Latest Pleistocene Large Herbivore Abundance and Distribution in Western North America “Here is another explanation of the Pleistocene Extinctions, the catastrophic event in natural history wherein over 50-large species abruptly disappeared from North America 10-12,000-years ago. Humans and climate warming are usually blamed. This author says that we should consider that more was going on than new external pressures. There
Bio-Diversity Chihuahuan Grasslands As discussed below, Chihuahuan Desert birds can be helped by planned grazing.
Endangered Species Act A Field Guide for Wildlife Recovery The Endangered Species Act turned 50 in December 2023. 3% of species listed during its lifetime have recovered. This report from the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) – a free market environmental think tank based in Bozeman – presents 10 ideas to enhance the recovery of imperiled species in the future.
Bighorn Idaho's Bighorn Sheep Idaho’s big bighorn rams in the Big Lost and Hells Canyon. NOTE: this post was originally posted to this site on August 22, 2021
"Invasion Biology" As Tree Species Face Decline, ‘Assisted Migration’ Gains Popularity in Pacific Northwest Cutting through their environmental jargon, the invasive species plant warriors now propose massive transplanting of non-native trees to combat ‘climate change’. They call this ‘assisted migration’. Imagine how much they can spend on this! Look at this another way: because Mother Nature abhors a vacuum, empty ecological niches that open
