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Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

Tense Moments as Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Charges Ranger

Video footage has surfaced showing a Yellowstone National Park ranger firing projectiles at a grizzly bear after the bruin had charged the officer as he was outside his vehicle attempting to control traffic. NOTE: this article was originally published to USAToday.com on June 1, 2021. It was written by

Climate Scientists Say We Should Embrace Higher CO2 Levels

Climate Scientists Say We Should Embrace Higher CO2 Levels

While governments pour billions of dollars into lowering CO2 emissions, several climate experts say CO2 is essential and higher levels are not a problem.

Farming Sustainably with Regenerative Agriculture | Restoring Paradise

Farming Sustainably with Regenerative Agriculture | Restoring Paradise

Regenerative agriculture offers a future for sustainable farming of meat in line with nature’s needs, by using holistic management and organic/biodynamic practices and even sequestering carbon in the soil – so important in our response to our climate crisis. At Mangarara, in New Zealand’s beautiful Hawke’s Bay,

What Are Farm Animals Thinking?

Animal Intelligence

What Are Farm Animals Thinking?

“Quoting the article below, “These are not dumb creatures. They have a rich emotional life and personality.” NOTE: this article was originally published to Science.org on December 7, 2023. It was written by David Grimm. New research is revealing surprising complexity in the minds of goats, pigs, and other

Chukar Hunting in Utah's West Desert

Chukar Hunting in Utah's West Desert

Adam Eakle joins Brett Wannacott and friends on a chukar hunt in the mountains of Utah’s West Desert. They show you how to hunt these devil birds for tons of fun, and shooting action. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on April 26, 2021.

Why Us Ranchers Are Becoming Beaver Believers

Why US Ranchers Are Becoming Beaver Believers

As described in the article blow, the US is bringing back nature’s best firefighters: beavers. NOTE: this article was originally published to BBC Futures Apple News channel on January 11, 2024. It was written by Lucy Sherriff. For decades, beavers were considered pests – trapped and shot on sight. Now

Elk in Paradise: Rancher, Ecologist, Hunter

Elk in Paradise: Rancher, Ecologist, Hunter

Here is an excellent video by the Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC) a free market conservation think tank based in Bozeman. Quoting PERC: The ancient pathways of elk are the heartbeat of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem—herds shifting with the seasons to sustain the wonder of this place. The

This is a picture of two deer who have contacted Chronic Wasting Disease. They appear sick.

Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic Wasting Disease Ends Decades of Kerr Deer Research

“For six decades, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has known facilities like those in the article below foster the spread of CWD. CWD was created in a Colorado experiment station at Ft. Collins in the 1960s. Infected animals were unwittingly sent to other confinement locations from which they

Wildlife Using a Log Bridge in Pennsylvania

Wildlife Using a Log Bridge in Pennsylvania

This multi-season video shows bears, deer, bobcats, grouse, beavers and many other species crossing or swimming under a log which has fallen across a Pennsylvania stream. Credit: Robert Bush. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on February 22, 2021

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The Declining Effectiveness of Roundup (Glyphosate)

To top off the damage that Roundup has wreaked on habitats, biodiversity, human health and farming profits, glyophosphate, the ubiquitous herbicide’s main ingredient, no longer works. Nature has adapted by creating “Super Weeds” that are not affected by the product. The authors of the article below summarized various studies

Animal Trails: Rediscovering Grand Teton Migrations

Animal Trails: Rediscovering Grand Teton Migrations

Grand Teton National Park is a magical place renowned for its scenery and abundant migratory wildlife, but the animals that call the park home only live there for part of the year. Migration Recent GPS tracking of migratory mule deer and other big game species revealed that animal trails radiate

Limited Testing Might Have Slowed Yellowstone Discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease

Chronic Wasting Disease

Limited Testing Might Have Slowed Yellowstone Discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease

For years, everyone has known that CWD was already in, or coming to, the Yellowstone herds. Unfortunately, there is no will take the steps necessary to stop its spread. Winter feeding continues. Brucellosis remains untreated in the bison and elk herds, which makes animals more susceptible to epidemic diseases; no

Idaho Game Cam

“Late summer 2020 game camera clips from Pitchstone Waters. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on July 7, 2021

Embattled Wolves Gain a New Frontier in Democratic Colorado. The Move is Stoking Political Tensions

Embattled Wolves Gain a New Frontier in Democrat Colorado. The Move is Stoking Political Tensions

“The increasingly-authoritarian green movement routinely mandates environmental and wildlife practices, implemented in ways that ignore people and their livelihoods. Colorado wolf reintroductions are no exception. NOTE: this article was originally published to APNews.com on December 11, 2023. It was written by Matthew Brown and Jesse Bedayn. DENVER, Colo. (AP)

The War on Lake Trout

"Invasion Biology"

The War on Lake Trout

Lake trout, native to the Great Lakes and the boreal lakes of Canada and Alaska, were first “discovered” in Yellowstone Lake in 1994. Their appearance was likely the result of introduction from nearby Lewis or Shoshone lakes, where the fish were intentionally stocked more than 100 years ago. It is

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BlM Ends Use of 'Cyanide Bomb' to Kill Coyotes and Other Predators, Citing Safety Concerns

“This article discusses the continuing ‘War on Wildlife’ being waged against predators by government agencies. These have done vast damage to wildlife. NOTE: this article was originally published to JHNewsandGuide.com on November 29, 2023. It was written by Scott Sonner. ALSO: an earlier version of this posted featured an

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Photographer Captures Saskatoon Beaver Bursting Through Ice 'Like Superman'

A Saskatoon-based beaver has become a viral video star after a local photographer and nature enthusiast recently filmed it bursting through an ice-covered pond. NOTE: this video was originally posted to this site on December 7, 2020. — For more posts like this, in your inbox weekly – sign up for the

this is a piebald cow elk, which are very rare to spot in Colorado

A Rare Piebald Cow Elk is Spotted in Colorado by a Wildlife Biologist

“A rare piebald cow elk spotted in the southwestern part of Colorado. NOTE: this article was originally published to USA Today’s Apple News channel on December 11, 2023. It was written by Sarah Al-arshani. A research trip turned into a magical moment for a wildlife biologist who caught a

Geologic Secrets of America’s Tallest Single Dune

Bruneau Sand Dune

Geologic Secrets of America's Tallest Single Dune

Bruneau Sand Dunes, Idaho. Journey up this 470-ft (143 m) massive sand mountain with geology professor Shawn Willsey. Learn why this dune reaches such lofty heights, where its sand comes from, and what role the Bonneville Flood and Snake River played in this area.

Scimitar Horned Oryx Brought Back From Extinction

Scimitar Horned Oryx Brought Back From Extinction

The Scimitar Horned Oryx has been partially restored in parts of Africa, as described in the article below. Quoting the article, “The remarkable comeback of the scimitar horned oryx represents the restoration of not just a species, but a whole ecosystem through the role they play in it. Maintaining grasslands

Grouse Guns of the Old Guard

Grouse Guns of the Old Guard

Here is a great article about old-time hunters and their shotguns. Quoting the article, “What makes an ideal grouse gun? The Old Guard clearly preferred doubles, but their preferences about make, model, barrel length, gauge and choke cut a wide swath.” Read on to find out… NOTE: this article was

Cows Christmas Party

Cold-tolerant cattle breeds

Cows Christmas Party

Merry Christmas!!! Scottish Highland Cattle: Aren’t they wonderful? Highland Cattle are the most cold-tolerant of the English breeds. In Finland, Highlanders are the ONLY cattle that may legally be pastured outdoors through brutal Finnish winters. CLICK HERE to see how Highland Cattle are used by Scottish forest agencies and

Wild Horses Coevolved with Wildfire on The North American Landscape

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Wild Horses Coevolved with Wildfire on The North American Landscape

Here is a good article with many valuable ideas on managing wild horses. These are controversial to say the least. Let us think about this issue holistically: Horses are COMPLEMENTARY to — not COMPETITIVE with — the wildlife, plants, and water of North America because these coevolved over the last 40 million

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"Invasion Biology"

Drought Busters 101 : A 21-Minute Video on Desert Grassland Restoration

“Drought Busters” is an inexpensive, quick, physiologically and economically sustainable method of habitat and wildlife restoration. We call it Drought Busters because it increases effective rainfall by rebuilding soil fertility and the soil’s ability to absorb and store water. This 21-minute video explains Drought Busters, and our experience on

Plug and Spread Made Easy

Plug and Spread Made Easy

This is a 4-1/2 minute video about the “Plug-and-Spread” method of harvesting water from gullies. Water harvesting including Plug and Spread, in combination with Keyline sub-soiling, wild animal impact and planned grazing of cattle are the cheapest, easiest and quickest way to restore water function to degraded desert grasslands.