According to the article below, the National Park Service (NPS) has decided to exterminate wild mountain goats in the Teton-Yellowstone Parks because they (1) are non-native, (2) “compete” with bighorn and (3) might infect them […]
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All posts tagged: “Invasion Biology”
The Resistance to Holistic Wildlife Management
Across the West as well as in Texas, agencies, universities, governmental and conservation organizations resist holistic wildlife and agricultural management practices. Most Western public grazing rules make holistic grazing very difficult if not impossible In this […]
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How Feral Hogs Hurt The Environment
Quoting from the article below, “But the scientific consensus today is that in North America, feral pigs are a growing threat to both ecosystems and the economy.” The author continues, “Interestingly, in their native […]
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Lessons From the Prairie
A Land-Management Legend Offers 50 Years of Soil-Nourishing Wisdom.
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How to Let Grow
“How do we “rewild” areas where the native species are now extinct? In England, they use “exotic” species as substitutes. This common sense would collide with so-called “invasive species biology” in most of the US.
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The War On Nature
Quoting the authors below, “In reality, the problem is not herbicide resistant weeds; it is the perception that they are an enemy that must be destroyed at all costs. Military imagery – especially words like […]
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Scorched Portugal Turns to the Goat as a Low-Cost Firefighter
In nature, different animals eat different kinds of plants and there are specific species for every such “ecological niche”. Where native animals have gone missing, domestic goats can be used to replace animals that once […]
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Are Elk Native to Texas–Historical and Archaeological Evidence for the Natural Occurence of Elk in Texas
This paper began as an effort to persuade Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to cease its efforts to eradicate elk on the state lands which it manages in far-West Texas. Our assumption was that […]
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‘Earthworm Dilemma’ Has Climate Scientists Racing to Keep Up
Now we are adding earthworms to the list of invasive species. After climate change, the most discussed environmental issue is the so-called invasive species crisis. Invasive species biology rests on the mistaken belief that […]
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Liquid Blood Is Extracted from 42,000-Year-Old Foal Found Frozen in Siberia
The intriguing possibility of resurrecting an extinct horse highlights difficult questions and contradictions of modern wildlife thinking. Would a horse cloned from a species extinct for more than 10,000 years, be a “native” if […]
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