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Couple is Latest Victim of the US Forest Service

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Couple is Latest Victim of the US Forest Service

U.S. Forest Service Special Agent Travis Lunders appeared unannounced, armed and in full tactical gear at the home of Charles and Heather Maude of Caputa, S.D

New Conservation Agreement in Southern Alberta Preserves Endangered Prairie Grasslands

New Conservation Agreement in Southern Alberta Preserves Endangered Prairie Grasslands

This latest agreement expands on the NCC’s efforts to conserve land in the area, forming a block of almost 2,900 hectares of conserved lands that provides a large corridor for wildlife.

BLM Releases Plan to Develop Solar on 31 Million Acres of Western Land

BLM Releases Plan to Develop Solar on 31 Million Acres of Western Land

The Bureau of Land Management announced its proposed roadmap for solar energy development on public lands, designed to expand solar projects on public lands

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California Dam Demolitions a Victory for Some, Devastation for Others

"When people and their livelihoods are given equal weight with environmental outcomes, are dam removals good or bad?"

With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River

With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River

The nation’s largest dam removal project is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border.

See Landslide Cause Highway to Fall Off Mountain Near Jackson Hole

See Landslide Cause Highway to Fall Off Mountain Near Jackson Hole

In the summer of 2024, Teton Pass was closed following a “catastrophic landslide."

Trail Runner Suffers Minor Injuries After Colliding with Grizzly Bear in Glacier National Park

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Trail Runner Suffers Minor Injuries After Colliding with Grizzly Bear in Glacier National Park

Chance encounters with bears are a constant danger in the mountain West. The Rhodesian ecologist and range management expert Allan Savory offered this advice on shooing away bears: “Re the bears. I have not had to deal with them other than while fishing in Alaska and found them much like

10,000-Year Clock Next Door to Circle Ranch

10,000-Year Clock Next Door to Circle Ranch

Amazon’s Jeff Bezos is building a giant clock inside a Texas mountain from CNBC.

In the Bones of a Buried Child, Signs of a Massive Human Migration to the Americas

In the Bones of a Buried Child, Signs of a Massive Human Migration to the Americas

“Most likely, people were in Alaska by 20,000 years ago, at least,” say the scientists conducting the study reviewed below. This conclusion contradicts the accepted view that humans arrived in North America around 10,000 BC. Recent findings in far-West Texas also suggest earlier dates. In our own Circle

Merry Christmas from Circle Ranch

Merry Christmas from Circle Ranch

“God bless us, every one!”

Trump Picks Susan Combs For Interior Post

Trump Picks Susan Combs For Interior Post

A terrific choice for America, for Texas, and, for Western ranchers, wildlife & habitat. NOTE: This article initially appeared on SAExpressNews.com on July 11, 2017 WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate former Texas Agriculture Commissioner and Comptroller Susan Combs to be assistant secretary of policy management

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"Invasion Biology"

Iowa State Fair Cow and Boy Taking Nap Wins the Internet After Photo Goes Viral

This touching photo evokes the ancient connection between humans and livestock. Sadly, modern industrial agriculture – including much dairy and meat production – breaks this connection and increasingly disregards humane animal husbandry. NOTE: This post originally appeared on FOXNews.com on August 14, 2017 This here is a little story about a

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"Invasion Biology"

Cancer Worries Over a Common Weedkiller

California has recently acknowledged what the medical community has known for years: Glyphosate (Roundup) causes cancer. It is implicated in other diseases like alzheimers, gluten intolerance, diabetes, infertility and more. Glyphosate residuals are found in most everything we drink, eat and wear. Efforts to move away from glyphosate dependance in

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US Drought Falls to Record Low

Good news for quail and wildlife: It looks like we will dodge the drought bullet for the moment. Now is the time to implement the range recovery practices that will mitigate the next dry cycle. NOTE: This post initially appeared on TheGWPF.com on April 28, 2017 Drought in the

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National Parks: Lost and Neglected

Considering the Federal record in financial regulation, education, healthcare and a host of other arenas, is it news that their management of public lands is a mess? Why should the Federal government own 640-million acres? Texas, as a private lands state, doesn’t have this problem on a large scale,

Prosthetic Found in Beaver Dam

"Invasion Biology"

Prosthetic Found in Beaver Dam

Following on the earlier post (12/6/16) about how to best control cane on the Rio Grande, here is a piece that shows beavers will use almost anything to build dams. This includes cane and saltcedar. Recently I toured a beautiful ranch on the Purgatoire River in southeastern Colorado,

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Native Camels of North America

Are Camels Natives to North America? The question of whether llamas and camels are natives or exotics in North America exposes the many contradictions inherent in the phony science of invasive species “biology.” Millions of years ago the camel family – camelids – evolved in North America, eventually dividing into at least

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Book Review - The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History

Dr. Paul Hutton has delivered a highly rewarding volume in The Apache Wars; it fully covers the American Apache Wars, revealing many new facts about the characters and agencies involved. It is well written, making it an entertaining read; but it is also a chilling account of barbarities and the

New Drought in Far-West Texas?

New Drought in Far-West Texas?

“El Niño-La Niña are reciprocating patterns that create wet and dry conditions on the land, and simultaneously, conditions of abundance and famine in the marine environments. In the Galapagos Islands for example, warmer water from El Niño means more rain on the land but a famine for birds and animals

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Grain Traders Rejecting New Monsanto Soybeans

Monsanto is in trouble because it released seeds without EU approval. Why would it: New poisons and associated seeds are routinely approved without testing. What should upset everyone is this: “The latest Monsanto seeds contain new genetic technology that allows soybean plants to withstand a new and more powerful herbicide,

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War Songs of The Plains

Obituary: Joseph Medicine Crow, Reprinted from The Economist Joseph Medicine Crow, last war chief of the Crow tribe, died on April 3rd, aged 102 THEY were on a path over the hills when Joseph Medicine Crow saw the horses: 50 of them. It made him pause, for there was never

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"Invasion Biology"

Wildfire Danger Grows on Destocked Public Lands in Far-West Texas

When animals are removed, wildfire risk is increased. Cattle, burros, aoudad and elk will reduce this risk, and help deer, pronghorn and sheep in the process. NOTE: Post initially appeared on SAExpressNews.com on February 3, 2016 Big Bend National Park Still Burning Firefighters continue to battle a brush fire

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EPA Seeks to Revoke Approval of Dow Chemical Herbicide

Glyphosate, a key ingredient in Roundup, is associated with many illnesses, and according to the World Health Organization and the State of California, causes cancer. 2,4-D was a main ingredient in Agent Orange, which caused 2-million birth defects among Vietnamese exposed to it during the war. 60,000 American

Another Successful Rocket Launch in the Sierra Diablos

Another Successful Rocket Launch in the Sierra Diablos

The escarpments in the background are the high country of Circle Ranch: The Sierra Diablo Mountains of far-West Texas.

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Congratulations Blue Origin

Blue Origin’s successful launch and recovery on November 23, 2015 leapfrogs them to leadership in the private space race. The launch-landing site is next door to Circle: The cliffs in the far background are the Sierra Diablo rim, Circle Ranch’s high country. This post originally appeared on NBCNews.