“As discussed in the article below, barbed wire fences are dangerous to grouse. Apparently grouse don’t see the wires, so they fly in to them. Many are killed. As the authors explain, there are many […]
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All posts tagged: Pronghorn
On the Elk Trail: Episode 3 – Escape from Snow
Amazing trail camera footage captures how big game species in Wyoming migrate at different times because of their varying abilities to move through deep snow. Out of elk, moose, pronghorn and mule deer, which species […]
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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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Rotational Cattle Grazing to Restore Degraded Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands and Promote Watershed Health
Describing the Mimms Ranch in Marfa, Texas, the authors write, “The Foundation aims for practical conservation, with the belief that restored grasslands improve overall watershed health, resources for native wildlife, and continued support of ranching.”
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Did the American Cheetah Make the Pronghorn Fast?
The pronghorn antelope got fast trying to outrun the American Cheetah.
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Pronghorn: Experts in Speed and Sight
Pronghorn are the fastest land animal in North America. They are found only in the grasslands. Pronghorn numbers are declining, yet at one time as many as 30-million existed interdependently with bison. For the same […]
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Lyme Disease’s Worst Enemy? It Might Be Foxes
Outbreaks of epidemic diseases and parasites are growing wildlife problems, especially when these are passed to humans. Wildlife managers spend as much time on these problems as on any other aspect of wildlife husbandry. Predators […]
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Otters Making a Welcome Return to Texas Waterways
The return of otters and beavers to Texas rivers is a very good thing for the environment.
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Book Review of American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
American Serengeti is Dan Flores’ natural history of the American Great Plains throughout its 13,000-years of human presence. According to the author, the book is the “Big History” of two lost worlds, both of which were […]
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Are Wolves the Pronghorn’s Best Friend?
Wolf and coyote eradications have exploded coyote numbers across North America. This has increased coyote predation of pronghorn fawns. Coyotes are pronghorns’ most effective predators; wolves will not tolerate coyotes. 150-years of coyote ‘management’ using […]
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