Range Poisons | Pitchstone Waters

New Danger to Wildlife: USDA Gives Green Light to 2,4-D Resistant GM Crops

January 23, 2014 HABITAT RESTORATION

NOTE: this post originally appeared on SustainablePulse.com – January 3rd, 2014 The USDA has issued a draft statement essentially giving the green light to the marketing, sale and planting of GM corn and soybeans resistant […]

Increasing Danger to Wildlife and Habitat: Biotech Industry Starts New Era of Pesticide-Promoting Agriculture

December 16, 2013 HABITAT RESTORATION, WILDLIFE & HUNTING

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NOTE: Post initially appeared on SustainablePulse.com on August 30, 2013. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has quietly approved the first of a new generation of GE crops resistant to more toxic herbicides. The first crop […]

Creosote Bush: An Unassuming But Ancient Form of Life All Around Us

September 30, 2013 HABITAT RESTORATION, OUR RANCH, WILDLIFE & HUNTING

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Though sometimes regarded as a nuisance by residents of the arid Southwest, the creosote bush is a complex and fascinating plant – and creosote colonies constitute some of the oldest organisms known to inhabit the […]

Planned Grazing and Keyline-Contour Subsoiling Restores Damaged Land at Circle Ranch, March 2009 – September 2013

September 20, 2013 HABITAT RESTORATION

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In the southwest corner of Circle Ranch in the deep, steppe-shrub desert, we have a stock tank which we call “Lobo” because it was the last place that the Mexican wolf was seen in Hudspeth […]