national parks Ted Turner's Nature Preserves: A Carefully Curated "Heaven on Earth" Turner is opening some of his land to visitors, creating almost overnight what amounts to a private national park system.
Soil If Not from Soil, Where Does a Tree Get Its Bulk? Where Do Trees Really Get Their Bulk From? Not the Soil!
Resources Trail Camera Captures 'Truly Amazing' Two-Legged Bear in West Virginia: Watch The photographer believes the bear to be an approximately 8-year-old male.
Resources Screwworms In S. Mexico Has USDA, States Working On Plan In late November the Chief Veterinary Officer of Mexico notified USDA Animal and Plant Inspection Service of a positive detection of New World Screwworm (NWS) in Mexico.
California wildfires How L.A. Bureaucracy Made It Harder to Clear Flammable Brush A mishmash of government agencies failed to keep public lands safe from deadly wildfires, residents say
Elk Giant Irish Elk: The Largest Deer To Ever Live | Extinct Animals Documentary Known as the "Giant Deer", the Irish Elk was last seen nearly 11,000 years ago.
Wild Horse Fire Brigade LA FIRES: Can Saving American Wild Horses Help Reduce The Loss of Life And Economic Losses By Preventing & Reducing Wildfires & Toxic Smoke? The devastating grass and brush fueled wildfires in Los Angeles we are all witnessing may be just a glimpse of the upcoming summer in the western United States
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 1/28/2025 Fascinating Bighorn sheep battles. Desert Bighorn and Chukar in Nevada. What does it mean to be fully alive? And more..
Bighorn The Battle of Bighorns The battles involve rams charging at each other and colliding their massive horns. These clashes can reach speeds of up to 40 miles per hour, generating forces that are significantly greater than what would cause injury to a human skull.
Texas wildlife The Effort to Bring Horned Lizards Back to Texas This once ubiquitous little animal is undoubtedly the victim of pesticides.
Resources Wild Horses Can Help Prevent Forest Fires Horses don’t tear out the roots of plants while grazing, unlike cattle and sheep, says Simpson.
Resources 'Prairie Strips' Bring Beauty to Farms With Big Environmental Benefits Farmers in Iowa have added “prairie strips” alongside rows of corn and soybeans to help halt serious environmental challenges inherent to farming.
Regenerative Ranching Generation Regeneration: ‘A New Era of Farming Talent’ Last year, a third more tenancies were awarded to new entrants than 10 years ago. Many are breaking the rules, and promising to restore not just soil health, but the value of the industry
Resources Rare Creature Seen for First Time Since 2018, Vermont Officials Say. ‘That’s No Bobcat’ A rare big cat, seen for the first time in six years, is causing excitement in a Vermont county.
Bears Cougar vs. Bear A bobcat would not typically engage with a bear unless absolutely necessary for survival or defense of its young. But it happens….
Resources Native Tribes Protest Plan to Cull Wild Bison in Yellowstone The National Park Service says the plan is essential because there are more bison in the park than there is space to accommodate them
wolf management plan Colorado Releases 5 Wolves in Reintroduction Program Approved by Voters The release culminates a process three years in the making when in 2020 voters narrowly approved reintroducing wolves by the end of 2023 west of the Continental Divide.
Wild Horse Fire Brigade Northern California Wild Horse Non-Profit Owner Looks to Make Federal Change Through BLM “Once you understand the benefits they give to the landscape when they’re in the right place, you have an ‘aha moment’ and see these horses can provide $500 million in value to American taxpayers.”
Gray Wolf Dangerous Predator Once Thought Extinct Spotted at National Park Park authorities confirmed the presence of the rare species.
Lake Powell Lake Powell Water Levels Lead to 'Ecological Rebirth' This environmental crisis is revealing an unexpected ecological benefit—the return of native plant communities in areas exposed by the shrinking reservoir.
Wild Horse Fire Brigade The Wild Horses of Nevada's Deserts "We spend millions of dollars a year managing horses, but we still can’t agree on whether they belong."
Resources Deep in the Heart: Official Trailer Narrated by Matthew McConaughey, Deep in the Heart is Texas' first wildlife movie
cattle breeds Herd of Tauros to Be Released Into Highlands to Recreate Aurochs Effect Large, cattle-like tauros will shape landscape and strengthen wildlife as huge, extinct herbivore once did
Resources 'Landscape of Fear' Not Impacting Yellowstone's Elk Predation by animals and humans, not behavioral change, was what lightened the impact of elk on young trees.
Resources What Happens to the World if Forests Stop Absorbing Carbon? Ask Finland Natural sinks of forests and peat were key to Finland’s ambitious target to be carbon neutral by 2035. But now, the land has started emitting more greenhouse gases than it stores
