Quoting the producers of the video below, “Each fall, thousands of elk flood out of the mountains in a mass migration. Without calendars or clocks, how does the herd decide when to move? This amazing, […]
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Stewardship with Vision – Episode 5: David Spicer
Quoting the producers of the video below, “David Spicer’s leadership in restoring springs, wetlands, and riparian areas on his ranch and beyond has helped keep a species from being listed under the ESA and supported […]
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Coronavirus Outbreak Shows The Risk in Ignoring Human Activity’s Impact on Nature
Paraphrasing the authors of the article below, “The role of healthy, intact ecosystems is being overlooked, together with the essential link between human, domestic animal and wildlife health. Biodiversity — the richness of life on […]
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Mountain Goat Removal Temporarily Closes Areas Of Grand Teton National Park
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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On the Elk Trail: Episode 4 – “Spike”
Quoting the authors of this video, It’s migration season in Greater Yellowstone, and our trail cameras capture young male elk – collectively nicknamed “Spike” – sparring and goofing off. These competitive behaviors prepare the spikes […]
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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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On the Elk Trail: Episode 2 – Elk Migration
In 2018, a biologist and a filmmaker used camera traps to film the entire fall migration of an elk herd in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem of western Wyoming. During the project’s first week a snowstorm […]
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All About The Cocker Spaniel
“Since it is impossible to say which are better – labs or cockers – the correct choice is both.
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Massive Juniper Tree-Cutting Project Aims to Aid Sage Grouse
According to the article below: “Overall, sage grouse numbers have dwindled from an estimated 16 million before European settlement of the West to no more than 500,000 today in 11 western states. The project that […]
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Deer Culling Does Not Improve Deer: Common Sense Habitat Management Does
In a landmark 13-year study based on 15,000 animal trappings, the Comanche (Farias) Ranch near Eagle Pass, Texas, has proven that culling of so-called “inferior” bucks, including spikes, does not increase antler size in wild […]
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