Animal Development Allan Savory: Planned Cattle Grazing Where the Rubber Hits the Road In this 45-minute video, the Dean of holistic range science – Allan Savory – discusses on-the-ground application of holistic planned grazing. West Texas and New Mexico ranchers will find many helpful insights, observations and suggestions in this wide-ranging discussion of range and wildlife practices. NOTE: this post was originally published to this
Conservation Migrating Elk at Pitchstone Waters Ranch This video discusses the annual elk migration across Pitchstone Waters Ranch, on the upper Fall River, 5-miles southwest of Yellowstone Park, in Fremont County Idaho. NOTE: this video was originally published to this site on December 13, 2021
Bio-Diversity Hailing From the Primordial Realm, Meet Mother Nature: Goddess of Earth’s Ecosystems “Cows and other livestock once roamed across pastures, grazing on native grass and depositing their manure to help fertilize the ground. As they roamed, Mother Nature’s cycle of fertilization, resting, and restoring supported a sustainable food system.”
Bighorn Circle Ranch High Country Pronghorn, Desert Bighorn Sheep and Golden Eagles in the high-desert mountains of far-West Texas.
Firearms The World's Most Beautiful Shotguns Purdey production director Laurie Bayliss guides Elite Traveler through the seven key stages of the making of a gun: machine shop, barrel making, locks and triggers, auctioning, stocking, engraving and finishing.
Animal Migration Barriers BARRIERS captures the many challenges migrating big game animals encounter on their journeys, and the collaborative solutions that can keep migrations intact long into the future.
"Invasion Biology" The Sounds of Elk Elk, bighorn and mule deer are found together throughout the West. These species are complimentary, not ‘competitive’.
food safety Shane Mahoney Speech on the Wild Harvest Initiative Shane Mahoney is widely recognized as a wildlife biologist, conservationist, and thought leader.
Bio-Diversity Yellowstone Park to Reconsider Controversial Bison Plan A new analysis of bison management could result in an expansion of where the animals are permitted to roam freely.
beaver restoration Beaver Reintroduction in the Washington Cascades For the past 3 years, Cascade Forest Conservancy has been engaged in a large-scale beaver reintroduction project in Washington's South Cascades.
Bio-Diversity Wyoming Elk Migration The Jackson Elk Herd, at approximately 11,000 animals, is one of the largest in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and the largest in the state of Wyoming.
Bio-Diversity Desert Bighorn Sheep and Chukar in Nevada A wonderful Desert Bighorn Sheep video from Nevada’s Department of Wildlife. The gamebirds are Chukar (Alectoris chukar), a much-treasured partridge originally native to the foothills of the Himalayas. American stock originated in Afghanistan and Nepal. Chukar have naturalized across much of the West in areas where their native food
Wild Horse Fire Brigade Award for Volunteer Team’s Wild Horse Music Video A music video created by a collective of wild horse advocates won its category at the Equus Film and Arts Festival.
"Invasion Biology" Restoring Sonoran Desert Grasslands with Cattle The Cuenca Los Ojos Foundation works to preserve and restore the biodiversity of the US/Mexican borderlands through land protection, habitat restoration and wildlife reintroduction.
"Invasion Biology" Wildlife in the High-Desert Mountains of Far-West Texas Desert Mountain Wildlife #3 – part of a series on wildlife pictures
Regenerative Ranching During the Drought Michael Thompson, a young farmer in Kansas, is regenerating his soils with no-till, cover-crops practices coupled with Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) grazing - giving his farm resilience during the severe 2011 and 2012 droughts.
"Invasion Biology" Are Goats and Sheep Compatible? These ranchers move their sheep and goats to a new paddock surrounded by electric net fence. There are many things to consider. Sheep like to go under net fences while goats jump over.
"Invasion Biology" Desert Bighorn, Mule Deer and Cougar in High Desert Mountains of Far-West Texas The series contains many wildlife photos, and, discusses holistic wildlife management practices.
Antler Genetics Does Culling Wild Deer Populations Result in Improved Antler Genetics? See the only known high speed footage of aerial deer captures and understand the methodology and results of this first of its kind study.
"Invasion Biology" Far-West Texas Mountain Wildlife 1 The series contains many wildlife photos, and, discusses holistic wildlife management practices.
Bio-Diversity Livestock Pond Attracts Wildlife in Idaho Forests Near Yellowstone Park At Pitchstone Waters in the Idaho forests near Yellowstone Park, we built a small stock pond to keep our cattle drinkers filled. This pond and other water additions are heavily used by a wide variety of wild animals. Pitchstone Waters Wildlife at Grouse Pond from Christopher Gill on Vimeo. NOTE:
Resources A California Town’s Beloved 400-pound Bear Attacked a Woman. Now He’s Dead, and Locals Want Justice The killing of a large bear known to raid campsites near the Sierra tourist town of Mammoth Lakes has sparked an outcry that many hope will change how state and federal officials manage California’s growing population of habituated black bears and also deal with people who encounter them.
Beaver Diversity of Life at a Beaver Pond Beavers are a keystone species, because they alter their natural environment in such a way that the overall ecoysytem builds upon that change.
food supply Toxic Sludge Fertilizer The Times dug into the widespread use of sewage sludge as fertilizer, which is sometimes heavily contaminated by “forever chemicals.”
