When managed wisely, wild horses and burros can thrive in the American West. However, left uncontrolled, herds quickly overpopulate their habitat, overgraze the land and decimate the fragile desert spring ecosystems critical to their survival and that of other species.…
Mike Phillips, director of billionaire land magnate Ted Turner’s Endangered Species Fund...admitted, “As wolves move into human dominated landscapes, conflicts are going to increase.” Thus, he supported reintroduction – not near his own home, but in “isolated” areas like Western…
Good luck kicking up a bird on any national forest in the Mid-Atlantic these days. The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission’s avid grouse hunter survey showed hunters flushed 1.25 birds per hour on public lands in 1990. Last year, they reported…
The wolf experiment has been a catastrophe everywhere it has been tried. Most recently the Washington State game managers had to kill off the remainder of a pack gone rogue. Idaho ranchers have had huge losses, including 176 sheep killed…
The California renewable energy developer had planned to build a $5 billion, 2-gigawatt solar power plant north of Las Vegas using 10 “power towers” that would have used the sun’s energy to super-heat molten salt to produce electricity for 1…
The training of the cattle is an easy installed response. Through our efforts on the ranch we put a lot of effort into separation, sorting, and processing of individuals. We don't often consider the defensive posture of the herd group.…
Mr. Price and Ms. Thoman, and their fellow ranchers lose countless numbers of livestock due to grizzly bear kills every year. Mr. Price and other ranchers in the Upper Green River Valley lost 71 cattle to confirmed grizzly bear kills…
"Illegal migrants, human traffickers, and drug smugglers, whether crossing by foot or using vehicles cause substantial damage to the natural and cultural resources found on federal lands. Tremendous amounts of human waste and garbage are left on borderlands every year.…
Some in the West who share an insight born of their having lived for years with abuses sanctioned by the federal government’s enforcement of the Endangered Species Act may doubt it. For them, the unanswered question is whether Zinke’s Order…
Despite an abundance of data showing wolf reintroduction into regions where they have not existed for decades or centuries--if at all--is harmful to wildlife, livestock and human populations, some radical elements continue to push for expanding wolf habitat into new…