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Circle Ranch in West Texas

Experience From the High Deserts of Texas to the Rocky Mountain West.

For 20 years, our family owned and managed Circle Ranch, 32,000 acres of high desert located in the Sierra Diablo Mountains of far-West Texas. Our goal? Leaving the land more diverse, and therefore healthier, than we found it.

Our Philosophy

Wildlife and habitat only prosper when their ecosystem is in balance.

A pronghorn herd in desert grasslands of West Texas

Our Resources

The objective of biodiversity conservation is to maintain viable native animal and plant populations of all kind.

a native Elk roaming the desert grasslands of West Texas

Elk Removals Featured

Are Elk Native to Texas--Historical and Archaeological Evidence for the Natural Occurence of Elk in Texas

This paper began as an effort to persuade Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to cease its efforts to eradicate elk on the state lands which it manages in far-West Texas. Our assumption was that TPWD was acting out of a sincere misunderstanding of science, which could be corrected.

El Nino Is Here And Scientists Fear It’ll Be Big, Bad And Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires

El Nino Is Here And Scientists Fear It’ll Be Big, Bad And Costly With Heat, Floods, Droughts, Fires

A potentially historic El Niño is forming in the Pacific, and if the scientists are right, it will bring a familiar mix of floods, droughts, heat waves, wildfires, and agricultural disruption to different corners of the globe.

Combat the New World Screwworm

New World Screwworm

Secretary Brooke Rollins Discusses Actions Taken to Combat the New World Screwworm

This update from Secretary Rollins highlights an aggressive, science-driven effort to stop the northward advance of the New World screwworm before it can threaten American livestock, wildlife, and rural economies.

New World Screwworm May Be in South Texas

New World Screwworm

New World Screwworm May Be in South Texas

AG Commissioner Sid Miller discusses the USDA's discovery that that the New World Screwworm may be in South Texas.

USDA: New World Screwworm Not Yet in the U.S., But Threat Draws Closer

New World Screwworm

USDA: New World Screwworm Not Yet in the U.S., But Threat Draws Closer

This report delivers a clear message: while the New World screwworm has not yet crossed into the United States, federal and state officials believe the threat is real and growing as new cases are detected ever closer to the Texas border.

Beyond Scarcity: Can We Restore Vitality in a Drying West

Beyond Scarcity: Can We Restore Vitality in a Drying West

The American West must move beyond a mindset of water scarcity and begin thinking in terms of restoring ecological vitality.

Reintroduction of Beavers to Wetlands Leading to More Bats

Reintroduction of Beavers to Wetlands Leading to More Bats

The reintroduction of beavers to wetlands in England and Wales is leading to an increase in bat activity, a new study suggests.

wild horse eating grass on a roadside

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

C.S. Lewis's 1944 Lecture "The Inner Ring."

The Wild Horse Fire Brigade offers a natural solution: horses graze the grass and brush on vacant wild-lands, and manage fuels that cattle avoid and that fuel extreme fires, creating safer landscapes without costly mechanical treatments or prescribed burns that often release even more toxins.

Goats Clearing Meadows and Forest at Pitchstone Waters #2

Goats Clearing Meadows and Forest at Pitchstone Waters #2

We use goats instead of herbicides to control weeds and stimulate grasses in sagebrush meadows.

Restoring Biodiversity - 5/26/2026

Restoring Biodiversity - 5/26/2026

Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission proposes rule that would require harvest reporting. Using goats instead of herbicides to control weeds. And more...

Goats Clearing Meadows and Forest at Pitchstone Waters

Goats Clearing Meadows and Forest at Pitchstone Waters #1

We use goats instead of herbicides to control weeds and stimulate grasses in forests and meadows

Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Proposes Rule That Would Require Harvest Reporting - Impacting Mountain Lion Populations

Wildlife & Hunting

Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Proposes Rule That Would Require Harvest Reporting - Impacting Mountain Lion Populations

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission will vote in May on a proposed rule that could significantly improve how we understand and manage mountain lion populations in Texas.

Wild Horse Grift song - thumbnail of a Youtube video

Wild Horse Fire Brigade

Wild Horse Grift

The song "Wild Horse Grift" is a powerful, truth-telling country-western style track that exposes the exploitation of America's wild horses by certain large "advocacy" nonprofits.

Research Shared On Cow Size Relative To Carcass Weight

Research Shared On Cow Size Relative To Carcass Weight

Increasing cow size has essentially no benefits to the cow-calf producer

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buying and selling ranches

My Wild Land: The Place - Trailer

The My Wild Land series, presented by Muley Fanatic Foundation was launched in response to the rapid residential growth of western states in recent years and subsequent loss of wildlife habitat.

China Released Thousands of Horses Into A Desert With ZERO GRASS — 5 Years Later The Map Changed

China Released Thousands of Horses Into A Desert With ZERO GRASS — 5 Years Later The Map Changed

When you give nature / biodiversity a chance,. It's a win win result.

Why I Hunt: A New Mexico Elk Hunt

Why I Hunt: A New Mexico Elk Hunt

Special thanks to RMEF Films partner Bass Pro Shops and the Express UU Bar Ranch in New Mexico. Thanks to their commitment to conservation, RMEF is able to tell this story