Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 11/4/2025 Federal agencies often try to make policy based on flawed science. Why are buffalo returning to Texas after 136 years? Explaining Drought Busters. And more...
land rights Verify the Science - Federal Agencies Often Try to Make Policy Based on Flawed Science—Call Them On It For those of us fighting for private property rights against agencies like the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) over endangered species, the ability to provide and demand credible science has become a game-changer.
Texas Bison Why Are Buffalo Returning to Texas After 136 Years? The near extinction of buffalo across North America had devastating consequences—especially for Indigenous communities, for whom buffalo were a source of food, shelter, spiritual connection, and governance.
"Invasion Biology" Drought Busters 101 “Drought Busters” is an inexpensive, quick, physiologically and economically sustainable method of habitat and wildlife restoration.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 10/28/2025 The slaughter of elk at Yellowstone National Park. The long-term Plan for American ranchers. Why this cattle farmer moves his cows every day. And more...
Elk The Slaughter of Elk at Yellowstone National Park Today, visitors to Yellowstone regularly observe bison, elk, deer, bears, and perhaps wolves, but this was not foreordained.
cattle ranchers The Long-Term Plan for American Ranchers "The President hears them, he has to address both of these problems—for the ranchers, but also for the American consumer. He promised to lower costs, and that's what he's committed to doing."
Animal Growth Why This Cattle Farmer Moves His Cows Every Day Methane emissions from cattle contribute to climate change – but Will Harris says he has a solution.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 10/21/2025 New World screwworm once again dangerously near Texas. A turning point in how nature-based solutions can restore ecosystems. State agencies generally produce better results than federal agencies. And more...
Screwworm Special Report: New World Screwworm In light of the imminent threat of New World screwworm looming along the Texas-Mexico border, Borderlands Research Institute has pulled together the following information and resources to help guide ranchers and farmers.
Beavers Dams They Put Beavers On Dead Land With No Trees — What Happened Next Is Unreal The remarkable saga of beaver dam restoration, the fight against beaver dam extinction, and the hidden story behind beaver dam locations extinction that once threatened entire landscapes.
Bio-Diversity "Conserving" Wild Bison? Decades of experience with wildlife and forestry management show that state agencies generally produce better results than federal agencies.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 10/14/2025 America’s ambitious plan to restore the Wild West. Five iconic animals of Yellowstone. And more...
Bighorn Five Iconic Animals of Yellowstone Learn about wolves, elk, grizzly bears, bison, and river otters that call Yellowstone home.
Resources America’s Ambitious Plan to Restore the Wild West By reintroducing iconic species like bison and pronghorns, we’re helping them reclaim their rightful place on the plains.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 10/7/2025 The European bison is making a powerful return to the wild. A team of biologists in northern Minnesota document wolves that fish. And more...
Resources They Released Hundreds of Bisons Into a Dying Forest and After 10 Years, Result Was Insane Once nearly extinct, the European bison is making a powerful return to the wild.
"Wolves" Watch This Wolf Go Fishing Wolves are thought of as red-meat eaters, but a team of biologists in northern Minnesota, near Voyageurs National Park, has documented a pack that often enjoys a meal of fish.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 9/30/2025 The hunt for earth’s most mysterious creatures is turning up extraordinary results. Polar bears have settled in an abandoned weather station. And more....
Bears Polar Bears Have Settled in An Abandoned Weather Station Novosibirsk photographer Vadim Makhorov showed a family of polar bears who have taken over the houses of an abandoned weather station on Koluchin Island in the Chukchi Sea. The footage was captured using a drone, which the predators tried to catch with their paws and teeth.
Biodiversity The Hunt For Earth’s Most Mysterious Creatures Is Turning Up Extraordinary Results Scientists are looking for the "dark matter" of the animal kingdom — and it's revealing how little we know about life on our planet.
Bio-Diversity Rangeland Restoration: Subsoil Contour Plowing at Circle Ranch, in far-West Texas Subsoil contour plowing is an excellent way to increase water absorption in the desert grasslands of far-West Texas and Southern New Mexico. The effectiveness of the practice is shown in these before-and-after comparisons. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on October 9, 2017, and again on March
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 9/23/2025 Yellowstone bison are reshaping the park's ecosystems in a positive way. Results of a small tree plant. The beauty of the Navajo Nation. And more...
Videos I Planted a Forest Four Years Ago An excellent example of nature's resiliency.... From the videographer: FOREST UPDATE 2025: In 2021 I planted a tree a minute, for 24 hours, on my mates farm. It was freakin hard work, but also one of the coolest, most rewarding days I’ve ever had. I made a
Yellowstone Bison Scientists Spent 6 Years Tracking Yellowstone's Great Bison Migration. What They Found is Remarkable New research from the US national park shows migrating bison enrich grasslands – boosting plant nutrition, soil health and biodiversity.
