Conservation Gulleys for Grassland Restoration: #7 Best Equipment When we divert rainstorm runoff from eroding gulleys to restore desertifying canyons and grasslands, what are the best equipment & practices?
Bio-Diversity Gulleys for Grassland Restoration #9: Harvesting Water in Steep Canyons Restoring the Southwest’s desert grasslands takes water. Most ranches treat eroding gulleys and roads – and their stormwater runoffs – as liabilities.
"Invasion Biology" Gulleys for Grassland Restoration #5: Upper Pennel Canyon at Circle Ranch Using a mountain gulley for erosion control and desert grassland restoration.
Bio-Diversity Gulleys for Grassland Restoration #8 - Using an Eroded Gulley to Recreate a Wet Meadow Like roads, wells and power lines, the irrigation system requires monitoring and maintenance, approached as just one of a body of holistic practices being applied together.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 1/13/2026 America’s most beloved bear is dead. The overlooked danger that’s massacring wildlife. Why are wildlife crossings crucial for animals and humans alike? And more...
Wildlife & Hunting The Overlooked Danger That’s Massacring Wildlife Road ecology is bleeding into the public consciousness at a moment when we can still act on its lessons.
Bio-Diversity Gulleys for Desert Grassland Restoration #2 Using a gulley to create a riparian meadow in the desert
Bio-Diversity Hunting Is Conservation - Hunting is Sustainable, Helps Species Thrive When you take a step back and look at the big picture, it's more than evident that Hunting Is Conservation.
Bio-Diversity Energy Development Abuse Threatens Port Aransas and Texas' Bays and Estuaries The idea of lessening regulation to achieve energy independence is a good one until it is catastrophically abused as it is in South Texas’ coastal estuaries.
Caldera Eruption Henrys Fork Caldera: Yellowstone's Last Caldera Eruption Completely in Idaho This eruption was the second most recent of the three big Yellowstone eruptions over the last two million years.
Wildlife & Hunting Why Were Canadians Warned Not to Let Moose Lick Their Cars? The warning was similar to park rangers’ trying to stop campers from leaving food at campgrounds lest it encourage bears to keep coming back to the site.
Bio-Diversity Gulleys for Grassland Restoration #4: Los Cuates Canyon at Circle Ranch Gulleys for Grassland Restoration #4: Los Cuates Canyon discusses specific gulley problems and treatments in a mountain canyon at Circle Ranch in far-West Texas.
"Wolves" Wolves and Wildfires There is a shocking level of ignorance shown in the debates about the problems we see with wolves and wildfires. Nobody seems to ask the single most important question: WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
Articles A Humane Way To Manage Wild Horses Already Exists. Why Isn’t It Being Used The USA now has more wild horses in captivity than running free on the rangelands in the West.
Articles “Utterly Spectacular”: Incredibly Rare 'Pack Ice' Killer Whale Filmed Swimming in Antarctic Snow Pack ice killer whales are a unique type of orca that live in Antarctica – and there are fewer than 100 left.
Articles Conservation Isn’t a Land Use — It’s a Responsibility Conservation isn’t a use. It’s a responsibility—the ongoing act of caring for land so that it continues to provide for both people and wildlife.
Bio-Diversity Sandhill Cranes Talking Near Cascade Idaho This group of Sandhill Cranes were vocalizing in a meadow near Cascade Reservoir in Idaho.
Articles Big Five—Revisiting a Legend: Bill Negley Bill’s interest in bowhunting began in the 1950s as a result of a rifle safari in Africa during which fifteen rounds of ammunition left him with fourteen dead antelope of various species and one dead lion, an experience he described as “unfair to the animals and unrewarding to me.”
Climate San Antonio Company is Fighting Climate Change 1 Acre of Cattle Grazing Land at a Time Grassroots Carbon eyeing 'huge growth' selling carbon credits by partnering with ranchers on regenerative practices
Animal Intelligence See How This Wolf Steals Fish, A New Discovery Of Animals Using Tools Video of a wolf hauling a crab trap out of the water and then raiding its bait has sparked a debate over whether this is the first evidence of tool use in wild canids, or just clever puzzle-solving.
Articles How Passive Rainwater Management Can Support Residential Water Needs Turning streets into streams...
Bureau of Land Management Vast Swaths of BLM Rangelands Don’t Meet Health Standards, Millions of Acres Remain Unassessed Declining rangeland health is almost always blamed on too many cattle.
"Invasion Biology" The Rules that Govern Life on Earth - with Sean B Carroll Evolutionary biologist Sean B Carroll reveals how a few simple rules govern all life on earth, from the cells in our bodies to populations of animals on the Serengeti.
"Invasion Biology" A Symbol of the Range Returns Home Thanks to their hardiness, bighorn sheep have long been a symbolic species. Circle Ranch has a growing, healthy herd of desert bighorn.
