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.
Bio-Diversity Gulleys for Desert Grassland Restoration #2 Using a gulley to create a riparian meadow in the desert
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 1/6/2026 Hi-tech aids are an absolute necessity for wildlife researchers. Sunny Hancock performs "The Horse Trade." Hunting Is conservation. And more...
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.
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.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 12/2/2025 A humane way to manage wild horses already exists. Conservation isn’t a land use — it’s a responsibility. Incredibly rare 'pack ice' killer whale filmed swimming in Antarctic snow. And more..
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.
"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.
Bio-Diversity Gulleys for Grassland Restoration #3 Eroded galleys can be used to restore desertifying grasslands – alongside creosote bush – without chemicals.
"Invasion Biology" Drought Busters 101 “Drought Busters” is an inexpensive, quick, physiologically and economically sustainable method of habitat and wildlife restoration.
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.
Bio-Diversity "Conserving" Wild Bison? Decades of experience with wildlife and forestry management show that state agencies generally produce better results than federal agencies.
Bighorn Five Iconic Animals of Yellowstone Learn about wolves, elk, grizzly bears, bison, and river otters that call Yellowstone home.
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
Tom Opre From Africa to Yellowstone: Tom Opre on Conservation Stories That Matter Leslie Heaney sits down with Tom Opre — filmmaker, storyteller, and founder of the Shepherds of Wildlife Society, a nonprofit dedicated to reconnecting people and wildlife through powerful documentary films.
Conservation New Nature Documentary is a Call to Action to Save Six Endangered Species Saving six of Earth’s most endangered species is the mission for a new nature programme. It is a heartwarming call to action, says Gregory Wakeman
Conservation Official Trailer - The American Southwest THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST is a wild and unforgettable journey down the mighty Colorado River.
