Baby Bears Baby Black Bear Learns the Ropes A baby black bear must "learn the ropes" from mom in order to survive.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 4/21/2026 The world’s biggest animal migration. Screwworm is coming for the US. Animals using fallen logs as bridges. And more...
Animal Migration This Is The World’s Biggest Animal Migration — And Few Outsiders Have Seen It Six million antelope storm through a pocket of Africa that’s nearly impossible to get to, but the Journal caught them on camera
New World Screwworm The “Man Eater” Screwworm Is Coming For The U.S. After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.
Biodiversity Watch Bobcats, Bears, and Even Birds Use Fallen Logs as Bridges In the mossy woods of western Oregon, a stream restoration project became Main Street for the surrounding forest.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 4/14/2026 Hunters on wheels take aim at Texas coyotes. Wildfire smoke more toxic than previously believed. And more...
Coyote Hunters on Wheels Take Aim at Texas Coyotes After Attacks Kill Residential Pets Since June, coyotes have killed residential pets — “several small dogs” - in DeSoto, Texas
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 4/7/2026 Screwworm and the role of the USDA’s “tick riders." True conservation requires responsibility, not neglect. Wolves and moose at Pitchstone Waters. And more...
New World Screwworm An Insidious Pest Threatens Texas Cattle. It’ll Have to Get Past These Guys. The New World screwworm has been infecting livestock just over the border, in Mexico. “Tick riders,” a 120-year-old group of mounted USDA inspectors, are the nation’s first line of defense.
Wild Horse Fire Brigade There Is A Place For Native Wild Horses On Remote Public Lands In Their Natural Role Reducing Understory Vegetation And Suppressing Fire It turns out that wild horses are the best species at understory grazing in extremely rugged, predator filled, back country, fire prone, wilderness areas.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 3/24/2026 Helicopters take-on noxious weeds. Goats, brush, weeds and wildfire. And more....
Resources Helicopters Drones Take-on Noxious Weeds Today Aiming to kill an invasive species of grass that can choke out native plants and fuel wildfires, Teton County Weed and Pest District is coordinating low-flying helicopters and drones to spray herbicide on 7,000 acres.
Grand Tetons Teton County Weed & Pest District Cheatgrass Program Invasive annual grasses like cheatgrass are threatening the west.
Resources A River of Hopes & Dreams—and Challenges Friends of the Pecos River was formed in 2021 as a 501c3 nonprofit organization with its primary focus on the Pecos River in Texas—from Imperial to Sheffield—the forgotten reach.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 3/10/2026 Screwworm update shared at TWA annual convention. Yellowstone's largest eruption created an incredible unconformity. Soil is the foundation for biodiversity. And more...
Screwworm Screwworm Update Shared At TWA Annual Convention No screwworms have been found in Texas at this point, despite rumors that screwworms are already here.
Yellowstone Yellowstone's Largest Eruption Bakes Rock Below, Leaves Two Ash Layers, And Creates An Unconformity High on Mount Everts, way above above Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park, lies an amazing outcrop that exposes the 2.1 million year old Huckleberry Ridge Tuff (the largest of Yellowstone's recent three eruptions) where it overlaps older Cretaceous sedimentary rocks.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 3/3/2026 Water your livestock, legally. Amazing drone video of a wolf pack hunting moose in a Canadian winter. And more...
Resources Another Kerr County Flood Victim? The Guadalupe River Itself The July 4 flood took a human toll, but it also did environmental and ecological damage. Experts say with time and patience, the river can bounce back
Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem The Wildlife of Yellowstone Established as the world's first national park in 1871, Yellowstone is one of the most remarkable places on Earth. Sitting on top of an active volcano and spanning over 3,000km, it contains a rich variety of wildlife and wondrous landscapes.
Elk Bull Elk in West Texas Elk were once common in West Texas, across the state, and from coast to coast. Today TPWD and ranchers eradicate native elk because managers believe they "compete" with Desert Bighhorn Sheep and Mule Deer.
Bayer Bayer Agrees to Pay $7.25 Billion to Settle Roundup Lawsuits The agreement, which still faces legal hurdles, would cover current and future claims that the weedkiller caused non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 2/27/2026 Cattle farmers are nurturing a new stream of income. Another example of a small dam that spills water from an eroded gulley. And more...
Our Philosophy Ranchers Are Falling Into Debt and Selling Land. Carbon Credits Are a Way to Keep Farming By introducing regenerative agricultural techniques that lock carbon into grazing pastures, Grassroots Carbon is offering a new income source to farmers
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 2/10/2026 More NWS cases in Tamaulipas. Surviving Grand Teton. The best equipment and practices to restore desertifying canyons and grasslands. And more..
