Roundup’s Toxic Chemical Glyphosate, Found in 100% of California Wines Tested
You can run but you can’t hide…. Grape growers use Roundup® (glyphosate) to suppress weeds between vines. Cotton growers use it to defoliate plants before harvest. Farmers’ GMO seeds like soybeans and corn are modified …
All by Itself the Humble Sweet Potato Colonized the World
Is the seed potato an ‘invasive’ ‘exotic’ which by definition harms plants and habitats? Or do new plants – like new animals – enter systems all the time, and in so doing benefit other plants …
An Artificial Beaver Dam to Restore an Eroded Stream Bed
Pataha Creek Beaver Dam Analog Timelapse from Snake River Salmon Recovery on Vimeo. You are looking at a downcut stream bed. Note the vertical bank at upper left: this means active downcutting continues. Due to …
The Case for a Carbon Tax on Beef
This article does a good job of summarizing the many environmental problems caused by Big Meat’s method of raising beef. However, the author mistakenly assumes that there is no other way to raise beef than …
Bird Deaths a Setback in Texas Feral Hog Poison Testing
It turns out Texas’ latest wonder poison was a Pig in a Poke. Times Record News reports: “Field testing of a new feral hog control method experienced a major setback recently after nearly 200 birds …
Tribute to Mule Deer
A wonderful video from the Mule Deer Foundation.
Oregon Beavers Engineer Better Fish Habitat, More Fish
How building artificial beaver dams accelerated stream recovery in Oregon. These ideas will work across Texas.
Book Review of American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
American Serengeti is Dan Flores’ natural history of the American Great Plains throughout its 13,000-years of human presence. According to the author, the book is the “Big History” of two lost worlds, both of which were …
How an Australian Ranch Uses Cattle to Restore Soil
Meet Glenn Morris, General Manager of Figtrees Organic Farms, producers and marketers of award winning organic beef from the award winning properties ‘Wilton Park’ in New South Wales, Australia. Glenn has spent more than two decades …
A Better Fight Against Cattle Fever Ticks
Planned grazing has been shown to significantly control fever ticks without medications when the recovery (rest) periods – the time between when a herd leaves a pasture and when it returns – exceeds 150 days. …