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California Coastal Commission On Point Reyes Ranching
Dairy and beef cattle are grazed at Point Reyes National Seashore sixty years after the properties were purchased by American citizens. Photo George Wuerthner Fences. Everywhere I went during a...
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Bridger Teton National Forest Proposal Threatens Allotment Retirements
Hoback Peak in the Wyoming Range, Bridger Teton NF, Wyoming. Photo George Wuerthner A recent proposal by the Bridger Teton National Forest threatens the ability to retire grazing allotments on public...
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Supporting Ted Turner’s Ladder Ranch translocation of Mexican wolves
Conservation groups have long been saying that cross-fostering of Mexican wolf pups into wild dens won’t work as the only tool for the necessary genetic rescue of the wild population. We want adult,...
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CA Fire Budget Misguided
Large blazes like the Camp Fire which leveled this McDonald’s in Paradise CA are driven by extreme fire weather, particularly wind. Active forest management including thinning and prescribe fire does...
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Success For Oregon Spotted Frog On Antelope Grazing Allotment Oregon
Deep pools in Jack Creek on the Antelope Grazing Allotment is prime Oregon spotted frog habitat. Photo George Wuerthner It is not every day that one can claim success in fighting public land...
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Daines and Feinstein Fire Legislation Misdirected
Thinned lodgepole pine forest on Oregon’s Deschutes National Forest. As often is the case, thinning puts more “fine” fuels on the ground which can promote fire spread. Photo George Wuerthner Montana...
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Humboldt Toiyabe Considers Restocking Vacant Allotments
Mount Jefferson in Alta Toquima Wilderness, Humboldt Toiyabe NF, Nevada. Photo George Wuerthner The Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest (HTNF), primarily in Nevada, has 40 vacant allotments. Vacant...
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Who’s afraid of the big [actually little] bad [how’s that?] wolf [pups]?
Pups being moved into wild dens. Photo via: https://www.endangeredwolfcenter.org/blog/four-ewc-wolf-pups-make-cross-fostering-history/ The Catron County fearmongers are at it again, complaining to the...
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Indian Culpability in Bison Demise
Bison herd. Photo George Wuerthner Kollibri Terre Sonneblume’s recent discussion Reindigenizing the Anthropocene that appeared in the May 28th CounterPunch has prompted a response from me....
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High Country News Needs Better Fire Reporting
Wildflowers along the North Fork of the Salmon River near Salmon, Idaho. Photo George Wuerthner High Country News tries to portray itself as a source of environmental news, but reporting on wildfire...
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What is Forest Health?
The North Bridger Range is a proposed wilderness. Photo George Wuerthner In an article in the Bozeman Chronicle about the North Bridger Timber sale, the Forest Service justifies logging the forests...
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Cowpies and potshards and an abdication of responsibility in Arizona
Grazing damage adjacent to a rock art site, Sonoran Desert National Monument. Photo G. Anderson/WWP The Sonoran Desert National Monument was established in 2001 with very specific terms about how...
View ArticleThe Myths of Point Reyes, Part I
Rending fact from fiction regarding ranching in our national park Introduction: a critical controversy continues to simmer unnoticed on the West Coast. The question of how to administer one national...
View ArticleThe Myths of Point Reyes, Part II
This is part two of a three-part series on this multi-faceted and important issue. Part one, which explored the myths of Stewardship, Perpetuity, and Creation, can be found here. Part three, which...
View ArticleThe Myths of Point Reyes, Part III
This is the last of a three-part series on this multi-faceted and important issue. Part one which explored the myths of Stewardship, Perpetuity, and Creation, can be found here. Part two, which...
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SONORAN DESERT NATIONAL MONUMENT LIVESTOCK ABUSE
The Sonoran Desert National Monument was designated in 2001, but livestock grazing persisted until 2015. Now the BLM wants to restock a portion of this national monument. Photo George Wuerthner The...
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Thinning Nuance
Thinning is often justified on the assumption that reducing “fuels” will slow or stop large blazes, but there is more nuance to the issue than just fuels. Photo George Wuerthner One frequently hears...
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BTNF Plans To Expand Livestock Grazing In Upper Green River Vacant Allotments.
The Upper Green River Valley and Wind River Range from the Elk Ridge grazing complex in the Gros Ventre Range. Photo George Wuerthner. In a breach of trust and faith, the Bridger Teton National...
View ArticleWhy regenerative farming works and regenerative ranching fails
“Regenerative agriculture” is a trending concept these days. But what does it mean? The buzzword “regenerative” gets bandied about by all sorts of agricultural operations, lobby groups, and would-be...
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Wild Bison Restoration
Restoration of wild bison will require large landscapes. Photo George Wuerthner Bison were critical ecosystem influences on grasslands of North America, particularly in the Great Plains “bison belt.”...
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