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Gertie, the Bolson tortoise weighs 26 pounds and is at least 60 years old.
The critically endangered Bolson tortoise is the largest North American land reptile. Its closest living relative is the gopher tortoise of the southeastern US, while the desert tortoises of the desert southwest are more distant cousins. Bolson tortoises occupied much...
True Wild: The Real Story Of Wolves On Ted Turner’s Montana Ranch. By Mountain Journal
All, Recently, we collaborated with Mountain Journal, an important outlet for journalism about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (www.mountainjournal.org), to develop a short film entitled True Wild. True to its name, the film celebrates the majesty of the Flying D...
All of nature matters.
Someday the COVID-19 pandemic will be history. When it fades from daily consideration, imperiled species restoration will continue to stand as evidence of our ability to repair the natural world. Such reparations buoy faith in our ability to heal an...
Blanding’s turtle work on Turner Sandhills Ranches
University of Nebraska-Kearney graduate student Ashley Forrester with a Blanding's turtle on Turner Sandhills Ranches. The Nebraska Sandhills are a stronghold for the turtle species that are declining elsewhere across its range. Ashley is looking to expand our...
Mexican wolves released near Chihuahua, Mexico
On November 5, two adult Mexican wolves and four pups were released in suitable habitat near Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. Prior to release the wolves had been removed from the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona and placed for a few months at the...
A prescribed burn at our Z Bar Ranch in Kansas
A 2020 prescribed fire treatment on the mixed grass prairie at our Z Bar Ranch in Kansas controls eastern redcedar encroachment and restores prairie health for lesser prairie chickens.
A Chiricahua leopard frog soaks up some sun
A threatened Chiricahua leopard frog sunning its self on an artificial island in a stock tank. Stock tanks on the Ladder Ranch not only provide water for livestock and wildlife but are great refugia for frogs.
Bighorn rams spar at the Turner’s Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico
Bighorn rams spar while drinking water at one of the rain catchments in the Fra Cristobal Mountains on the Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico. Sometimes one good bump deserves another.
A thirsty mountain lion cautiously balances on the rim a livestock tank to get a drink
A mountain lion balances on the narrow rim of a livestock tank to get a drink of water when an owl attempts to knock him off balance. The owl and it’s mate had been roosted on the rim of the tank just prior to the lions arrival. Water is often scarce in the Chihuahuan...
Gertie, the Bolson tortoise weighs 26 pounds and is at least 60 years old.
The critically endangered Bolson tortoise is the largest North American land reptile. Its closest living relative is the gopher tortoise of the southeastern US, while the desert tortoises of the desert southwest are more distant cousins. Bolson tortoises occupied much...
True Wild: The Real Story Of Wolves On Ted Turner’s Montana Ranch. By Mountain Journal
All, Recently, we collaborated with Mountain Journal, an important outlet for journalism about the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (www.mountainjournal.org), to develop a short film entitled True Wild. True to its name, the film celebrates the majesty of the Flying D...
All of nature matters.
Someday the COVID-19 pandemic will be history. When it fades from daily consideration, imperiled species restoration will continue to stand as evidence of our ability to repair the natural world. Such reparations buoy faith in our ability to heal an...
Blanding’s turtle work on Turner Sandhills Ranches
University of Nebraska-Kearney graduate student Ashley Forrester with a Blanding's turtle on Turner Sandhills Ranches. The Nebraska Sandhills are a stronghold for the turtle species that are declining elsewhere across its range. Ashley is looking to expand our...
Mexican wolves released near Chihuahua, Mexico
On November 5, two adult Mexican wolves and four pups were released in suitable habitat near Nuevo Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico. Prior to release the wolves had been removed from the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona and placed for a few months at the...
A prescribed burn at our Z Bar Ranch in Kansas
A 2020 prescribed fire treatment on the mixed grass prairie at our Z Bar Ranch in Kansas controls eastern redcedar encroachment and restores prairie health for lesser prairie chickens.
A Chiricahua leopard frog soaks up some sun
A threatened Chiricahua leopard frog sunning its self on an artificial island in a stock tank. Stock tanks on the Ladder Ranch not only provide water for livestock and wildlife but are great refugia for frogs.
Bighorn rams spar at the Turner’s Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico
Bighorn rams spar while drinking water at one of the rain catchments in the Fra Cristobal Mountains on the Armendaris Ranch in New Mexico. Sometimes one good bump deserves another.
A thirsty mountain lion cautiously balances on the rim a livestock tank to get a drink
A mountain lion balances on the narrow rim of a livestock tank to get a drink of water when an owl attempts to knock him off balance. The owl and it’s mate had been roosted on the rim of the tank just prior to the lions arrival. Water is often scarce in the Chihuahuan...