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Burrowing Owlet on a Prairie dog colony
A Burrowing owlet is getting some sun on a Prairie dog colony at Turner's Bad River Ranch in South Dakota.
Wolf Pups playing
Playtime isn’t just for fun, it strengthens family bonds, hones in on social and cognitive skills, and a great way to exercise. When playing, wolves will run, chase each other, prance, play bow, wag their tails, much like the behaviors we see in domesticated dogs.
Quenched Bolson tortoise fills up on rain water.
A tortoise quenches its thirst by filling up on rainwater from a small puddle near its burrow in what is possibly the first drink it has had this year. Aside from the water contained in green forage plants, puddles formed after a rain event are the only sources of...
Inside their overwinter burrows, Bolson tortoises orient their faces toward the end of their tight-fitting burrow to increase the humidity in the microenvironment in front of their faces.
Irrigating the forage plants that grow in the headstart pen not only jump-starts new growth on winter-dormant grasses – and thus important morsels of fresh food for small tortoises - but it also provides the tortoises their first drink in nearly six months following...
Three day-old Mexican wolf pups.
These three-day old pups, born at Turner’s Mexican wolf captive breeding and pre-release facility at the Ladder Ranch in New Mexico, are part of the Turner Natural Resources Program’s longstanding effort to recover this critically imperiled species to the southwestern...
First “egg masses” of 2024 discovered for the Chiricahua leopard frog at Turner’s Ladder Ranch.
Biologists for the Turner Natural Resources program discovered the first “egg masses” of 2024 for the Chiricahua leopard at Artesia Spring at Turner’s Ladder Ranch. The ranch is a beachhead of security and conservation work for this critically imperiled...
A Conservation Conversation.
Mike Phillips is featured on Episode 87: Environmental Leadership Lessons. The Workplace Podcast in Association with YellowWood. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1iAw3lsmDwTFXQ8garSCV7?si=906b7624bd024ec4
Gertie’s Incredible Journey
https://www.fws.gov/story/2023-12/how-gertie-bolson-tortoise-led-her-species-recovery-part-one
Mike Phillips discusses the history and future of the Endangered Species Act.
The Endangered Species at at 50: Why doing good is hard and increasingly important. Listen to the talk presented by the Gallatin Wildlife Association. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diqdeg7yFBk
Burrowing Owlet on a Prairie dog colony
A Burrowing owlet is getting some sun on a Prairie dog colony at Turner's Bad River Ranch in South Dakota.
Wolf Pups playing
Playtime isn’t just for fun, it strengthens family bonds, hones in on social and cognitive skills, and a great way to exercise. When playing, wolves will run, chase each other, prance, play bow, wag their tails, much like the behaviors we see in domesticated dogs.
Quenched Bolson tortoise fills up on rain water.
A tortoise quenches its thirst by filling up on rainwater from a small puddle near its burrow in what is possibly the first drink it has had this year. Aside from the water contained in green forage plants, puddles formed after a rain event are the only sources of...
Inside their overwinter burrows, Bolson tortoises orient their faces toward the end of their tight-fitting burrow to increase the humidity in the microenvironment in front of their faces.
Irrigating the forage plants that grow in the headstart pen not only jump-starts new growth on winter-dormant grasses – and thus important morsels of fresh food for small tortoises - but it also provides the tortoises their first drink in nearly six months following...
Three day-old Mexican wolf pups.
These three-day old pups, born at Turner’s Mexican wolf captive breeding and pre-release facility at the Ladder Ranch in New Mexico, are part of the Turner Natural Resources Program’s longstanding effort to recover this critically imperiled species to the southwestern...
First “egg masses” of 2024 discovered for the Chiricahua leopard frog at Turner’s Ladder Ranch.
Biologists for the Turner Natural Resources program discovered the first “egg masses” of 2024 for the Chiricahua leopard at Artesia Spring at Turner’s Ladder Ranch. The ranch is a beachhead of security and conservation work for this critically imperiled...
A Conservation Conversation.
Mike Phillips is featured on Episode 87: Environmental Leadership Lessons. The Workplace Podcast in Association with YellowWood. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1iAw3lsmDwTFXQ8garSCV7?si=906b7624bd024ec4
Gertie’s Incredible Journey
https://www.fws.gov/story/2023-12/how-gertie-bolson-tortoise-led-her-species-recovery-part-one
Mike Phillips discusses the history and future of the Endangered Species Act.
The Endangered Species at at 50: Why doing good is hard and increasingly important. Listen to the talk presented by the Gallatin Wildlife Association. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Diqdeg7yFBk