wildlife Archives

In The Kitchen: Grilled Venison Skewers

Try this tasty and colorful way to serve up your deer harvest or the gift of venison from a generous friend.

Wildlife Management Issues During Drought

Lack of rainfall can impact wildlife habitats, food availability and quality in times of drought. Here are ways to take stock of conditions and try to help the populations on your ranch.

Wildlife Watch: Build Diversity And Enterprise Income By Tracking Deer And Other Wildlife Populations

Monitoring wildlife populations and variety on your ranch can be a barometer and a decision-making tool.

Wildlife Watch: Abundant Ground-nesting Birds Sign of Healthy Grasslands

Ground nesting bird populations are essential indicators of your ranch’s ecological health.

How to Select Land to Optimize Your Wildlife Goals

Although most tracts of land offer wildlife management opportunities, wildlife goals are more easily attained on some properties than others. This article addresses some considerations that a prospective purchaser should consider when selecting a property for wildlife goals.

6 Tips for Improving Wildlife Habitat on Your Ranch

Managing grazing lands for the good of wildlife — as well as for livestock — is more important than you might think. The health of our ecosystems depends on encouraging diversity of habitats and species.

Is Wildlife Compatible With the Livestock on Your Ranch?

Both can prosper with the right management. Here’s what to consider.

From the Ashes

Jimmy and Ginger Emmons press on from the Rhea Fire knowing it cannot overpower the agriculture community’s spirit or the soil’s ability to give life.

Wetlands provide ecological and economic benefits

Wetlands come in many different forms. They can be tidal zones, marshes, bogs or swamps among many other types. However, they all share characteristics that make them wetlands. They are areas where water is present above or near the surface of the soil for at least a portion of the year, and the soil and vegetation present is determined by the presence of water. Some wetlands need to be dry for part of the year to maintain their hydrologic cycle. Wetlands provide several ecosystem services such as reducing erosion, recharging aquifers and providing habitat for several wildlife species.