One of the most important things America ever did in the field of conservation was recover the bison back from the brink of extinction, but people who want you to hate your country and yourself never tell the second half of that story. We established the world’s first National

Map with the seasonal herd migrations and the Kelly:

We came pretty darn close to selling land with a view just like this, not under Mike Lee’s attempted 2025 sale, but during the planned auction of the Kelly Parcel almost exactly a year ago this week. These fights grow more frequent and more intense, and require you to stay

For people who don’t know, some fun sponges are complaining that they moved one day of finals for a home playoff game.

Anybody who has a problem with something like this is a Scrooge. Let these kids enjoy the game. Great move by the Sooners. Football games are cultural events with food, family, and community. People who are haters about football just dislike America.

Burroughs on the American Robin From “Wake-Robin” (lightly edited): “The robin is one of the first to arrive. His loud, cheery note falls upon the ear like the first ray of sunshine upon the eye. It is the first new sound of spring... There is something in the quality of his

Teddy Roosevelt laid the cornerstone on a camping trip with the father of American natural history writing, John Burroughs, known for his essays on birds. It says “for the benefit & enjoyment of the people” commemorating America’s best idea, the world’s first national park.

Twin Lakes Polka? Yamahoozie Polka (aka Kiss me Polka)?

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The Chinese fishing fleet is drawn to the Patagonian Shelf off the Argentina coast for abundant squid stocks in one of the world’s largest cephalopod fisheries. This is where the warm Brazilian current meets the cold Falkland current right on top of an oceanographic phenomenon

Prescribed burns of “slash piles” are happening right now across our national forest system and other public lands. They’re essential for removing “ladder fuels” or the fuel that carries the fire from the ground to the crown, reducing high intensity wildfires. Rocky Mountain

Ha ha Notre Dame join a conference you bums

Outlaw the granny throw/chest pass in the Dr Pepper challenge, this is America

Even if you served in Iraq or Afghanistan and earned that VA mortgage, old paint on the house would cause your VA to be denied. Like the VA won’t even appraise a house with slight cosmetic issues. But illegals were getting FHAs just fine. Cool!

There’s almost zero fisheries law enforcement right now because of the endless streams of drugs & human smuggling, this includes in the waters of our federal marine sanctuaries. Remember this next time someone sob stories blasting one of these things to kingdom come.

Let’s get the barn plowed out before BYU kicks off (and before we get another foot)

Whale carcass feeding behavior is really interesting because polar bears are normally solitary animals but sometimes on a whale carcass you can have >50 bears and witness their social hierarchies. Adult males eat first (dudes rock), then females with cubs, then everyone else.

Saving this for later:

Help me spread the word about something big happening in the Colorado public land world, especially you fly fishermen. The Lower Blue River is one of the best places to float the river on planet earth. If you’ve never done it, please make it a point to get out there, I don’t care

Mountain lion scream: https://t.co/rEjIPYxHM2 Jaguar roar:

The reason jaguars can reach the US are the ‘sky island’ habitats where mountain ranges rise dramatically from the Sonoran and Chihuahuan desert. They’re green islands in a sea of sand. I love habitats that require altitude based mapping for species and ecosystems, they’re really