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Hug your homies.

1/ Today, I want to talk about coyotes in Lake Tahoe. The number of cats and dogs consumed by coyotes is minuscule compared to the number of rodents they eat. Scat studies have documented this over and over again. You can either have two coyotes in your neighborhood or thousands of rodents.

There are roughly 75 to 90 coyotes on this side of the lake. Each coyote requires 2 pounds of protein per day to survive.

This is the #BabocomariRiver in southern Arizona on the #SanPedroRiparianNCA, managed by the #BureauofLandManagement for, apparently, livestock.

The enabling legislation says "CONSERVE, PROTECT, ENHANCE" which the Bureau has interpreted to mean "Cattle, Poop, and Entitlement." New decision today allows livestock grazing to continue in these 'protected' lands.

https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/04/federal-managers-authorize-cattle-in-san-pedro-riparian-national-conservation-area/

Visitor. We're too far south for them to live here permanently. But, we enjoy their company and calls in the spring and fall. #birds #loons #birdmigration

Settlers named Seattle named for an Indigenous chief, then systematically tried to wipe the Lushootseed language from the landscape.

The Lushootseed-speaking Duwamish people have been in the Seattle area since time immemorial. Stories, such as "North Wind, South Wind", tell of the last Ice Age, and an Ice Weir breaking over the Duwamish River.

The Duwamish first signatories on the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855, signed by Chief siʔaɫ, who was chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes.

Their longhouse today stands across the street from where their of our largest villages was located before it was burned down by settlers in 1895.

#birds #bird #birding #wildlife #photography #nature #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #pnw #BirdsOfMastodon #WildlifePhotography #birdwatching cormorant Olympia, WA

Desert mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi) in the #SonoranDesert, April 2023. The winter rains brought beauty to this part of the country. #Wildflowers #Pollinators #DesertLife #Arizona

Can we plz wait to arrest ***** until after working hours so we can all take shots?

@Mastodon I'm grateful to this community for showing me so much support. It's gratifying to know there are so many people out there that care about wolves.

For folks that would like my longer form riding or to see my videos, those links are below.

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@OliverTheWolfGuy

Quora: https://lifewithwolves.quora.com/?ch=17&oid=1702637&share=396067ef&srid=hda&target_type=tribe

My mission is to teach people about #wolves and showcase their beauty, intelligence, and social nature. I'm struggling to find an audience here to spread my message. I'd be grateful if the community here on @Mastodon could help.

Twenty-five years ago today, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took the bold step of releasing #MexicanWolves into the wild, following decades of their absence from their native landscape. We're so glad they did!

Happy wild anniversary, #Lobos!

#Biodiversity #Predators #Conservation #EndangeredSpecies #EndangeredSpeciesAct #Wolves #Wildlife
https://mexicanwolves.org/celebrating-25-years-of-wild-lobos/

Finally hiked the glacier & it was so beautiful that I was in total disbelief the whole time

“Only the mountain has lived long
enough to listen objectively
to the howl of a wolf.”

– ALDO LEOPOLD

An op-ed by our Policy Director and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER):

"These loopholes are being exploited by the energy industry and local BLM managers to the detriment of the sage grouse and the fragile sagebrush habitat they depend on."

#BureauofLandManagement #sagegrouse #sagebrush #Advocacy

https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/rosenthal-and-osher-groups-sound-alarm-over-hidden-threat-to-sage-grouse-in-wyoming/article_030337e4-c8e9-11ed-8d09-4b4866a063e0.html

Photo: Tom Koerner/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service