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“The Service keeps this type of action under wraps until there’s already a dead wolf, limiting opportunities for meaningful discussions around conflict prevention or livestock management.“The public has a right to know when there are kill orders for endangered wildlife. Both #MexicanWolves and #PublicLands belong to the American public and shouldn’t be managed exclusively for the livestock industry.”

https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/04/government-agents-kill-endangered-mexican-gray-wolf-father-threatening-packs-survival/

Tulip magnolia blossoms. #pink #magnolia #nature #photography #trees #flowers #originalphotography

Hug your homies.

Almost sunset #photography #sun #clouds #sky #nature #originalphotography

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?

Milkweed pods. #silentsunday #photography #nature

On a walk. #silentsunday #photography #BlackAndWhite #monochrome