When it comes to brush work, it’s been said that you should know your plants, know their values and know how to manipulate them. So, as a land owner, don’t simply focus on goals that only suit the needs of today but consider how to best preserve or enhance your land values for tomorrow.
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A View from the Field: Understanding the Effectiveness of Aerial Wildlife Surveys
The inconsistencies and inaccuracies associated with aerial surveys as a wildlife management tool can be confounding. Wildlife expert Greg Simons shines a light on the practice.
Top 10 Places to Hunt Monster Black Bears
If your goal is big black bear, the Boone and Crockett Club record books point to these ten locales around North America for consistently producing some of the biggest of the big game.
How to Create Artificial Cover for Bats, Birds & Bass on Your Land
Food, cover, water, and space are the basic habitat components that are central to the health of all wildlife species. Though perhaps not as sexy as food or water, cover requirements for wildlife are often the weak links in the habitat equation for various wildlife.
Rio Bonito Ranch: Tour a Texas Hill Country Icon
For the past 87 years, the 14,965-acre Rio Bonito Ranch has been owned by the Moody family, one of the Lone Star State’s founding families. For the first time ever, as part of an estate liquidation, it is for sale.
North America’s Most Unique Big-Game Animal: The Pronghorn
Though they are often referred to as an antelope, pronghorns are not a true antelope and are in fact the only member in the family to which they belong.
Raising Roosevelts: The Next Generation of Wildlife Conservation
Theodore Roosevelt’s contributions to wildlife conservation and land stewardship are monumental. Now it is up to the present generation to preserve the wildlife and land for those generations to come, just as Roosevelt did.
Aflutter over Monarchs
The Texas Wildlife Association’s Conservation Legacy program connects local students to the plight of pollinators through a Milkweed for Monarchs habitat campaign.
Where to See the Monarch Butterfly Migration
The Animal Kingdom is about to see the start of one of its most spectacular annual events: the migration of millions of fluttering monarch butterflies on their way to winter nesting zones in Mexico’s Sierra Madre Mountains.
North America’s 10 Deadliest Snakes
What is the most venomous snake in the United States? Our partners at OutdoorHub offer a rundown of the ten deadliest snakes in North America.
Winter Wheat: Texas’ Best All-Around Wildlife Food Plot
Wheat that is planted with a grain drill provides beneficial interstitial spacing of plants, thus enhancing the foraging navigation for small birds, such as dove and quail.
How to Manage Your Habitat for Quail Sustainability
One of the most avid and dedicated group of hunters in the entire state of Texas are those that pursue quail. Often their most cherished possession is one or more good dogs that flush coveys and retrieve birds after they have been shot. Addicted quail hunters will freely spend money to support their habit.
How to Protect Yourself Against North America’s Most Dangerous Predators
Bears, wolves, and cougars may be a sight to behold from a distance, but up close they can be rather frightening. Here’s what to do if your wildlife encounter becomes more than just a photo op.
Red Fox: History, Habitats & Habits
If you live in any of the lower 48 states, Canada or Alaska, at least one of the five North American fox species is your neighbor.
A Guide to Texas Exotics
They’ve been called a “poor man’s bighorn”. Some taxonomists do not even consider them to be a true sheep, since they also possess morphological traits that are more like a goat, but make no mistake about it, these hardy animals have become a popular quarry for hunters who are looking for a unique and challenging hunting experience.
Tech We Like: Drones to the Rescue!
Researchers from groups including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Geological Survey are using drone technology to help protect North America’s rarest mammal, the endangered black-footed ferret.
Camera Surveys: The Emerging Wildlife Tool
Game cameras have become a popular scouting tool for hunters, but are they the right tool for you?
Grazing as a Habitat Management Tool
Ruben Cantu and Greg Simons of Wildlife Consultants offer an overview of the benefits of livestock and game grazing to improve ranch and farm habitat.
Powerful Pollinators (and Why You Should Care)
We at Lands of America confess our frequent admiration for blockbuster big-game species like elk and deer as icons of the land lifestyle. However, let’s not forget the little guys like snakes, insects and pollinators such as bees, bats and butterflies who are equally important members of the natural world we all share and cherish. This […]
Stephen Kirkpatrick: Wildlife and Nature Photographer
Stephen Kirkpatrick has been chased by grizzly bears, attacked by alligators, and nibbled by piranha, and in the process, he’s captured some of the world’s most exciting wildlife and nature photography.
