Nearly Wild
@nearlywild.bsky.social
Global Ecosystem Renewal Wildlife Habitat, Land and Water Restoration, Rewilding, Biodiversity, Permaculture, Megafauna, Woodpasture, Nature Friendly Farming
Wanna know the link between increasing wildfires and the loss of grazing livestock? We just published an explanatory piece at the Dublin's Declaration substack. Munched or scorched - that's the destiny of landscapes evolved under disturbances dublindeclarationdesk.substack.com/p/why-the-wo...
Why the World will keep on Burning
The Dublin Declaration Desk has one answer to what a ‘World Without Cows’ will be like: it burns. By Pablo Manzano, Enrike Maree & Peer Ederer
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The new APG V has just been published @journalsysevo.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... An updated classification of Angiosperms It includes a poster! www.tudelft.nl/en/hortus-bo... 🧪🌸🌳🌱🍁🌱🌴🌾🌿 #plantsci botany #plantbiology
Prairie dog town and its many denizens that are..around here somewhere Kind of interesting how these sorts of displays enforce shifting baselines tho…should be swift foxes, black-footed ferrets, many other critters here that aren’t
Reu van de ZW roedel communiceert met de overige dieren van de roedel.
I have had some interesting neighbors visit my front door over the years. Today we had a Praying Mantis visit, in 12025 H.E. a Porcupine visited, in 12024 H.E. a Blandings Turtle (an endangered species) literally knocked on our door, truly the most bizzare encounter #Wildlife #Rewild #WildlifeGarden
Rua Lupa 🐾@rua-lupa.bsky.social · last yr.I heard rumaging in the front of the house, and I turned on the light and peeked through the window. I'm so glad I did not open the door! We do not have any food or food waste outside, with the exception of native gardening for #Wildlife #Porcupine #Deer /|\
How running an experiment was critical for the survival of this rewilding project. youtu.be/e8loyBgiNPs?...
Why Conservation Needs Experiments
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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Pumpkins are determined to tear down my fence. There are 3 of them hanging on in there: 2 orange, and 1 invisible green. They will pay for this, before the end of the month.
The final round of the federal Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program, which provides dedicated funding to build wildlife crossings, is now open! There's $80 million for projects that make roads safer, and applications are due Nov. 16. Learn more: simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/... 📷:NDOW
A new article Playing the SFI Blame Game “This was always going to be some sort of mess because nature and land management are not funded well. Without enough cash to match the ambition none of this sustainable stuff works.” sidecountry.co.uk/playing-the-...
Playing the SFI Blame Game - SideCountry
Firstly, a little catch up for those out of the loop. The Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) is a government scheme, where farmers and other landowners, or
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Restoration ecologists have long known that many ecosystems are so degraded that simply leaving them to recover naturally will not work Dispersal limitation, damaged substrate, excess nutrients, altered hydrology, etc mean active intervention is needed to recreate rich ecosystems in a timely way
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Unsere Online-Wintervorträge beginnen am Montag, 19 Uhr! Dr. Camilla Fløjgaard von der Universität Aarhus geht der Frage nach, wie wir natürlichen Weidetier-Besatz abschätzen können und was dies für Implikationen für den heutigen Naturschutz hat. Den Einwahllink gibt es bei mir über DM oder E-Mail.
In the Auca Mahuida Nature Reserve, guanacos migrate up the slopes of the Auca Mahuida volcano during the summer months. Here, researchers are interested in how ongoing oil development may be impacting the animals and how the broader population uses the landscape. www.cms.int/gium/migrati...
A herder's caravan crosses 🇧🇪 to reclaim visibility and future to a crucial activity for maintaining biodiversity & producing healthy and sustainable food. Mobile pastoralism is also present in W Eur. Joined by Loupa Pius from East Africa, with the support from VSF-BE vsf-belgium.org/news/europea...
European Herders' March crosses Belgium
From 28 September to 13 October, the European Herders' March crosses Belgium. Meet the herders and discover their stories.
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The clacking of white storks, galloping Exmoor ponies, the roar of red stags and the hooting of owls. Seeing the creatures here is only half the joy. The sound they bring to the landscape is magical to take in. There's nothing quite like hearing the chorus in person. Visit us this October.
The vegetation structures that herbivores shape are the ones that all flora and fauna are most adapted to. While it's very important to recognise these structures, it's probably more important to realise that in some places there are very few herbivores and in other places no herbivores at all.
William (Bill) Sutherland@billsutherland.bsky.social · 3w agoWhat can be the consequences of well managed free living horses on ecosystems? youtu.be/lv4x3uBq5Rg?...
New migration maps just released! Red deer traverse steep slops in Germany's Berchtesgaden National Park and guanacos migrate along Argentina's impressive Auca Mahuida Volcano. Check out the maps in the Atlas of Ungulate Migration www.cms.int/gium/migrati... @cms.int
Quite emotional to report that we've just found our amazing survivor Marsh Tit, still here in his ancient woodland kingdom. He's now 11 yrs 4 months old, survived the 2026 heatwaves/drought and smelt the wildfires of nearby Holme Fen. I ringed him in my 30s and I'm now in my 50s.
Richard K Broughton@richardkbroughton.bsky.social · last yr.May 2015. David Cameron was Prime Minister, UK an EU member, Barack Obama was US President, and this male Marsh Tit hatched in Monks Wood. Colour-ringed 28 August 2015. Photo 2 April 2016. Observed every year since. @martamaziarz.bsky.social & I saw him again today, 10 yrs 5 mo old, still surviving.
Afgelopen zondag kreeg ik de complete kudde #wisenten in beeld. De 1e jaren werden vaak stieren geboren. En de laatste paar jaar worden er vooral koeien geboren. Daardoor kon de kudde eindelijk goed doorgroeien van 3 (waarvan 1 drachtige koe) in 2016 naar 12 dieren in 2026.
Probably best I don't belong to an HOA. I enjoy transplanting weeds from my garden *into* my lawn, and I welcome moles to live in my wild yard. Moles are #ecosystem #engineers too, their tunnels aerate the soil and increase water infiltration and habitat complexity.
Also on the farm tour: this is likely the most massive trunk I've ever seen on a big-leaf maple (Acer macrophyllum). There are some ropes tied around in an effort to keep it from splitting. Pics don't do it justice; this tree is huge.
I grew up on a farm, so old farm architecture has taken a special place in my heart. Today I went on a farm tour and this 100 y.o. barn was a highlight. This beauty features an indoor wooden silo. These pics are from up in the loft.
Learned about European bison when they were re-introduced near me. Did not realise there were Mexican bison too! Same species as the one in Canada? Never knew they were found so far south. Great story of ecosystem recovery!
PeppyPanda 🐼 - Uplifting and good news@peppypanda.com · last mo.Mexico reintroduced bison in 2025 after more than 100 years: Just months later, the ecosystem is restoring itself
“Just think about how this used to look. How it used to feel,” says Grey, as much to the reader as to Ezzy. “All I want is to see a herd of a million bison storming across the prairie.” www.rewildingmag.com/q-a-with-aut...
“I started to wonder, what if?” Q&A with author Conor Kerr
The Métis writer’s new novel imagines setting a herd of bison free in downtown Edmonton – and the fallout that comes from it.
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“in a world where ‘nature recovery’ has big financial teeth, the story that is told about land matters” What are the stories you are being told? Who’s telling them? And why?
Cat Frampton@catframpton.bsky.social · last mo.I wrote a piece about pictures, land use and lies (or half truths) And the power a photo has in our ‘scroll on past’ social media world. sidecountry.co.uk/is-a-picture...
Zu a): unser Artenreichtum ist durch große Pflanzenfresser entstanden. Es ziehen heute keine Mammutherden und Waldelefanten mehr durch unsere Landschaften. Wir können sie aber durch Rinder, Pferde und Wasserbüffel ökologisch gut ersetzen. (Grafik: Sarah Heuzeroth) 3/x
"Some Great Lakes sturgeon may be 400 years old. Scientists are rethinking how to save them"
yukongertie.bsky.social@yukongertie.bsky.social · last mo.Lake sturgeon belong to a lineage of fish that stretches back more than 150 million years — long before humans appeared. It was only relatively recently that their numbers collapsed, as habitat destruction and commercial fishing nearly wiped them out across the Great Lakes.