Tag: ranchers

July 17, 2020

To manage carnivores and livestock, focus on ecology

When carnivores prey on livestock, managers have to navigate so many economic and cultural factors, it can be easy to forget that at the heart of it, an ecological dynamic...

May 21, 2018

WSB: Which wildlife-friendly fences work for pronghorn?

During a 2003 radio telemetry study, researchers inside helicopters took photographs of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) capture events. After reviewing the photos, they were surprised to find a pronghorn doe missing...

October 20, 2016

Landowners and agency biologists showcase public-private partnerships

With nearly 70 percent of U.S. land owned by private individuals and entities, it’s clear that conservation work must include private landowners. The Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program is...

March 16, 2016

Student poster project: wildlife biologists working with ranchers

Maggi Sliwinski, a PhD candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been studying how private landowners feel about habitat management. Her poster presentation of the findings won first place in...