I recently shared my BBC story about how bison are helping creeks recover on the Montana prairie. The gist is this. Bison are tough critters who don't spend much time wallowing in the creek bottoms. As a result, they don't damage streamside vegetation like cattle do. The creeks stay greener and hold water for longer …
A Fish, A People, and A Tale of Resilience
“So, what's your dream, Robert? How do you imagine things five, ten, or twenty years from now?” I was standing on a beach moistened by the steel grey waters of Washington's Puget Sound. Next to me was Robert Elofson of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe. Elofson is a long-time employee of the Tribe’s Natural Resource …
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A Sussex Castle Rewilded
Drive past the gatehouse and head up the private, single lane road towards Knepp Castle and you do feel a little like you have arrived on the set of Downton Abbey. Pastures studded with magnificent oaks flank the narrow roadway that leads you to the main house. The landscape on both sides conveys a deep …
Sailing on Oceans of Grass
“Prairie schooners” they called them. The covered wagons that moved across the tallgrass prairie of the American mid-west in the nineteenth century would have revealed no daylight under their carriage. Their wheels would have been completely obscured by grasses and forbs that stood five or six feet high. The only objects visible from afar would …
Rewilding on the Rocky Mountain Front
Drive west along U.S. Highway 2 from the town of Browning towards East Glacier and your eyes are summoned upwards towards one of the most remarkable vistas in the United States. In front of you rise the piercing peaks and fractured walls of the Rocky Mountain Front. The swift transition from rolling grassland to near-vertical …
Christopher J. Preston 