Ag land is pasture on land that can't grow crops? Yes, it isn't a good thing. Land conversion for water-guzzling cattle pasture/feed is the major driver of deforestation and worsens climate change. Not every inch of this planet is for human extraction. Biodiversity has more value than cattle pasture

2,400 acres of the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico have been lost to make room for avocados & a market of organized crime & violence to Indigenous people & forest defenders. A new certification program, Guardián Forestal, aims to change that www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

I saw this while looking at moss today...

A wolf named Bae (BEY03F), the first in LA County in a century, has returned to Northern California, where there are more wolves and less major roads. We need safe corridors and wildlife crossings, and public support for our wild neighbors www.sierraclub.org/sierra/calif... by @lkbotts.bsky.social

Mexican gray wolves are rebounding 🐺🐾 Last year the number of endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest grew by 33 bringing the wild population up to 319 individuals. This is an amazing feat considering just three decades ago there were zero roaming the wild! Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4sj9xmx

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I love condors. They are critically endangered and quite the characters. But they’re also incredibly important. With iron-strong stomachs, they are the disinfectants of ecosystems and protect from disease. We have much to improve in our relationship with them. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

I love this trail-cam video footage of BEY03F, the first wolf in Los Angeles County in a century Watch: fb.watch/FfAkYgwFpu/?...

Need some good news today? An incredible win for wildlife. 6 genetic California mountain lion populations are now protected under the state’s Endangered Species Act YEARS of work from colleagues @urbanwildlands.bsky.social and the Mountain Lion Foundation: it may mean more wildlife crossings too

Importing beef = exporting US climate impacts. Despite the hype about local food, both grass-fed & industrial beef are destructive and flawed systems. “To me, the only answer is, we need to eat less beef” says @profsecchi.bsky.social Import/export less too. @grist.org grist.org/food-and-agr...

If you wondered how the USDA plans to cozy up ti industry, they’ve just …put it all on these pages. This new doc — not so cleverly called “Lawfare” — is the Project 2025 of Big Ag Polluters. The Dept of War but for food. What they’ve been doing and plan to do to weaken environmental protections

BEY03F’s arrival in the mountains of LA county is a win for wildlife, but we are still fighting for protections for wolves. Yesterday @biologicaldiversity.org filed a lawsuit challenging the administration’s failure to develop a nat’l gray wolf recovery plan biologicaldiversity.org/programs/car...

Cows are an invasive species that damage nature. Tribes are showing that less grazing benefits native wildlife like sage grouse. Yet ranchers dominate public land policy. In the American West, less grazing would mean undoing deeply ingrained “settler-colonial” beliefs www.hcn.org/issues/58-2/...

There’s a wolf in LA for the first time in 100 years. A collared gray wolf entered the mountains of north Los Angeles County yesterday. Known as “BEY03F” she traveled hundreds of miles from her pack in Plumas County crossing highways, mountains, creeks and valleys. www.latimes.com/environment/...

A @biologicaldiversity.org analysis found if half US school meals served bean tacos instead of beef, GHG from those meals would be 48.7% less. Yet the new food pyramid prioritizes beef — which is devastating wolves, bison, prairie dogs and grasshoppers www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

A worldview and also a legal strategy to protect nature. The river’s right to restoration and protection comes within a broader rights-of-nature movement that recognizes ecosystems have a right to flourish and that policy decisions should prioritize ecological health. icmagazine.org/indigenous-n...

Who has priority on public land? A good ol’ boy cowboy mythos in the American West prioritizes nonnative cattle on taxpayer-funded lands and yanked a nonprofit’s leases for grazing native bison. But Montana passed a law that bison are legally livestock. Which is it? yellowstonian.org/on-blm-land-...

We are often given a false dilemma: Western lands must either become ranches or suburban sprawl. Ranchers benefit from this myth. But there is a 3rd way: conservation. Protecting nature for everyone. www.sfchronicle.com/california/a... from @kurtisalexander.bsky.social @sfchronicle.com

US “beef plan”= more destruction of rivers, streams and wild places & more conflict with wolves and other wildlife. @biologicaldiversity.org has documented decades of cattle operations illegally trashing protected habitat and pushing species toward extinction biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press...

US beef is underestimated by ~6x if factoring in the missed opportunity to rewild & restore the land used for its production. And according to this new WRI report, implementing EVERY existing & breakthrough mitigation tech would only reduce US beef carbon costs by 18%: www.wri.org/insights/tru...

The coyote who swam to Alcatraz lived. Rangers found evidence of the coyote consuming a bird. Then there’s this image, well after the great swim to the historic island. I wonder if this coyote, who swam to Alcatraz Island, can hear the howling and yips of coyotes who swam to nearby Angel Island?

If you need good news: highly endangered North Atlantic Right Whales are having lots of babies suddenly. 21 mother-calf pairs have been recorded so far, double last season! Endangered by fishing lines and ship strikes, less than 400 remain. But this is hopeful news www.wired.com/story/a-nort...

We coexist with nature in cities too. Mountain lion roaming San Francisco has been captured, will be relocated. By protecting wild habitats in urban and suburban places we can celebrate our wild neighbors from butterflies to bees and native trees. www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/m...

In 2025, scientists at the California Academy of Sciences officially named 72 new species — beetles, sea slugs, fish, flowering plants, and a bird that has been hiding in plain sight in one of the most famous biological laboratories on Earth.

RFK’s dietary guidelines will wreak havoc on the planet. Even a 25% increase in protein consumed would need 100m more acres of farm land each year, about the size of California — plus hundreds of millions of tons more pollution writes @olliemilman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Coyotes are such fascinating, maligned animals. As generalists, they survive in every environment, from the wilds of Yellowstone and Yosemite to urban streets and suburban neighborhoods. Now they’re swimming to Bay Area islands. First it was Angel Island… now The Rock? www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

What would the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans look like if uncompromised by industry & an anti-science disregard for health and sustainability? Read the Uncompromised Guidelines by @biologicaldiversity.org & Center for Science in the Public Interest www.cspi.org/sites/defaul...

Like other factory farms, farmed fish or “aquaculture” spreads disease & drives climate change — from the destruction of mangrove ecosystems that sequester carbon to on-farm emissions, fossil fuels & the undermining of local food sovereignty. www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

This is amazing. Hope it brightens your day and inspires you to help us protect these endangered turtles!

Propublica’s investigation drew on a report from @biologicaldiversity.org that shows half of the 2,400 miles of Southwest streams surveyed showed significant damage from livestock grazing in land designated as critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act. www.propublica.org/article/graz...

Damn good journalism. Welfare ranching is the Walmart of public lands. Wealthy ranch owners graze our public lands for pennies at the taxpayer’s dime while destroying wildlife & wild places. They’re trying to take even more & hope we won’t notice. @highcountrynews.org www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...

The @biologicaldiversity.org & Brighter Green’s new report shows the media failure to fully address the problems/solutions of the climate crisis: nearly 99% of climate stories didn’t mention sustainable diets & 97% failed to mention animal ag broadly. www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

Wild creatures have their own intrinsic value. Our destruction of landscapes leads to vanishing of wild species, including bees that fertilize crops, trees that store carbon, frogs that deter malaria, and bats 🦇 who are better at insect control than pesticides www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

1/3 of greenhouse gases come from food. Yet climate solutions often ignore food policy. The new Food Systems NDC Scorecard evaluates how national climate plans incorporate food systems as a diagnostic tool & a roadmap for policy improvement. #COP30 earth.org/why-cop30s-s... @earthorg.bsky.social

"We spend so much time focused on distant birds that we don’t always see the birds closest to us. Like the birds on our plates." -- @jyunker.bsky.social today on @therevelator.org #birding #birds #animalwelfare therevelator.org/birding-blin...

Yet more science showing that regenerative grazing is overblown as a climate solution. A better path? Cut back on beef production altogether, and return grazing lands to nature. iffs.earth/living-repor...

Gray, fin, blue & humpback whales are protected by the Endangered Species Act, yet getting hit by ships is a leading cause of death (also threatening sea turtles). 10 gray whales have been killed in the Bay Area this year. 80 whale deaths on the coast are likely from ships. Agencies need to do more.

One in 5 kids in the US doesn’t know when their next meal will come. Universal free school meals improve academic performance, dramatically decrease food insecurity, and cut the bureaucracy preventing access to healthier, climate-friendly food. coloradonewsline.com/2025/11/04/c...

Republicans want to turn the American West into a discount feedlot for special interests. Cattle ranching on public lands degrades these sacred wild places, pushing endangered species towards extinction. They’re handing out a blank check for more destruction westernwatersheds.org/2025/10/new-...

The nominee to lead the BLM *actively hates the BLM* — He’s a shill for ranching, logging and Big Oil, a rabid anti environmentalist and conspiracy nut. He’s featured in this list of Public Lands Enemies www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pub... Nominees can be blocked. Call your reps.

Just pleased as peas thinking about all the billionaires and climate demons absolutely losing their sh*t in New York tonight — and all the working people who feel a bit of hope, a moment of joy, and maybe a little more seen.

Wild on Purpose: New book arrived today hot off the presses from my fav publisher Torrey House. Looking forward to cracking this open today @kjallen4.bsky.social

30 artists spent a year documenting a #rewilding project in the UK with fine #biodiversity & #climate angles The land had been converted for crops during the World War II ‘Dig for Victory’ campaign & now is going back to the care of wild things:

Bycatch is the greatest conservation threat to marine mammal populations. But some “sustainable seafood” certifications allow it in supply chains. Is there such a thing as sustainable “seafood” aka wildlife? This month’s Food X @biologicaldiversity.org www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/pop...

Mutual aid is resistance. Build community, share joy, feed kids, save lives.

SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live. Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps: * Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled * Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages

None of this helps the industry btw. Conflict with wildlife is .02% of livestock loss. Public lands grazing is 2-3% of US beef & is disastrous for wildlife. The industry is already highly promoted, subsidized and powerful. It’s Trump creating problems then pretending to fix them w his agenda

Garbage plan from USDA rolling all bad beef policies they can into one: — expand public lands grazing — weaken ESA protections for wolves, coyotes, bears — increase US beef production & demand — push beef in Dietary Guidelines (influencing school food programs etc) www.usda.gov/sites/defaul...

Cattle production is the leading source of deforestation, species loss & ag related water use & emissions. USDA vow to “open up new lands, to make it easier to become a rancher” come with Trump’s historic assaults on western public lands that will destroy nature www.bloomberg.com/news/article...