Growing a Truffula Forest

Can Pleistocene rewilding help control the invasive Tamarisk?



Attack of the dromedaries

Low Tech Camel Solution to Scary Plant

“We’re going to get this asphalt out of here and re-wild this place,”

Feds kick off contribution to Everglades restoration at Picayune Strand

Could Re-Wilding Avert the 6th Great Extinction? [Slide Show]

Highland estate at centre of access row to seek zoo licence

Frank Chislett: We must allow Britain's farmers to be themselves again

Beavers: Return of the dammed

Via @wildlifegisgirl who has the What Emily Thinks blog.


Coyote Valley: Connecting People, Connecting Wildlife from Coyote Valley Landscape Inst. on Vimeo.

As mentioned in the last post on Iberian Lynx, if they're not in the wild, they're the "living dead". So I'm glad to see this experimental reintroduction in Spain.

Via Big Cat News



An Iberian Lynx Runs After Being Released In Villafranca De Cordoba

Wild Boar were accidentally reintroduced into Ireland.

Irish wild boar makes a comeback



Extinct wild boar returns to Ireland

There's good news as the captive breeding program of Iberian Lynx in Andalusia hits 75.

Via @iseccanada

La población de linces de Andalucía, en buena forma

Google Translation:

The lynx population of Andalusia, in good shape





But unless they are reestablished in the wild, they "would be a living dead".

Via Big Cat News:

La cría en cautividad del lince no evita su extinción, según una experta

Google Translation:

Captive breeding lynx does not prevent their extinction, according to an expert

Probing Question: What are wildlife corridors?

An interesting conservation strategy on the Sussex Wildlife Trust website. Kind of rewilding meets reconciliation ecology.



Living Landscape

My first thoughts when I hear Iran are starting to become "Big Cat Conservation".



Iran may help Russia to restore leopard population



Russia seeks Iran help to revive Persian leopards

Taxonomic note: Anatolian leopard and Persian leopard are considered to be the same subspecies

Samantha Ellis wrote a play about rewilding in Scotland - The Last Wolf in Scotland.

Source:
Wolves debate turned into a play

Still sorting through my INBOX and finding stories I missed.




Cheetahs to return to India's grasslands under multimillion-pound plan

Cloning ethics:
We can bring back the mammoth — should we?



Conservation biology: Reflecting the past

Hiking the Wild Ennerdale project:
High-level thrills lead to the top of Pillar

Rewilding debate:
Concern over “wilding” Yorkshire

The Scottish charity Trees for Life got 6 Wild Boars to help efforts to restore the Caledonian Forest.



Boar to clear bracken for trees



Innovative wild boar restoration project
launches in the Highlands

Rare Photo of Three Amur Leopards Offers Hope for World's Most Endangered Cat

Via RareWildlifeGuy



Scientists discover rare wild cat in Fujairah wadi

A few stories I've found while catching up on e-mail.

Rewilding Giant Pandas
China builds research center to help giant pandas adapt to wild

Restoration for ecosystem services
Woodland used to prevent flooding

A million acres of Tallgrass Prairie
Public forums set for conservation plan

Go veggie to rewild the land
Want to help reach 350 ppm? Stop eating meat!

Anti-rewilding paranoia
Eco-Nuts Out to Destroy Life As We Know It

Knowing the territory
Mapping where the wild things are

Wildland Research Institute
Could big beasts return to new wild woods?

Dorset dairy farmer spots endangered butterflies on his farm

An example of reconciliation ecology:

Green lines
What does it take to save a species? Sometimes, high-voltage power wires

I've made many posts about the problems of Cattle here on Turtle Island. But in their native habitat, they play a vital role.


From Cumbria Wildlife Trust



Cows help conserve rare butterflies

Bramble Park Zoo Has New Baby Pallas’ Cat Kittens