Nolan

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

If an owl box is on your weekend project list, awesome! But a quick heads up: owls need species-specific boxes, and the wrong size turns a box into a predator trap.

What you build depends on the owls you have. Do a quick bit of research on the owls in your neck of the woods.

Always use untreated wood, no external perch, add wood shavings in the bottom, and a side hatch that opens for cleaning.

For my UK friends: Barn Owl Trust has free plans.

In North America: Cornell's NestWatch has free plans for every type of owl.

[RodeoProfessor @RodeoProfessor]

Of course this DNC account punts what this debate is actually about, here’s an easy to follow overview for you. The controversy focuses on an NGO called the American Prairie Foundation with a bison herd on public land (BLM) in Northeast Montana (note this is different from the famous Yellowstone herd that you may have visited on a family trip).

To obtain a grazing permit on BLM, this isn’t auctioned off at market. Instead, it’s a preference system linked to ownership of a nearby property (called a “base property”).

American Prairie is a relative newcomer who acquired BLM preference for grazing allotments by purchasing deeded ranches adjacent to BLM land. Then, they asked the BLM to modify their grazing permits to include bison. The BLM did an environmental impact assessment and approved bison in 2022, which was just revoked at the request of Montana lawmakers and ranching families in the state.

The reason ranching families, stockgrowers, and Montana lawmakers do not want American Prairie to run their conservation focused bison herd on BLM land begins with the fact that to purchase deeded ranches and obtain eligibility for BLM grazing, American Prairie got piles of cash from foreign and out of state donors. As a donor funded foundation, most of its cash comes from a Swiss born billionaire, a German billionaire, and high net worth individuals from NYC and SF. How would a regular rancher from Montana compete with that to purchase the ranches that would lead to preference for BLM? How would a 21 year old seventh generation rancher compete? When this NGO buys these deeded ranches, the associated grazing rights on BLM are automatically transferred.

Montana ranchers and politicians also oppose buffalo on BLM parcels because of the risk of disease transmission to livestock, and an overarching belief that Montana has been ranching for food production for centuries, newer conservation interests backed by non-local cash undermine the long, rich heritage of the state.

On the other side of the debate is American Prairie with a noble mission to restore the mighty bison to American grasslands to promote biodiversity, focusing on native grasslands and fauna. This is a group focused on what’s called “rewilding” or returning the land to its pre human state, with the buffalo as a powerful symbol of the American frontier. Proponents argue that as a keystone species, buffalo have many ecological benefits that make our great prairies healthier and more productive. They argue disease transmission risk is overstated, and that market-based conservation is the future. In America, if you have resources to buy ranches, get the BLM permits, you should be able to do so without government putting its finger on the scale and reversing policy for the ranching interests. They argue public land shouldn’t exclusively be for ranching, and the true purpose of “multiple use public land” should include conservation.

When I present issues like this in my class, I’m very careful to not tell my students what to think but rather *how* to think about conservation disputes. Where you land on the issue is uniquely yours, a function of your values, heritage, economic preferences, beliefs on the purpose of public land and the role of wildlife in the 21st century.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@TJandCasper A few years ago a president fished on the snake river in wyoming. A property owner along the route thought he could watch the president through a spotting scope. He quickly found out that certain government agencies are extremely effective at what they do.

[Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec]

There are abortion videos of babies screaming in pain and pulling away from the forceps as their skull is crushed

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@BeardedTexan69 25-06. Great gun up to 400yrds. Easy to shoot. Not intimidating. I love mine. Perfect for deer and antelope.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@l3ftisf0rw4rd @ChefGruel How would New York operate better in comparison to said red state shitholes? In what way does government perform better than the free market?

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@KnoxEndemic You won't. That citrus is gonna do some bad things to your esophagus. All up and down.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@vikinick_ @st_louis_stan 1-15 North is a long, strange portion of this country. . .. I love every mile.
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[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@BudLightSadness I played golf with an rv mechanic one day. He said he'll never run out of work and to never buy an rv. Ever.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@NoLieWithBTC You're either purposefully misleading people or your stupid and lazy. Which is it?

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@Brick_Suit @johnkonrad Yep. Their thought process is what's the point of a vacation if you cant try and use it as social ammunition to make your friends jealous.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@ThinkingJack67 @StatisticUrban Its not the same. Its never been the same. Fry sauce is the only way to make ketchup tolerable.

[Western NC Our Roots Run Deep @LonerNc]

@ClayTravis where is this bitch and her big ass mouth ?????

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@TylerAmerica1st Jackson hole says hold my shitty IPA and let me show you a real sanctuary city.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@Squabbles94806 @joeroganhq As someone who lives is the area and see it regularly, they dont care. @touronsofynp will show you how little most people care about the signage or the dangers, either hot springs or the wildlife.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@PatrickMoyers2 @AmiriKing Crab legs. Their true nature is exposed every time a tray of crab legs is brought out. Its truly eye opening and repugnant at the same time.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@Emilio2763 Looks like Jackson. Same souless architecture.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@AmiriKing In my Boy Scout Days, we'd do this with a campfire. Good chilli back then.

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@NikoAQNY @iAnonPatriot

[Nolan @Rollinthruspace]

@BrianKatz114192 @Arcfunmi To be the most "green" in your building practices, is to have the highest performing and efficient insulation products. "Green" building and insulation products never out perform the petrochemical alternatives. Its just marketing for substandard materials.