by Katie Fite | Dec 2, 2015
Mule deer have a very long traditional migration route. Deer come from as far north as the Jarbidge Mountains on the Idaho border to spend winters on Spruce Mountain, which gets very little snow. Spruce is south of Wells Nevada, in the rain shadow of the Ruby...
by Katie Fite | Dec 2, 2015
Cave Valley, Nevada Ely BLM Cave Lake “Treatment” -Clearcut Targeting Old Trees Two previous waves of deforestation swept the Great Basin. A third wave looms. Pinyon-juniper forests naturally cloak the mountains and slopes of the Great Basin. Native Americans relied...
by Katie Fite | Dec 2, 2015
WLD’s Katie Fite visited Cave Valley in the Southern Snake Range, what she found was total devastation. Take a look for yourself by watching these short videos:...
by Katie Fite | Nov 30, 2015
WLD and WHE are non-profit organizations, and “Argenta Interested Publics.” Katie Fite of WLD and Laura Leigh of WHE have combined decades of experience in public lands grazing, interact with BLM staff on a routine basis, participate in site visits regularly regarding...
by Katie Fite | Nov 14, 2015
WLD is working hard to protect Sage Grouse habitat in West Little Owyhee/Louse Canyon country. WLD’s Katie Fite visited the Campbell Allotment this year and found this critical habitat being decimated by livestock, noxious weed presence as well as alarming...
by Katie Fite | Nov 12, 2015
Redband trout are known for their hardiness and ability to survive in often fragmented habitat. However, conditions in watersheds suffering no-stop chronic cattle grazing impacts coupled with loss of tree cover reach a tipping point where the fish can no longer...
