Producer Pick: Pronghorn Antelope
Ten years ago, the pronghorn were in trouble. Coyotes were killing about 80 percent of the fawns and the population was rapidly dropping. Among the drastic solutions proposed to save the pronghorn was the extermination of the coyotes. That controversial plan was called off in favor of the equally controversial plan of removing the livestock that grazed on the range. With the departure of the livestock, damaged meadows improved. That along with the end of a long period of drought provided the catalyst for the emergence of a lush grazing land. And with the abundance of forage, the pronghorn began to flourish. Now there are more than ever -- some 2,400 -- on the 280,000-acre refuge. FIELD GUIDE follows some wildlife biologists as they conduct studies that have enabled Oregon to learn more about this species than anywhere else in the country.
First Broadcast: 2005
Production Credits: Producer - Ed Jahn
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- by Ed Jahn | 11/20/2009
- It seems like just yesterday I went to eastern ORegon to report on the “potential” for wolves to return to Oregon. That was in 2006 (episode 1607). Well, there have been reports all throughout the last year of wolves showing up, with a few videos offered as proof, followed by a wolf attack on livestock [...]
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