Pitchstone Waters

Idaho officials are treating the New World screwworm as the serious threat it is, implementing new entry requirements for livestock and other warm-blooded animals arriving from states with confirmed infestations. The measures include veterinary inspections, movement permits for animals coming from designated infestation zones, and warnings to pet owners that dogs and...

The New World screwworm has now been confirmed in multiple Texas counties, turning what was once a distant threat into a very real concern for ranchers, wildlife managers, and animal owners alike. State and federal officials are scrambling to contain the outbreak through quarantines, surveillance, and movement controls, while political tensions are already emerging o...

In this opinion essay, William E. Simpson II argues that federal land management policies have prioritized cattle grazing, prescribed burning, and wildfire suppression at the expense of more natural ecological solutions. Drawing on more than a decade of field observations among free-roaming wild horses, he contends that wild horses can function as effective ecosystem eng...

This article argues that the Wild Horse Fire Brigade (WHFB) has developed a distinct approach to wild horse conservation by focusing on preserving free-roaming, naturally breeding herds rather than managing horses in captivity. Led by William E. Simpson II, the organization highlights more than a decade of immersive field research, habitat protection, horse rewilding...