Ariel Greenwood
@arielgreenwood.bsky.social
Ranching in the New Mexico high country & trying to thread the needle of stewardship and cows on 200 square miles of leased land
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Fun sign in my drs office
September 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Fun sign in my drs office
Bunch of new followers today. Why? Idk. Hi anyway. Here are some photos from my day checking on some of the ranch.
August 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Bunch of new followers today. Why? Idk. Hi anyway. Here are some photos from my day checking on some of the ranch.
Keeping the grassland grassland
July 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Keeping the grassland grassland
A few snaps from today of some diverse range and the critters who make it so.
July 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A few snaps from today of some diverse range and the critters who make it so.
Here’s a female pronghorn chasing a young coyote away. From what I could see she whipped him pretty good.
June 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Here’s a female pronghorn chasing a young coyote away. From what I could see she whipped him pretty good.
Happy healthy elk
June 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Happy healthy elk
One of the cutest babies in North America
June 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
One of the cutest babies in North America
My audience while moving some cows today; love how baby elk sound like extremely loud kittens
June 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My audience while moving some cows today; love how baby elk sound like extremely loud kittens
Mule deer and a RWBB in a lovely wetland on friend’s ranch
June 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Mule deer and a RWBB in a lovely wetland on friend’s ranch
Saw some big bears today while checking yearlings. Funny how the cattle don’t care. If these were grizzlies we’d have to do some counseling sessions.
June 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Saw some big bears today while checking yearlings. Funny how the cattle don’t care. If these were grizzlies we’d have to do some counseling sessions.
The rise of Donald Trump can perhaps best be understood by examining the extraordinary influence of Joan of Arc. In this essay I will
June 8, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The rise of Donald Trump can perhaps best be understood by examining the extraordinary influence of Joan of Arc. In this essay I will
Handsome little stinker
June 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Handsome little stinker
A few pics from today of “land used for cattle,” as some people like to say. Fun to see what grasslands can do when you give them a chance and get some early rain.
June 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A few pics from today of “land used for cattle,” as some people like to say. Fun to see what grasslands can do when you give them a chance and get some early rain.
I feel this. I am often crawling around and skipping at mixed severity against the machine, rather than raging against it
True, but big burns don’t have to “rage.”They can crawl and skip around at mixed severity. “The tribes of the northern Great Plains were some of the few to light very large fires —miles-long conflagrations that raged across dry grasslands — to drive large herds of buffalo in a desired direction.”
Native Americans Used Fire to Protect and Cultivate Land | HISTORY
Indigenous people routinely burned land to drive, prey, clear underbrush and provide pastures.
www.history.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I feel this. I am often crawling around and skipping at mixed severity against the machine, rather than raging against it
I don’t have “time to paint” but I grab an hour here and there and eventually scenes emerge!
May 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I don’t have “time to paint” but I grab an hour here and there and eventually scenes emerge!
Been doing some local fire organizing work and one thing I gotta say we don’t talk about often enough is how rural VFD crew are often the first on the scene for all manner of emergencies, including grisly traffic incidents involving people they know and love.
May 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Been doing some local fire organizing work and one thing I gotta say we don’t talk about often enough is how rural VFD crew are often the first on the scene for all manner of emergencies, including grisly traffic incidents involving people they know and love.
This is a huge deal
New paper out! We surveyed USFS rangeland specialists across the West and found strong support—and real barriers—to implementing more flexible grazing on federal lands. Policy plays a role, but lack of capacity and fear of litigation loom larger. Read more👇
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Managing for Flexibility on U.S. Forest Service Grazing Allotments
Many ranchers in the western U.S. operate in a rangeland environment characterized by seasonal and annual fluctuations in water and forage, recurring …
www.sciencedirect.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is a huge deal
Here are some photos of bare ground of low diversity areas filling in on our lease of the last 5 years. Planned grazing maximizes the benefits of animal impact and herbivory to grassland ecosystems while minimizing the detriment.
May 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Here are some photos of bare ground of low diversity areas filling in on our lease of the last 5 years. Planned grazing maximizes the benefits of animal impact and herbivory to grassland ecosystems while minimizing the detriment.
Reposted by Ariel Greenwood
This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.
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May 12, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This is insane. Republicans have inserted language into the budget reconciliation bill that would ban states from regulating AI in any capacity for 10 years.
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Ranching in northern New Mexico in May be like
May 8, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Ranching in northern New Mexico in May be like
The photo on the left was at the beginning of this lease. It’s fun to see the slow but positive changes over time. Even with a herd of 400+ elk that basically live in this pasture and eat the recovering grass, things are shifting.
May 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The photo on the left was at the beginning of this lease. It’s fun to see the slow but positive changes over time. Even with a herd of 400+ elk that basically live in this pasture and eat the recovering grass, things are shifting.
Improved grazing management is infrastructure
Interstate 10 is closed again in NM due to dust on Lordsburg Playa. Every hour an interstate shuts down costs our economy due to delayed deliveries of goods and services (in our just-in-time-delivery world), extra road maintenance costs on detours, overtime costs for public safety officials, etc.
May 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Improved grazing management is infrastructure
Changing the Oil in the Generator With My Toddler (comedy - 2025)
May 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Changing the Oil in the Generator With My Toddler (comedy - 2025)
Too many pics on this app.
April 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Too many pics on this app.