{"id":15739,"date":"2014-08-31T06:25:26","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T12:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=15739"},"modified":"2026-02-21T14:27:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T20:27:31","slug":"the-land-is-one-organism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/08\/31\/the-land-is-one-organism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Land Is One Organism"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"That<\/p>\n

“Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
\nThat is to say, you cannot love game and hate predators… The land is one organism.\u201d<\/p>\n

~ Aldo Leopold<\/em><\/p>\n

Sadly there are people who love the game and do hate predators. Those people want to wipe out the predators by any means possible to stop the predators from taking “their” game.<\/p>\n

And then\u00a0there are ethical hunters who will only take what they eat and only hunt using fair chase\u00a0who know that\u00a0a natural balance between predators and game is good for the land.<\/p>\n

That\u00a0a natural balance is<\/em> “harmony”.<\/p>\n

Too bad that everyone doesn’t get it. Maybe one day they will and hopefully that day will happen before all the predators are gone.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to view more of my Coyote photos plus facts and information about this species.<\/p>\n

For more information on how man and coyotes can coexist visit Project Coyote<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[511,2152,100,26,5347,2162],"tags":[2654,733,2649,4002,3981,4537,4035,4233,4032,4193],"class_list":["post-15739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-antelope-island-state-park","category-conservation","category-coyotes","category-utah","category-wildflowers","category-wildlife-ethics-wildlife-ethics","tag-aldo-leopold","tag-canis-latrans","tag-common-sunflower","tag-coyote","tag-davis-county","tag-grassland","tag-nature-photography","tag-prairie","tag-wildlife-photography","tag-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/coyote-quote-leopold-mia-mcpherson-4935.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-45R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16051,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/10\/06\/conservation-is-a-state-of-harmony\/","url_meta":{"origin":15739,"position":0},"title":"Conservation Is A State Of Harmony","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"October 6, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"I would love to say that while I am wandering around exploring the natural wonders we have been gifted with that I can forget about the assaults on the land and the creatures that live there but I can't.","rel":"","context":"In "Conservation"","block_context":{"text":"Conservation","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/conservation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Utah Juniper - Dead Horse Point, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/utah-juniper-dead-horse-point-mia-mcpherson-1556.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/utah-juniper-dead-horse-point-mia-mcpherson-1556.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/utah-juniper-dead-horse-point-mia-mcpherson-1556.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/utah-juniper-dead-horse-point-mia-mcpherson-1556.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":16776,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2014\/11\/09\/the-richest-values-of-wilderness-lie-in-the-future\/","url_meta":{"origin":15739,"position":1},"title":"The Richest Values Of Wilderness Lie In The Future","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"November 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Every day scientists, conservationists and nature lovers are speaking up. 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