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USDA APHIS Wildlife Services Nonlethal Initiative for Livestock Protection

Posted on February 3, 2022

In FY2021, Wildlife Services (WS) received $1.38M from Congress for the second year in a row to expand the use of nonlethal methods to protect livestock from large carnivore depredation and to research efficacy and development of new nonlethal approaches. … read more

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Return of the Wolves: Lessons from the Wilderness

Posted on January 31, 2022

Saint Paul-based National Parks of Lake Superior Foundation (the Foundation) has released a new documentary film, “Return of the Wolves: Lessons from the Wilderness,” and corresponding educational lesson plans for classrooms, distance learners, and homeschooled students. To learn more about … read more

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Become A WCC Junior Wolf Biologist | Wolf Conservation Center

Posted on December 30, 2021

Love wolves? Become a certified Wolf Conservation Center Junior Wolf Biologist! Children are encouraged to build upon their knowledge of wolves by completing the digital “Junior Wolf Biologist Training Guide” and sending it to the Wolf Conservation Center wolf experts … read more

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Wolf Conservation Planning and Resource Bank Documents Created

Posted on July 2, 2021

Photo by Tristan Alder The National Wolfwatcher Coalition is proud to be one of five conservation groups that crafted The Wolf Conservation Planning and Resource Bank documents. The other groups included, Endangered Species Coalition, Humane Society of the United States, … read more

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Wolf Delisting Challenges Demonstrate Need for an Improved Framework for Conserving Intraspecific Variation under the Endangered Species Act

Posted on November 30, 2020

If applied generally to other species, the 2019 rule’s approach to ESA implementation would represent a significant scaling back of recovery efforts for widely distributed species that would increase both short term vulnerability and long-term loss of adaptive potential. Recent … read more

Posted in Front Page News, News | Tagged adaptive potential, Canis lupus, conservation genomics, distinct population segment, recovery planning
What is an Endangered Species?

Posted on January 29, 2020

The query “What is an endangered species?” is quickly transformed into a far tougher question: How much loss should a species endure before we agree that the species deserves special protections and concerted effort for its betterment? Judgments about acceptable … read more

Posted in Front Page News | Tagged endangered, species

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Linking protected areas from Yellowstone to the Yukon shows the value of conserving large landscapes, not just isolated parks and preservestinyurl.com/pmk4dcnaAs human development spreads ever farther around the world, very few large ecosystems remain relatively intact and uninterrupted by highways, cities or other human-constructed obstacles. One of the largest exceptions is the Yellowstone to Yukon region, or Y2Y, which stretches more than 2,000 miles (3,200 kilometers) northwest from Wyoming into Canada’s Yukon territory.For the past 30 years conservationists have worked to knit this huge stretch of land together under the Yellowstone to Yukon conservation initiative. Y2Y seeks to make room for wildlife in connected landscapes that give animals the ability to move across large areas – whether they are following age-old migration patterns or responding to a changing climate. ... See MoreSee Less

Linking protected areas from Yellowstone to the Yukon shows the value of conserving large landscapes, not just isolated parks and preserves

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Parks and refuges are important for conservation, but without connections, they’re like islands. Linking them by protecting land in between makes it possible for wildlife to move over bigger areas.

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Feds look to bring more Mexican wolves to New Mexico, ranchers for for livestock safetybit.ly/3sKBfMqNew Mexico ranchers worried their livestock could be at risk after the federal government announced plans to increase the amount of Mexican gray wolves allowed to dwell in the state.But in an amendment proposed by the Service last week, that cap was removed, and the federal government said it intended to see the animal’s population grow to 320 or more by 2028.“The Mexican grey wolf recovery plan continues to threaten and burden New Mexico’s ranchers.Removing population caps on the number of wolves in the state, make it more difficult for these ranchers to provide beef for fellow New Mexicans.” The state ranchers, Craig Ogden, speakingas a response to the wolf news.Ogden, the head of ranchers in the state, said it was unfair for the federal government to continually adjust it population goals for the Mexican gray wolf, to the detriment of local ranchers.“Our state’s ranchers are being sacrificed to achieve an ever-changing goal with no real finish line in sight.”Michael Robinson with the Center for Biological Diversity contended the Fish and Wildlife Service should take another step to increase breeding and genetic diversity of the wolves.The ongoing practice of releasing wolves born in captivity to join wild dens, a process known as “cross-fostering,” instead ofbreeding bonded wolves and releasing them together with theirparents seems to be favored by the government. Why is that so.?That would automatically keep the number of wolves on the ground at a lower amount. That does not help survival and reproduction.Unless those cross-fostered wolves who survive to breeding age actually reproduce, those animals have zero impact on the wild gene pool,” said Maggie Howell, executive director of the Wolf Conservation Center.It’s disappointing that the federal government still refuses to replenish the priceless genetic diversity lost through its own mismanagement of these wolves.Photo: California Wolf Center;M1283 ... See MoreSee Less

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Latest Wolfwatcher News...

USDA APHIS Wildlife Services Nonlethal Initiative for Livestock Protection

Return of the Wolves: Lessons from the Wilderness

Become A WCC Junior Wolf Biologist | Wolf Conservation Center

Wolf Conservation Planning and Resource Bank Documents Created

Wolf Delisting Challenges Demonstrate Need for an Improved Framework for Conserving Intraspecific Variation under the Endangered Species Act

What is an Endangered Species?

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