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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
Petition to Maintain Protections for Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) in the Lower 48 States as Endangered or Threatened “Distinct Population Segments” Under the Endangered Species Act

Posted on December 29, 2018

Photo Credit: Oregon Dept of Fish & Wildlife Image of 72lb Female Minam Pack The Center for Biological Diversity and the Humane Society of the United States petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to maintain protection for gray wolves under the Endangered … read more

Posted in Front Page News, News | Tagged canis, lupus, maintain, petition, protections, wolves
Most Americans support Endangered Species Act despite increasing efforts to curtail it

Posted on August 5, 2018

Political and business interests don’t appear to align with public’s view, study finds. read more

Posted in Front Page News, News | Tagged americans, despite, endangered, increasing, species, support

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CALLING ALL WOLF WARRIORS!!!!!Wolves in the Northern Rockies, including Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming adjacent to Yellowstone desperately need our comments in support of Emergency Relisting. 10 DAY PUSH FOR COMMENTSIn the next 10 days, we are calling on each of you to submit your comment to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. To make your comment, visit:www.regulations.gov/commenton/FWS-HQ-ES-2021-0106-0001?fbclid=IwAR2aEli0aitFa7P6gG8ImOjZ2br1LQ0WO...Choose From the Talking Point(s) Below and Write A Comment in Your Own Words* No other recently restored species has been targeted for an 85-90 percent reduction in population. * Reducing the populations down to 150 wolves each is not a viable way to manage wolves or any other species. * This is not hunting, this is an extermination campaign, which must be stopped. * Bounties are being paid in both Idaho and Montana to incentivize the killing of wolves. Idaho just increased its bounty program to up to $2,500 per wolf including newborn pups. * 21 world renowned Yellowstone wolves, valuable to conservation efforts worldwide have already been killed. * The Endangered Species Act states that the Fish and Wildlife Service can institute an emergency listing for wolves, which the law allows "at the discretion of the [Interior] Secretary” when a species faces “a significant risk to their well-being.” * The Endangered Species Act states that a species can be listed when there is an “inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms,” which is clearly the case with the current laws passed by Idaho (SB1211) and Montana (SB 314 and 267). These states have proven they are unable and unwilling to manage wolves responsibly. Yesterday, we gave wristbands to attendees of the UNITE FOR WOLVES WEBINAR. Today, we are opening up the wristband offer to our 06 family members who submit a comment. You have four wristbands to choose from. See the designs in the comments. To get your wristband, send your comment in support of Emergency Relisting to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Then email your comment confirmation to the06legacy@gmail.com, along with your name, address and choice of wristband. The wristbands are a symbol of our unity for wolves. For Yellowstone wolves like 06, 926F who were killed outside the park in the past, 1109F who was killed this hunting season, and all the wolves in the Rocky Mountains who are in grave danger, please submit your comments and share the need for comments with everyone you know. Wolves need every voice. Also, let Secretary Deb Haaland know you support immediate Emergency Relisting 1-202-208-3100feedback@ios.doi.govDepartment of the Interior 1849 C Street, N.W.Washington, DC 20240And President BidenThe White House comment line is open Tuesday through Thursday, 11:00a.m.-3:00p.m. EST.1-202-456-1111www.whitehouse.gov/get-involved/write-or-call/The White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Washington, DC 20500United For Wolves,-Karol and The 06 Legacy Crew#RelistWolves #RelistWolvesNow #howlforlife #unitedforwolves ... See MoreSee Less

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World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing Is Finally Under Way in Los Angelestinyurl.com/2p98bydaLast October, a gray wolf with a purple radio collar was spotted wandering in the mountains about 50 miles north of Downtown Los Angeles. OR-93 — named that because he had traveled from a pack near Mount Hood, Oregon — was the first gray wolf to roam into Southern California in a century; the last one observed in the region had been trapped in 1922. But after weeks of excitement from wolf-watchers, OR-93 was found dead by the I-5 freeway. According to the scientists who tracked his movements, OR-93 had crossed dozens of roads and even several highways during his 1,000-mile journey. This made his death all the more devastating: Had he made it to the other side of this final freeway, he would have almost certainly survived, and most likely thrived, says Beth Pratt, California regional executive director for the National Wildlife Federation. Directly across the freeway from where he was killed is the largest contiguous private property in California, a 270,000-acre nature preserve. “It’s our fault,” she says. “We failed him. I wish we had a crossing in place for him.”As of this week, additional funding has been secured for the $87 million crossing, including a final $10 million allocated by Governor Gavin Newsom’s new budget. Now the project is planned to break ground this spring, and when completed sometime in 2023, the nearly one-acre bridge will be the largest of its kind anywhere in the world and the most ambitious in such a densely (human-)populated region. ... See MoreSee Less

World’s Largest Wildlife Crossing Is Finally Under Way in Los Angeles

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A bridge for local mountain lions that’s nearly an acre in size has been in the works for over a decade.

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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?

Petition to Maintain Protections for Gray Wolves (Canis lupus) in the Lower 48 States as Endangered or Threatened “Distinct Population Segments” Under the Endangered Species Act

Most Americans support Endangered Species Act despite increasing efforts to curtail it

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