Photo: Steven Gnam
In the world of conservation, grasslands usually take a back seat to mountains and forests. But at the Tucson International Airport, grasses take center stage in larger-than-life prints in artist Matilda Essig’s exhibit. Our borderlands coordinator, Myles Traphagen, sat down with Matilda for an interview on the critical role grasses play in healthy ecosystems. Photo: Myles Traphagen
Ron Sutherland spoke with The Guardian about the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s seeming willingness to let the population of red wolves decline in the wild under the Trump administration. Photo: Ron Sutherland
In the Sante Fe New Mexican, Wildlife Policy Coordinator Phil Carter wrote a letter to the editor, urging readers to support a bill moving through the New Mexico state legislature that would help prevent unnecessary wildlife deaths on New Mexico’s roads. Photo: Noel Reynolds
Published in our Summer 1993 issue of Wild Earth Journal, Mollie Matteson’s haunting essay on the perils of extreme interference with the natural world paints a dark picture of a possible future with unexpected, insidious consequences. Photo: William C. Gladish
In this video, Arizona PBS discusses the benefits of and obstacles to strengthening wildlife corridors in the borderlands region of the U.S. and Mexico with Juan Carlos Bravo, director of our Mexico Program. The video also features our friends in the Sonoran Desert, Rancho El Aribabi, the owners of which prioritize conservation in their land management, aiding in the recovery and migration of vulnerable species like the jaguar. Photo: Northern Jaguar Project/Naturalia
Huffington Post Mexico covered our recent press release about a new policy proposal in the state of Sonora, Mexico that mandates wildlife crossings in the state’s Territorial Ordinance Programs. Graphic: Pedro Capdeveille
In this op-ed in Asheville, North Carolina’s Citizen Times, opinion writer Bill McGoun argues for coexistence with wildlife in the countryside, “[letting] them alone as much as possible to lead their lives while I lead mine.” Photo: Noel Reynolds
As the first month of 2019 comes to a close, we’re taking a look back at our deep ecology roots, with special selections from our inaugural Wild Earth issue. We can only forge ahead, protecting species and ensuring sustainable biodiversity, if we have a clear sense of who we are and what we’re about, as deep ecologists who value the right of all of life to exist in harmony with each other. Photo: Jean Pierre Lavoie
Last week, the state of Chihuahua in Mexico amended a law to mandate wildlife crossings on all new highway projects in the state. Wildlife crossings decrease the risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions, protecting both wildlife and human travelers. Huffington Post Mexico covered the story, interviewing Juan Carlos Bravo, our Mexico Program Director. Graphic: Pedro Capdeveille
El lunes, diputados locales del estado de Chihuahua, aprobaron un reforma a la Ley de Transporte y sus Vías de Comunicación que obliga a implementar Pasos de Fauna en el diseño, construcción y mantenimiento de caminos y carreteras para conservar los movimientos de la vida silvestre. Gráfico: Pedro Capdeveille
The Los Angeles Times details how climate change will disastrously affect regional wildlife in and around the Grand Canyon, presenting wildlife connectivity through linking federal lands together as the solution to preserving biodiversity for generations to come. Photo: Kristen M. Caldon
The Arizona Daily Star published this op-ed by our Borderlands Program Coordinator, Myles Traphagen, who details the catastrophic effects the president’s proposed border wall would have on regional wildlife, including wolves, Sonoran pronghorn, and jaguars. Photo: Gary M. Stolz
La Carretera 2 de México podría crear una barrera geográfica casi impasable para la vida silvestre que trata de cruzarla para encontrar comida, compañeros y refugio. Leer más sobre la captura de cámaras que estamos realizando en esta área para hacer recomendaciones basadas en datos para cruces de vida silvestre a lo largo de la carretera. Foto: Wildlands Network/EcoGrande/Sky Island Alliance
Mexico’s Highway 2 could soon create a nearly-impassible geographic barrier for wildlife trying to cross it to find food, mates, and shelter. Learn more about the camera trapping we’re conducting in this area to make data-based recommendations for wildlife crossings along the highway. Photo: Wildlands Network/EcoGrande/Sky Island Alliance
The Washington Daily News featured a story about a listening session we hosted with the Red Wolf Coalition for local landowners in North Carolina’s red wolf recovery area. Photo: USFWS