Photo: Thomas D. Mangelsen
The Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act was introduced today by Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA). If passed, the Act will be a major victory for wildlife and wildlands across the country, restoring habitat and protecting America’s native wildlife by establishing a National Wildlife Corridors Program. Photo: Chip Carroon, BLM
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposal to remove protections from the nation’s only wild population of endangered red wolves has been met with near unanimous opposition from the public. Nearly 99.9 percent of comments submitted favored the need for strong federal protections for red wolves. Photo: Ron Sutherland
The State Congress of Sonora has issued an exhortation to Mexico’s federal transportation agency, the Secretariat of Communications and Transports (SCT), to address fatal wildlife vehicle collisions by building wildlife crossings in the State. Photo: SoyCobre
El Sábado 22 de septiembre una hembra de oso negro, especie en peligro de extinción en México, fue golpeada por un vehículo, al intentar cruzar la carretera federal 2 del tramo Ímuris-Cananea, muriendo a la orilla de la misma. Foto: SoyCubre
On Saturday, September 22, a vehicle struck and killed a female black bear (Ursus americanus) as she tried to cross Federal Highway 2 in the Sky Islands region of Sonora, México, where black bears are considered endangered. Such tragedies show the critical need for functional wildlife crossings along this highway to protect both wild and human travelers. Photo: SoyCobre
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced plans to allow hunters to kill all but 10-15 remaining red wolves, the most endangered wolf species in the world. This plan ignores the vast majority of public comments, 99.8% of which were in favor of protecting wolves. Photo: Wildlands Network
Newly released maps conclusively demonstrate the importance of maintaining landscape connectivity between Northern Arizona and the Gila National Forest for Mexican wolf recovery. We hope wildlife agencies will use the new maps to maintain connectivity for native wildlife in the region. Photo: Eric Kilby
Conservationists unveiled a new red wolf video today that they hope will prove reassuring to the hunting community in rural Eastern North Carolina, where the last few red wolves are found. Photo: Ron Sutherland
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a five-year status review of the red wolf this afternoon, with the review concluding the species continues to deserve federal listing as “endangered.” The agency acknowledges there are now only around 40 red wolves left in the wild, with only three known breeding pairs remaining. Photo: USFWS
On Saturday March 3rd, teams of professional and citizen scientists in the U.S. and Mexico will work together to focus their observational abilities on a swath of land at the center of international attention: The U.S.-Mexico border. Photo: Brian Powell
Secretary Zinke’s new Secretarial Order, issued today, is the Trump Administration’s first major step to address the need for more comprehensive wildlife corridor protection at the landscape level. Photo: William Gladish
Today, Southwestern wolf advocates challenged the USFWS in court over its 2017 Mexican wolf recovery plan, which violates the Endangered Species Act and increases endangered lobos’ extinction risk. Wildlands Network will join the lawsuit. Photo: Eric Kilby
In the face of increasing threats to native wildlife and the Endangered Species Act (ESA)—one of America’s bedrock conservation laws—the Washington, D.C.-based Endangered Species Coalition today released their annual report highlighting the “Top 10” species at-risk of extinction in the U.S. Photo: Jim Clark, USFWS
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized a deeply flawed recovery plan for the Mexican gray wolf. Responding to objections from state officials, the plan limits recovery efforts to south of Interstate 40 and sets population targets well below what federal scientists have determined are needed for Mexican gray wolves to be considered stable. Photo: Gary Kramer
The Trump administration wants to roll back a 20-year ban to allow uranium mining near the Grand Canyon, according to a Forest Service report formally released today. Photo: William C. Gladish