Photo: Tom Reichner / Adobe StockSince 1991, Wildlands Network has been committed to reconnecting, restoring and rewilding North America for the benefit of all species. Our work is founded in science, driven by fieldwork and furthered through strategic policy and partnerships. We envision a North America where nature is undivided, and where people coexist in harmony with our native plants and animals.
Below are our most recent news updates. For media inquiries, please contact Danielle Fisher, Communications Manager, at danielle@wildlandsnetwork.org or 385-258-2817.
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Last month, some 40 wildlife conservation leaders from both the United States and Mexico formed the Border States Conservation Collaborative, an informal working group dedicated to preserving the connectivity and unique biodiversity of the borderlands. Photo: Courtesy Border States Conservation Collaborative
In response to today’s announcement that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to remove Endangered Species Act protections for most gray wolves in the lower 48 states, Wildlands Network’s senior carnivore advocate Kim Crumbo condemned the move as premature and not based on sound science. Photo: William C. Gladish
El martes, el diputado local, Luis Mario Rivera Aguilar, presentó ante el Congreso del Estado de Sonora un proyecto de decreto que hace obligatorio incluir pasos de fauna en los Programas de Ordenamiento Territorial en el estado. Photo: Wildlands Network/EcoGrande/Sky Island Alliance
On Tuesday, Sonoran State Representative Luis Mario Rivera Aguilar presented a draft decree requiring wildlife crossings in the state’s Territorial Ordinance Programs to Sonora’s state Congress. Photo: Wildlands Network/EcoGrande/Sky Island Alliance
Representatives of the northern state of Chihuahua in Mexico recently approved an amendment in the state’s Transportation Law requiring the implementation of wildlife crossings in the design, construction and maintenance of roads and highways for preserving wildlife movements. Graphic: Pedro Capdeveille
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