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
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
In this editorial, Wildlands Network’s Kim Crumbo and the Sierra Club’s Sandy Bahr criticize the United State’s Fish and Wildlife Service’s Mexican wolf recovery plan for ignoring recovery recommendations from the scientific community. Photo: Jose Luis Magana, AP.
In an op-ed for the The Washington Daily News, Wildlands Network’s Ron Sutherland explores the relatively trivial cost of trying to save red wolves—an invaluable and endangered species. Photo: Becky Bartell, USFWS
WN’s own Ron Sutherland wrote this op-ed for the Raleigh News and Observer about Sen. Bill Cook’s (R-NC) proposed law to allow nighttime coyote hunting in the five counties that make up the red wolf recovery area. Read on to find out how this proposed law could dangerously impact the already critically endangered Red Wolf. Photo: Wildlands Network
Wildlands Network’s own Kim Crumbo wrote this op-ed for The Standard-Examiner, opposing the recent decision by the Utah Wildlife Board to increase cougar hunt quotas. Photo: Thomas D. Mangelsen
Wildlands Network’s own Kim Crumbo writes this op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune about the importance of building safe passages for both humans and wildlife in protecting biological diversity. Photo: Steven Gnam
After being reintroduced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1987, by 2006 the red wolf population had grown to 120 animals. Now, only 10 years later, the red wolf packs have been mercilessly shredded by bullets and traps, and only 45 to 60 wolves are thought to remain alive outside of zoos. Photo: Wildlands Network
In this op-ed for The News & Observer, Wildlands Network’s Ron Sutherland highlights the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unwillingness to fight for the red wolf program in North Carolina, despite North Carolina’s residents and Americans supporting the conservation of wolves and other endangered species. Photo: Steve Hillebrand, USFWS
In an op-ed for The News & Observer, Wildlands Network’s Ron Sutherland explores the dangers white-tail deer pose to vehicular traffic in the Albemarle Peninsula in Eastern North Carolina. Ron also discusses the important role red wolves play in balancing eastern ecosystems. Photo: Becky Bartell, USFWS