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Rewilding Feature: A Conversation with Jon Huertas

Posted on September 25, 2017September 26, 2017 by Paula MacKay

Our celebrity ambassador, Jon Huertas, is a big hit in Hollywood, having played a leading role on “Castle” before taking on his current persona as Miguel on NBC’s blockbuster family drama, “This Is Us.” In this exclusive interview, Jon shares highlights from his recent rafting trip down the Colorado River with Wildlands Network, and tells us about his early introduction to wildlife, his passion for mountain lions, and his commitment to educating young people about why we need wildness. Photo: Tracey Butcher

Toward the horizon on the right side of the frame, a red standstone plateau rises out of the vermillion sand and green grass landscape.The sky is blue and dotted with fluffy white clouds.

Stand with Us Again to Protect Our National Monuments

Posted on September 18, 2017September 18, 2017 by Katy Schaffer

In a leaked report, Interior Secretary Zinke recommends President Trump shrink at least 4 monuments and modify 6 others, opening them up to harmful special interests like mining, logging, commercial fishing and drilling. Join Wildlands Network as we stand against this devastating news and defend our national monuments. Photo: Bob Wick, BLM.

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Join Us for the Born to Rewild California Premier 🐺

Join us for “Born to Rewild,” a 30-minute film that follows Wildlands Network’s John Davis throughout his 5,000-mile, muscle-powered along the Western Wildway from Mexico to Canada. Photo: Karsten Heuer

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Top Biologists Say Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan Ignores ESA Requirements

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Katy Schaffer

Many of the nation’s top Mexican wolf recovery biologists have submitted comments blasting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) recently released Draft Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan. Photo: Juan Carlos Bravo

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Daunted Courage, Part III (Finale)

Posted on August 23, 2017September 13, 2017 by Paula MacKay

When writer Paula MacKay decided to join Wildlands friends on a float trip down the Upper Missouri River, she stepped out of her comfort zone and into the waterway traveled by Lewis and Clark more than 200 years ago. In the final section of her travel essay, she explores the rewards of river time and the challenges of being a conservationist. Photo: Robert Long

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State Management of Mexican Gray Wolves Not Based on Science

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Katy Schaffer

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.

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Wildlands Network Gets Support to Make Mexico’s Highway 2 More Wildlife Friendly

Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 by Juan Carlos G. Bravo

Wildlands Network is hitting the road this month to inventory potential sites for new wildlife crossings along Highway 2, which roughly parallels the U.S.-Mexico border, in the Sky Islands of Sonora, Mexico. Photo: Wildlands Network

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For the Wild, 5: Rewilding and Biodiversity

Posted on August 16, 2017August 16, 2017 by Paula MacKay

THE FOURTH CURRENT—along with Monumentalism, Biodiversity Conservation (including representation of ecosystems), and Island Biogeography—in the modern conservation movement is the idea of rewilding—the scientific argument for restoring big wilderness based on the regulatory roles of large predators. Photo: David Moskowitz

Public Comments Show Overwhelming Support for Protecting Red Wolves in the Wild

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Katy Schaffer

Nearly all comments submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) support recovering the wild red wolf population in the southeastern United States, according to an analysis announced today by a coalition of conservation groups. Photo: Camera trap, Ron Sutherland

When the Border Wall and Wild Nature Collide, Tragedy Is Imminent

Posted on August 3, 2017August 3, 2017 by Katy Schaffer

The Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in South Texas is under immediate threat from the Trump Administration. It pains me to think that the U.S.-Mexico border wall could destroy every wild being that calls this special place home. Photo: Katy Schaffer

Red Wolf Territory in NC Would be Scaled Back – and Many People Aren’t Happy About It

Posted on July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 by Katy Schaffer

North Carolina’s News and Observer included a quote from our response to the USFWS’s proposed red wolf recovery plan, which reduces the current population of wild red wolves to a small parcel of federal land in Dare County, North Carolina. Photo: NC Hunting and Fishing Forum

Comments Show Good and Bad of Red Wolf Plan

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Katy Schaffer

The Washington Daily News interviewed Wildlands Network’s own Ron Sutherland about the dangers of the USFWS’ red wolf recovery plan, which reduces the existing wild red wolves to captivity on federal land.

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Daunted Courage, Part II

Posted on July 21, 2017September 13, 2017 by Paula MacKay

When writer Paula MacKay decided to join Wildlands friends on a float trip down the Upper Missouri River, she stepped out of her comfort zone and into the waterway traveled by Lewis and Clark more than 200 years ago. In Part II of her travel essay, she grapples with the humility of surrendering to the wind. Photo: Robert Long

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Half-East: Wildlands Network Takes the First Step in Our Planet’s Fight for Life

Posted on July 21, 2017August 8, 2017 by Maggie Ernest

We are often so overwhelmed, so paralyzed by the scale and complexities of Mother Nature’s woes that we don’t know how or where to start. In the Eastern Wildway, the answer is deceptively simple: Half Earth. Photo: William Gladish

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The USFWS Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan Is a Plan for Extinction

Posted on July 17, 2017August 30, 2017 by Katie Davis

Recently, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft recovery plan for Mexican gray wolves. Wildlands Network has been preparing for this moment for a very long time. We expected to be disappointed by many of the components of the recovery plan, as well as its overall vision. Unfortunately, USFWS met our expectations. Photo: Juan Carlos Bravo