Meet Us In Eugene to Watch Born to Rewild!
Join us in Oregon at the inaugural Eugene Environmental Film Festival October 5-7 to watch Born to Rewild and other great environmental films. Photo: John Davis
News about Western Wildway
Celebrating Public Lands Day in the Western Wildway
This Saturday—September 22—is National Public Lands Day. While it’s a chance to celebrate and give back to our shared spaces, it’s also an opportunity to shift the public policy that governs these special areas to include a broader ecological perspective. Photo: Kristen M. Caldon
An Intern Reflects: There Is Still Hope for the Conservation Movement
Erin Yoder Logue was one of our two summer Law and Policy Interns in our Seattle office. During her time with us, Erin helped us move forward in our efforts to reconnect, restore, and rewild North America on the ground. Photo: Wildlands Network
Join us for the Gallup Film Festival
Join us in Gallup, New Mexico for the Gallup Film Festival, where Born to Rewild will screen. The festival features films from different genres, as well as musical performances, workshops and lectures. It’s sure to be a fun time for all! Photo: Kristen M. Caldon
Friends of Rancho El Aribabi: Protecting a Wildlife Corridor
To create continental-scale wildlife corridors, Wildlands Network stitches together a network of committed activists throughout each Wildway. To that end, we are now supporting a group of talented volunteers to help protect Mexico’s Rancho El Aribabi, which lies within a wildlife corridor between Mexico and the U.S. Photo: Myles Traphagen
Giving Animals a Voice: Letters from an Ashland Deer
When fellow (human) residents of Ashland, Oregon, proposed culling their local deer population, author John Yunker ghost-wrote letters to the editor—in the voice of the deer! Yunker’s essay about creating these letters was published in “Writing for Animals,” published by Ashland Creek Press in 2018.
New Utah Proposal Increases Cougar Hunting Permits
In Utah, cougars are in mortal danger. Rather than respond appropriately to the scientists urging them to reduce cougar hunting quotas, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources proposes an increase in cougar hunting permits. You have until August 23 to tell the UDWR you oppose this proposal. Photo: Larry Moats
Connected, Wild, and Free
In a time of increasing environmental uncertainty, Wildlands Network pursues an ambitious vision of a reconnected, rewilded and restored North America. But these audacious goals and our continental-scale programs come with a hefty price tag. Learn more about our annual fall fundraising campaign, and help us protect what we love for those we love. Photo: William C. Gladish
Border Wall Worries Wildlife Biologists
The Albuquerque Journal interviewed Mexico Program Director Juan Carlos Bravo and Borderlands Coordinator Myles Traphagen about the border wall’s disastrous effects on wildlife. Photo: Northern Jaguar Project/Naturalia
Importance of Gila National Forest For Mexican Wolf Recovery
New Mexico’s KRWG TV shared our press release about our newly designed maps that demonstrate the importance of maintaining landscape connectivity between Northern Arizona and the Gila National Forest for Mexican wolf recovery. Photo: Eric Kilby
New Analysis Demonstrates Importance of Gila National Forest-Northern Arizona Wildlife Corridor for Mexican Wolf Recovery
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
Join Us for “Grand Staircase: Vital Corridor for Wildlife”
Join Kim Crumbo, Western Conservation Director, at Amazing Earthfest, Southern Utah’s premiere festival of experiential learning, discovery, arts and adventure. Kim will give a presentation on Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument’s crucial role as a wildlife corridor. Photo: Bob Wick, BLM
Restoring the Grand Canyon Condor
The National Parks Conservation Association included Grand Canyon National Park in their recent list, “The 10 National Parks with the Most Endangered Species,” highlighting the plight of the California condor. Photo: Chuck Szmurlo
Conditional Optimism: Conservationists Score Victory for the Mexican Wolf
On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps rejected provisions in a 2015 federal management rule that unlawfully imposed roadblocks to the recovery of the endangered Mexican wolf. While the judge’s ruling is a win for the Mexican wolf, there is still work to be done in the ongoing fight to restore Mexican wolves. Photo: Juan Carlos Bravo
Along the Border, 500 Miles of Desert Species
High Country News covered last month’s Border BioBlitz, organized by our own Myles Traphagen and Next Generation of Sonoran Desert Researchers. The BioBlitz identified over 800 species along the U.S.-Mexico border and highlighted the region’s spectacular biodiversity. Photo: Myles Traphagen