Stories
Mapping the Continent: GIS Connectivity Modeling with Alex Vanko
A Film for Wildlife Crossings: Bringing North Carolina’s Priority Sites to Life
This video was created in partnership with the team at Right of Passage to bring wildlife-vehicle collision hotspots to bring the locations into vivid focus. Witness how roads fragment natural landscapes across North Carolina and learn about the wildlife that must navigate them to survive.
Border Wall Settlement Presents Significant Opportunity to Study Wildlife Connectivity Between the U.S. and Mexico
Last week, the Sierra Club announced its long-awaited settlement in its case Sierra Club vs. Biden, which marks a monumental victory for wildlife and borderland communities impacted by illegal wall construction.
Resilvestrar las tierras fronterizas: Devolviendo jaguares y ocelotes a su tierra natal
Rewilding at the Borderlands: Returning Jaguars and Ocelots to Their Native Land
A Conversation With Tanya Diamond and Ahíga Snyder on Research at Pathways for Wildlife
Wildeor Voices: Maintaining One’s Hope for Wildlife
A Conversation With Dr. Ron Sutherland on the Trajectory of Rewilding
A Future of Conservation in All Its Diversity with Dr. Liz Hillard
Where Clean Energy and Wildlife Restoration Converge
Solar development is heating up. As a result, a boom in utility-scale solar energy (USSE) projects is on its way across the country.
Todos a una - La propuesta del tren Ímuris
Amid towns, agriculture, highways, interstates, rail ways, pipelines, and a border wall, the Sky Islands connect a politically divided landscape between Sonora in northern Mexico and southern Arizona in the United States.
All for One – The Ímuris Train Proposal
Entre ciudades, agricultura, autopistas, carreteras interestatales, vías férreas, oleoductos y un muro fronterizo, las Islas del Cielo conectan un paisaje políticamente dividido entre Sonora, en el norte de México, y el sur de Arizona, en Estados Unidos.
The Power of Community – Reconnecting & Restoring Wildlife in Bend
Reconnecting Mountain Lions, Mule Deer, and More on Highway 395
Wildlife need to move to have resource access and to adapt to climate change. However, this once-wild part of Northern California is now highly fragmented due to urban development, particularly roads and highways.
Wildeor Voices: Reducing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions for the Benefit of All
Greg Costello discusses road crossings from the perspective of those who rely on them – the animals themselves.
A Conversation With Erin Sito About Advancing U.S. Wildlife Connectivity Law and Policy
In recent years, our U.S. Public Policy Director, Erin Sito, has been instrumental in moving the needle on connectivity policy at the state and federal levels.
A Feat for Monarchs: Mexico’s Mining Ban in Natural Protected Areas
Wildeor Voices
Wildeor is an Old English word for “self-willed beasts” favored by Wildlands Founder Dave Foreman. It is a short-form expression for the concept that other species should be valued and protected for their own sake without regard to their usefulness or value to humans.
A Conversation With Gina Chacon About Prohibiting New Mining Within Mexico’s Natural Protected Areas
From coordinating a multi-pronged coalition to serving as a subject matter expert in official meetings, Gina Chacon has been instrumental in promoting a bill proposed by the Federal Executive Branch that would ban new mines in Natural Protected Areas.
First Federally Funded Program to Prevent Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions is Launched
Details for a first-of-its-kind pilot program to ensure safer roads for both humans and wildlife, as well as improve habitat connectivity, were announced by the Biden Administration today.