Photo: William C. GladishThe following resources have been created to help us establish an extensive wildlife corridor linking eastern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
In his webinar from November 27, 2018, Dr. Ron Sutherland covers the plight of America’s most iconic species, the critically endangered red wolf. Learn about how Wildlands Network uses science-based advocacy to protect the last remaining wild red wolves, plagued by federal mismanagement, in North Carolina.
The Eastern Wildway Highlights Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from September 2018 includes stories about the USFWS plan to reduce the recovery area for red wolves, the growing movement to expand and protect the Florida Wildlife Corridor, and the halted construction of the Mountain Valley Pipeline.
The Eastern Wildway Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from May 2018 includes stories about the cost of protecting the remaining caribou in Quebec, the protection of a piece of the Shawangunk Ridge, and the five year review of the Red Wolf Recovery Program.
The Eastern Wildway Highlights Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from May 2018 includes stories about elk collaring in Great Smokey Mountains National Park, stopping the construction of pipelines, and galvanizing support for local wildlife corridors through storytelling.
The Eastern Wildway Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from March 2018 includes stories about threats to Ohio’s only national forest, a declaration of the eastern puma’s extinction, and a full-page red wolf feature in the Washington Post.
The Eastern Wildway Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from January 2018 includes stories about Ontario’s new frog crossing, the protection of 1,000 acres in Elmore, and the link between the Great Dismal Swamp and the Underground Railroad.
Through the implementation of wildlife corridors and road crossings on major highways, Florida Panthers would have a safe passage from southern protected areas such as Big Cypress National Preserve, Everglades National Park, and Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge northward to protected areas like Apalachicola National Forest, securing this species for future generations. Florida Panthers are a classic tale of an American comeback—and by supporting the National Wildlife Corridors Bill, this species will continue to represent this important national story.
The Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act would establish the National Wildlife Corridors System to provide for the protection and restoration of native fish, wildlife, and plant species. The conservation of landscape corridors and waterways, where native species and ecological processes can transition from one habitat to another, is critical to conserving biodiversity and ensuring resiliency for wildlife—especially in the face of climate change. Read case studies about how this act would benefit Florida panthers, grizzly bears, monarch butterflies, and pronghorns.
The Eastern Wildway Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from November 2017 includes stories about Wildlands Network’s second Eastern Conservation Summit, the protection of 2,000 acres of Pine Mountain, and the global hotspot of turtle diversity.
The Eastern Wildway Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from September 2017 includes stories about a pipline threatening the Appalachian Trail, the success of the Altamaha River Corridor, and a study by Chris Wolf and William Ripple at Oregon State University.
Wildlands Network responds to the USFWS’s 5-year review of the Florida panther’s endangered status: The Florida panther’s recent population growth in south Florida is encouraging, and almost certainly speaks to the genetic rescue effect generated by introduction of cougars from Texas. However, urban development continues to quickly erode prime Florida panther habitat across Florida and in other southeastern states as well. This unmitigated pattern of urban development across the region is one of several signals that the current efforts to recover the panther are inadequate for achieving the goal of recovering the Florida panther to the point where it is no longer threatened with extinction in the wild.
In these comments submitted to the USFWS, Wildlands Network’s Dr. Ron Sutherland outlines the flaws in the agency’s plan to reduce wild red wolves to a small patch of federal land in Dare County, North Carolina. Ron lays out Wildlands Network’s recommendations to combat the plan’s flawed science, including maintaining the wild red wolf population, understanding the critical ramifications of gunshot mortality for the red wolves, and not limiting the wolves to captive population. We submitted these comments to the USFWS during the open comment period for their plan to reduce the wild red wolf population.
The Eastern Wildway Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from July 2017 includes stories about the International Conference on Ecology and Transportation and the reversal of the McKittrick Policy.
The Eastern Wildway Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from May 2017 includes stories about a female panther north of the Caloosahatchee River and PBS’s film “The Forgotten Coast: Return to Wild Florida.”
The Eastern Wildway Newsletter collects some of the news and accomplishments from our partners around the Wildway. This edition from March 2017 includes stories about the Outdoor Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of 2016 and the Great Thicket National Wildlife Refuge.