Wisconsin Conservation Congress' annual spring hearings will take place throughout the state, on Monday, April 10th, 2017. There will be 72 public hearings, one in each county starting at 7:00 p.m.; where individuals interested in natural resources management have an opportunity to provide their input by non-binding vote and testimony to the Department of Natural …
Please Take Action to stop Wyoming wolves from being used as trophy game animals
According to Wyoming Fish and Game Commission (WF&C) Wyoming has authority over gray wolves in the portion described in the area called Wyoming Trophy Game Management Area (WTGMA) Now that wolves are soon to be under Wyoming jurisdiction, do you trust the state with management? Please Vote HERE Graphic: Wyoming and U.S. Department of the Interior Wolf Management …
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The U.S. Senate sanctions the unsportsmanlike killng of iconic wildlife on public lands
“What the Senate did today should outrage the conscience of every animal lover in America,” said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of The Humane Society of the United States. “The passage of this bill means that we’ll see wolf families killed at their dens, bears chased down by planes or suffering for hours in barbaric …
Lessons from a dead wolf: Oregon must stop poisoning wildlife (Opinion)
Until wolves were delisted from the endangered species act, Oregon had a written agreement with Wildlife Services that prohibited using cyanide poison traps in known wolf territories. (National Park Service) Opinion editorial by Amaroq Weiss The Oregonian Last week, a wandering 2-year-old happened upon a sweet-smelling device(article click here) in the woods of northeast Oregon and …
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Endangered Species Act has protected imperiled species and critical habitats since 1973
Photograph of a wolf from the Prospeck Peak pack in Yellowstone National Park, 2017, by Beth Phillips In 1972, President Nixon declared that conservation efforts in the United States aimed toward preventing the extinction of species were inadequate and called on the 93rd Congress to develop comprehensive endangered species legislation. Congress responded, and on December …
Missing
The Shasta Pack California’s seven gray wolves are missing, according to reports by the San Francisco Chronicle. California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Pete Figura said the wolves, known as the Shasta Pack, could have migrated to a new region with more prey, but that it was unusual for the pack hunters to abandon …
Our public lands are not killing fields: Stop unethical hunting practices
Opinion Editorial by Carole P. Ryan Ph.D., Milwaukee, Wisconsin I oppose the restoration of cruel "so-called" hunting practices on Public Wildlife Refuges in Alaska (H.J. Res. 69 & S.J. 18) I strongly oppose the recent voting actions by five of our Wisconsin United States Representatives, who swiftly and quietly, voted in favor of H.J. Resolution …
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Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin advocates for change through legitimate and lawful methods
“[Nonviolence] is directed against forces of evil rather than against persons who happen to be doing the evil. It is evil that the nonviolent resister seeks to defeat, not the persons victimized by evil.” ~Martin Luther King Jr. Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin condemns in the strongest possible language any violence and unlawful behavior that …
A grave reminder of things to come for Wisconsin’s wild wolf: a species in peril…
Photograph is of a young wolf killed by a hunter that used dogs in the Wisconsin wolf hunt 2014. I wrote the following opinion editorial in September of 2014 just before the third Wisconsin wolf trophy hunt was about to commence. Nothing is more shocking than using dogs to hunt down wolves. Wisconsin is the …
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Howling For Wolves Wolf Day 2017 MN Capital, Wednesday, March 22, 2017 – 10:00
KEEP THE PACK INTACT: WOLF DAY 2017 When: Wednesday, March 22, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM (doors open 9:30 AM) Noon Rally in Rotunda (lets fill it with wolf howls too!) Where: Minnesota State Capitol, Saint Paul, MN, Basement room and Rotunda Wolf Day 2017 is in the newly-renovated Capitol Building. Volunteers are needed before …
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