Did you know that a wolf hunting and trapping season is required by law when Wisconsin’s Gray is not listed on the Endangered Species Act. 2011 Wisconsin Act 169 was approved by the Governor Scott Walker-R in April 2012. This statute authorizes and requires a wolf hunting and trapping season. Numerous season and application details …
Volunteer Trackers Reported Minimum Count Of 914-978 Wolves as reported by WPR…
Source Wisconsin Public Radio Latest Wolf Count Provides Further Evidence Wisconsin's Wolf Population Is Stabilizing By Danielle Kaeding Thursday, August 29, 2019, 7:20am State officials say the state's latest wolf count is further evidence that Wisconsin's wolf population might be stabilizing. Volunteer trackers reported between 914 and 978 wolves from April 2018 to April 2019, according to …
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Inside the Heart of Wolf Advocacy: The Yellowstone Story
Listen to the mournful calls from Little T, Small Dot and the five pups while they are out searching for 926F, their lost family member. This audio recording leaves no doubt in my mind or my heart that they have strong family bonds. There must be a way to protect YNP wolves that wonder outside …
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Who has more common sense & self-restraint: the hound hunter or the gray wolf? The conflict continues…
Just this week in Wisconsin a hound hunter ran his dog through a wolf rendezvous site, and two gray wolves killed his dog. He went into the area looking for his dog and witnessed two timber wolves holding onto the dead dog. He not only disturbed wolf pups, causing the death of his dog; he …
Bad men, bad policy, rainforest half the size of Brazil is on fire…
The fires, most of which have been set by farmers clearing their land, are raging in uninhabited areas of rain forest and intruding on populated areas in the country’s north. Read the full article in The New York Times Follow Rainforest Alliance Facebook Page Click here. The lungs of the Earth are in flames. The …
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365 moments of nature, a video journal by Jim Brandenburg…
https://youtu.be/ThCO4X5pYkE Video August 21, 2019 nature365.tv A day to day webdocumentary. 365 moments of nature, from January 1 to December 31. A video journal filmed by Jim Brandenburg and directed by Laurent Joffrion. A naturalist and poetic vision of the northern wild biotopes. Introduction by Jim Brandenburg, wildlife photographer and filmmaker For many years I …
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The Gray Wolf & White-Tailed deer…
Predator & Prey Dynamic... One feeds the other, while the one is kept in a healthy balance by the other. The Gray wolf has an amazing olfactory sense! A wolf walks up to an abandoned White-tailed deer’s bed, and gently blows on it. Then, all the particles, the scents, flow up into the wolf’s olfactory …
”Cyanide Bombs” used to kill wild animals are banned in Wyoming…
In an article published By Mountain Journal "Ultra-lethal 'Cyanide Bombs' Used To Kill Public Wildlife Banned For Now In Wyoming" August 20, 2019 UNDER PRESSURE, EPA ALSO REVERSES COURSE NATIONALLY, REVOKES APPROVAL FOR DEADLY M-44S TO KILL PREDATORS THAT MIGHT EAT LIVESTOCK ON PUBLIC LAND by Todd Wilkinson Most Americans are probably unfamiliar with the …
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The Trump administration is making drastic changes to how the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is applied.
Ecosystem Services: Think of bees that pollinate more than 90 commercial crops in the U.S. That's the beauty, or bounty, that the Endangered Species Act provides. The ESA ensures these beneficial ecosystems just don't unravel. You see the Endangered Species Act doesn't just protect the individual species, it also protects the lands, or habitats, the …
Women & Advocacy…
Julia Huffman is the producer and director of the award winning documentaries Medicine of the Wolf and Wolf Spirit. This interview is from July 2016. Julia can you tell the readers where you grew up? I grew up in Southern West Virginia with a few years living in “Philly”, Philadelphia. Can you tell us about a …