Author: Rachel Tilseth

Rachel holds a Batchelor of Science Degree in Art Education and is a retired art teacher. Tilseth is a freelance writer and journalist. Tilseth’s interests in nature, specifically wolves, led her to advocate for wolves and wildlife. In the year 2000 she became involved in WI DNR Wolf Recovery Program working as a volunteer winter wolf tracker to present. She founded the blog and social media network Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin to bring education and awareness to Wisconsin’s wild wolf. Tilseth has spent several years speaking out against wolf trophy hunts. Tilseth is active in working to ban Wolf Hounding in Wisconsin. She has a strong background in the visual arts. She’s a sculptor and oil painter. Tilseth has expanded her interest into filmmaking. She’s currently in the process of creating a documentary film about the heart of wolf advocacy.

Patricia Randolph’s Madravenspeak: Killing of 4,550 bears brings unimaginable suffering in Wisconsin

By Patricia Randolph | state columnist Oct 7, 2018 at The Cap Times “Seeing bears as they really are takes a total mind shift. We interpret their behavior in terms of their fear rather than our fear. … Large and small they are basically timid.” — Bear biologist Lynn Rogers, founder of the North American Bear […]

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The 21 Juliana v. US Youth Plaintiffs are Suing for a science-based National Recovery Plan

Throwback to the #RISEforclimate march in San Francisco last month! The next opportunity to fill the streets for climate is on October 29 to support the Juliana v. US plaintiffs as they head into the first day of the #TrialoftheCentury. Learn everything you need to know about the #youthvgov lawsuit against the federal government and […]

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A Mother black bear will teach her cubs everything they need to know in order to survive…

The Black Bear moves softly through the berry patch showing her cubs the way, teaching her cubs where to find food, just like her mother taught her generation after generation, until… The greedy men laid out sweet smelling donuts hidden in a hollow log that tempted mother bear, and she used her strong paws to […]

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Alert: The House Natural Resources Committee passed Duffy’s “Manage Our Wolves Act”

Duffy says bill to remove wolves from endangered list passes House committee WAOW.com September 26, 2018 Alert: The House Natural Resources Committee passed Duffy’s “Manage Our Wolves Act” WASHINGTON, DC (WAOW) – U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., said Wednesday a House committee has passed his legislation to remove gray wolves from the federal endangered species […]

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Protections Restored & Hunts on Grizzly Bears Blocked

Video clip from Bradley Orsted Featured image Bradley Orsted Horsefeathers Photography Protections restored for grizzly bears; hunts blocked By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press SEPTEMBER 25, 2018 — 12:55AM BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge ordered federal protections restored for grizzly bears in the Northern Rocky Mountains on Monday, a move that blocks the first grizzly […]

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Last Hurrah

Originally posted on Oregon Dogs:
Any trial in July can be iffy, and Ridgefield is like an oven when it gets hot. I was thinking it was getting so hot this afternoon … it was 77. Heh. Yeah, Summer trialing, it’s not for me. I wanted to do a last hurrah with the dogs before…

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