Author: Rachel Tilseth
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Bad River: This inspiring film brings us through the epic sweep of history into the present…
…with a David and Goliath battle over a 70-year-old pipeline on the verge of a catastrophic oil rupture into Lake Superior, the largest freshwater resource in America. THE FILM BAD RIVER: a story of defiance. Grant Hill (owner of the Atlanta Hawks), Allison Abner (writer for Narcos and West Wing), and…
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Op-Ed: Opposites Attract Feeding the News Cycle
There’s nothing new about extremists running the news cycles. It’s been happening for centuries. These extremists live on the fringes of society as part of a group that is not very powerful or is more extreme than the leading group and does not include many of its members. The news…
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Four of the Best Wolf Movies to Watch
It’s that time of year when you’re confined inside during a raging winter snowstorm and reach for the TV remote to begin binge-watching. What to watch? If you love gray wolves, here are the four films we recommend you watch. I’ll never forget my favorite wolf film of all time.…
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People and Wolves on the Air: What’s Next!
I have submitted the film to several film festivals in the USA and abroad, and I am working on Wisconsin Film screenings & Q&A with the cast! As you may have noticed, our website has a new look! The new look will help showcase the film/films, blog, and podcast. The…
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FWS announced new National Wolf Recovery Plans will not change the listing status in the state for now.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is aware of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (USFWS) proposal, announced, to focus on a National Wolf Recovery Plan. DNR said this announcement will not change the listing status, and wolves in Wisconsin will remain on the federal endangered species list. However, …
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Letter: Look to Native Americans for guidance on wolves.
Dear Editor: Gray wolves were killed off in the state by the 1950s because of the unmitigated fear, of killing off their prey and competition with farming and extractive industries. Before this, the Anishinaabe people and the wolf coexisted for centuries. This relationship was an understanding that both can help…
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Matriarch from the Echo Valley Pack Killed.
In a Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission press release, January 29, 2024, Ma’iingan Killed Near Red Cliff Indian Reservation, stated they are aware of the killing of a single female Ma’iingan (wolf) from the Echo Valley Pack near the Red Cliff Ojibwe Reservation. Ma’iinganag is protected under the…
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The latest wolf population cap bill isn’t suitable to the public interest.
Call to Action on Senate Bill 139. On Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, Wisconsin Republicans sent a bill to Gov. Tony Evers that would mandate state wildlife managers set a cap on the state’s wolf population. This legislation usurps the public opinion concerning the DNR’s Wolf Management Plan. The legislation is…
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People and Wolves’ message of coexistence hopes to quell the divide between wolf adversaries.
Opening up the conversation through film screenings and Q&A events. People & Wolves is a story of coexistence. After all, as Marvin DeFoe said, “The people walked this earth and made a footprint with a brother, and that brother, we call Ma’iingan in our language. Ma’iingan is a wolf.…