According to News 6 uppermichiganssourse.com Governor Gretchen Whitmer, along with governors DeWine (R-OH), Evers (D-WI), Wolf (D-PA), Pritzker (D-IL), and Walz (D-MN), sent a to chairman and ranking member of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources voicing their support for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. “The decline of our fish and wildlife, and their …
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 …
Gray Wolves are at Risk of Loosing Federal Protection…
Please take action for America's Gray wolf... From D.C. to Yellowstone National Park’s Montana boundary the Gray wolf has been persecuted. Delisting Legislation is being considered in the senate (already passed by the House) that would remove gray wolves from the lower 48 and take away any judicial review. And return wolf management back into …
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House Passes H.R. 6784 Requiring the Secretary of the Interior to Reissue Removal of Gray Wolf from ESL in the Lower 48 States…
There's more than one side to a coin. One side of the coin demonstrates the pro side for preserving the Endangered Species Act; While the other side pushes to role back progress made in preserving our wildlife & wild lands. But if you pick up that same coin, and begin rubbing your fingers along all …
Delisting Wisconsin’s gray wolf would once again allow wolf hunters to run hound dogs on them…
During wolf recovery in 2006 on a snow covered road in northern Wisconsin I found wolf sign every tenth of a mile while tracking. This was on the very edge of wolf territory. I found wolf tracks, raised leg urination, squat urination and scent marking. This was a lucky find! Even better was finding a …
#GetInvolved: A Campaign to Show Support for America’s Endangered Species Act
In the Senate there's Legislation being proposed that would rewrite the Endanered Species Act. Under Barrasso’s proposal, individual states would be given key authority over the federal program to conserve threatened and endangered species. The Endangered Species Act, passed by Congress four decades ago, is the nation’s safety net for fish, plants ,and wildlife on …
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Wisconsin’s Elusive Gray Wolf Deserves Our Protection…
In the late 1970s wolf Recovery in Wisconsin began. The Gray wolf made a comeback after being eradicated through hunting and trapping in Wisconsin. It wasn't long before hunting special interests groups began their bid to get Wisconsin's Gray wolf delisted. Sadly after 40 years of recovery these special interests (Fringe hunters) hunting groups got …
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The Intent Upon Killing Wolves for Trophy on Public Lands is Exploitation
The War On Wolves Continues. Wolf advocates we must make our voices heard. By Alex Krevitz, M.A. Wolves of Douglas County Wisconsin Science Editor In recent years state and federal natural resource agencies have targeted grey wolves Canis lupus, for elimination. Â Scientific organizations and reputable non governmental wildlife organizations have had their peer reviewed scientific …
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Gray Wolves Need Your Help…
Congress's Fiscal Year 18 spending bill has provisions that will remove ESA protections for gray wolves in the Great Lakes. In Congress both the House and Senate versions include language that will remove federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Further, the provision would bar judicial review of …
Holding a trophy hunt on an endangered species just off the list must never be toleratedÂ
Wolves need your help... It wasn't that long ago when Richard Thiel spent every weekend snowshoeing along the Wisconsin Minnesota border in Douglas county searching for established wolf packs. Â When he found established wolf packs in Wisconsin the Department of Natural Resources had to give him an office. Â That's when Wisconsin's wild wolf recovery program …