Thankyou for joining our second tweetstorm for the Alexander Archipelago Wolves on Prince of Wales
Please do not begin to send off these tweets until 3:00 p.m., August 10th, EDT. Thankyou for your support!
1. #Wolves Tweetstorm now! Please be a voice for the #PrinceOfWalesWolves Please tweet this link, Pls RT:
2. #StandForWolves #PrinceOfWalesWolves Pls join tweetstorm in progress: https://www.facebook.com/events/1088860004462254/
3. Emergency steps must be taken to preserve the few #wolves that remain. #PrinceOfWalesWolves @POTUS @Interior @USFWS #StandForWolves
4. #PrinceOfWalesWolves nearly wiped out in 1 yr, plummeting 2 as low as 60 individuals, protect under #ESA @SecretaryJewell @DirectorDanAshe
5. These R dire times for 1 of world’s rarest wolf subspecies. #PrinceOfWalesWolves Pls protect under ESA @SecretaryJewell @DirectorDanAshe
6. #PrinceOfWalesWolves a unique subspecies of North American wolves, from which they have been isolated for millennia are highly #endangered
7. #PrinceOfWalesWolves rely almost exclusively on a single prey species, also in decline, the Sitka black-tailed deer.
8. The #PrinceOfWalesWolves and the deer have suffered over the past few decades as logging has eroded their island habitats.
9. The #PrinceOfWalesWolves R facing a threat of extinction due 2 lack of food, hunting/poaching & logging @SecretaryJewell @DirectorDanAshe
10. #PrinceOfWalesWolves are facing a threat of extinction due to lack of food, hunting/poaching and logging, pls protect under #ESA @USFWS
11. 2014-2015 “harvest” of #PrinceOfWalesWolves was unsustainable, please protect under #ESA @SecretaryJewell @DirectorDanAshe
12. #PrinceOfWalesWolves R facing threat of extinction due 2 lack of food, hunting/poaching & logging, please report @nytimes @washingtonpost
12/2. #PrinceOfWalesWolves R facing threat of extinction due 2 lack of food, hunting/poaching & logging, please report @latimes @AP @Alaska @NPR
12/3. #PrinceOfWalesWolves R facing threat of extinction due 2 lack of food, hunting/poaching & logging, pls report @WSJ @newsminer @adndotcom
12/4. #PrinceOfWalesWolves R facing threat of extinction due 2 lack of food, hunting/poaching & logging, pls report @LATenviroment @alaskapublic
13. 2014-2015 harvest of #PrinceOfWalesWolves was unsustainable. These rare wolves need protection under #ESA now. @nytimes @washingtonpost
13/2. 2014-2015 harvest of #PrinceOfWalesWolves was unsustainable. These rare wolves need protection under #ESA now @latimes @AP @NPR @Alaska
13/3. 2014-2015 harvest of #PrinceOfWalesWolves was unsustainable. These rare wolves need protection under #ESA now @WSJ @newsminer @adndotcom
13/4. 2014-2015 harvest of #PrinceOfWalesWolves was unsustainable. These rare wolves need protection under #ESA now @LATenviroment @alaskapublic
14. 29 #PrinceOfWalesWolves killed in 2014-2015 trapping/hunting season represents a loss of 1/3 of entire population! @nytimes @washingtonpost
14/2. 29 #PrinceOfWalesWolves killed in 2014-2015 trapping/hunting season represents loss of 1/3 of entire population! @AP @latimes @NPR @Alaska
14/3. 29 #PrinceOfWalesWolves killed in 2014-2015 trapping/hunting season represents loss of 1/3 of entire population! @WSJ @newsminer @adndotcom
14/4. 29 #PrinceOfWalesWolves killed in 2014-2015 trapping/hunting season represents loss of 1/3 entire population! @LATenviroment @alaskapublic
15. Official memorandum reported population only 89 #PrinceOfWalesWolves / fall 2014, down from 221 the prior year, protect under #ESA @USFWS
16. Opening another trapping/hunting season on this small, declining population is madness – Larry Edwards of @Greenpeace #PrinceOfWalesWolves
17. #Alaska Confirms 60 % Decline in Rare #PrinceOfWalesWolves Population, Still Plans Trapping & Hunting Season @nytimes @washingtonpost
17/2. #Alaska Confirms 60 % Decline in Rare #PrinceOfWalesWolves Population, Still Plans Trapping & Hunting Season @AP @latimes @NPR @Alaska
17/3. #Alaska Confirms 60 % Decline in Rare #PrinceOfWalesWolves Population, Still Plans Trapping & Hunting Season @WSJ @newsminer @adndotcom
17/4. #Alaska Confirms 60 % Decline in Rare #PrinceOfWalesWolves Population, Still Plans Trapping & Hunting Season @LATenviroment @alaskapublic
18. Emergency Action needs 2B taken now 4 rare #PrinceOfWalesWolves Please report @nytimes @washingtonpost info here: http://t.co/eGoYACMIpw
18/2. Emergency Action needs 2B taken now 4 rare #PrinceOfWalesWolves Please report @AP @latimes @NPR @Alaska info here: http://t.co/eGoYACMIpw
18/3. Emergency Action needs 2B taken now 4 rare #PrinceOfWalesWolves Please report @WSJ @newsminer @adndotcom info here: http://t.co/eGoYACMIpw
18/4. Emergency Action needs 2B taken now 4 rare #PrinceOfWalesWolves Please report @LATenviroment @alaskapublic info: http://t.co/eGoYACMIpw
19. .@USFWS is working toward a year-end determination whether 2 protect #PrinceOfWalesWolves under #ESA ~ well after hunt begins @nytimes
19/2. .@USFWS is working toward year-end determination whether 2protect #PrinceOfWalesWolves under #ESA ~well after hunt begins @washingtonpost
19/3. .@USFWS is working toward year-end determination whether 2protect #PrinceOfWalesWolves under #ESA well after hunt begins @WSJ @NPR @latimes
19/4. .@USFWS is working toward year-end determination whether 2protect #PrinceOfWalesWolves under #ESA ~well after hunt begins @newsminer
20. .@usfs wants public 2believe ADF&G’s mgmt of trapping/hunting can mitigate effects of overlogging/habitat destruction! #PrinceOfWalesWolves
21. #Wolves #PrinceOfWalesWolves #StandForWolves PLS sign and share: Defend rare Alaskan wolf habitat: http://t.co/VRqHodBlo1
22. #StandForWolves Save the Tongass National Forest home of the #PrinceOfWalesWolves Please sign and share: https://t.co/GFFt7HPVch
23. Over 1/2 of the old-growth forests that the #PrinceOfWalesWolves rely on for hunting, denning & raising pups R now gone! @nytimes @latimes
23/2. Over 1/2 of the old-growth forests that the #PrinceOfWalesWolves rely on 4 hunting, denning & raising pups R now gone! @AP @washingtonpost
23/3. Over 1/2 of the old-growth forests that the #PrinceOfWalesWolves rely on 4 hunting, denning & raising pups R now gone! @WSJ @NPR @Alaska
24. The hunting & trapping of #PrinceOfWalesWolves has reached unsustainable levels. Cancel the hunt! @AkGovBillWalker #EndangeredSpecies
25. ADF&G estimated only 89 #PrinceOfWalesWolves fall 2014, down from 221 the prior yr possibly as low as 50. Cancel the hunt @AKGovBillWalker
26. Data in ADF&G report shows that, as of fall 2014, only 7 to 32 female #PrinceOfWalesWolves were left. Cancel the hunt! @AKGovBillWalker
27. .@USFWS is years overdue in deciding whether to initiate an #ESA status review for Alaska’s #PrinceOfWalesWolves @SecretaryJewel @AP @WSJ
27/2. .@USFWS is years overdue in deciding whether to initiate an #ESA status review for Alaska’s #PrinceOfWalesWolves @WSJ @nytimes @AP @NPR
28. After yrs delaying @USFWS is finally working toward a year-end determination on whether 2 protect #PrinceOfWalesWolves under ESA! @WSJ @AP
29. Another hunting season could jeopardize the ongoing viability of #PrinceOfWalesWolves #ESA protection now! @WSJ @nytimes @AP @NPR @latimes
30. With numbers possibly as low as 50 the time 2 protect #PrinceOfWalesWolves is now, before the hunt this fall @SecretaryJewell @AP @WSJ @NPR
31. The @usfs approved an ill-conceived logging operation within the Tongass National Forest, the #PrinceOfWalesWolves home… @SecretaryJewell
31/2. The @usfs approved an ill-conceived logging operation within the Tongass National Forest, the #PrinceOfWalesWolves home @WSJ @AP @nytimes
31/3. .@usfs approved an ill-conceived logging operation within Tongass National Forest, the #PrinceOfWalesWolves home @latimes @washingtonpost
31/4. .@usfs approved an ill-conceived logging operation within Tongass National Forest, the #PrinceOfWalesWolves home @newsminer @Alaska
32. Lack of old-growth forests 4 protection, #PrinceOfWalesWolves primary prey, Sitka black-tailed deer, R also in decline @SecretaryJewell
33. We are calling for emergency measures to save the lives of the few remaining #PrinceOfWalesWolves Pls protect under #ESA @DirectorDanAshe
33/2. We are calling for emergency measures to save the lives of the few remaining #PrinceOfWalesWolves Pls protect under #ESA @SecretaryJewell
34. #Alaska ’s rare #PrinceOfWalesWolves are under the threat of #extinction. Take emergency action @POTUS @AKGovBillWalker #EndangeredSpecies
35. With population as low as 60 there is certainly no time for debate. Do the right thing, pls protect #PrinceOfWalesWolves under #ESA @USFWS
36. Scientific data confirms a 60 % decline in the #PrinceOfWalesWolves population in just 1 yr. Cancel the hunt! @AKGovBillWalker @interior
37. Another open season of trapping and 8hunting will push the incredibly imperiled #PrinceOfWalesWolves closer to #extinction @AKGovBillWalker
38. 2 maintain a viable population of #PrinceOfWalesWolves , #Alaska must cancel the season! @SecretaryJewell @DirectorDanAshe @AKGovBillWalker
39. Shame on @usfs pushing ahead with 6,000 acres of old-growth logging and 80 miles of logging road through #PrinceOfWalesWolves habitat!
40. This will no longer be a genetically viable population @AKGovBillWalker with as few as 7 to 32 female #PrinceOfWalesWolves Cancel the hunt!
41. #StandForWolves #SaveWolves Take Emergency Measures to Save Nearly-Extinct #PrinceOfWalesWolves Please sign: goo.gl/nBxK0a
42. #PrinceOfWalesWolves genetically & geographically distinct from other gray wolves, urgently need protection under #ESA @nytimes @Interior
43. #PrinceOfWalesWolves genetically & geographically distinct from other gray wolves, urgently need protection under #ESA @washingtonpost @AP
44. #PrinceOfWalesWolves genetically & geographically distinct from other gray wolves, urgently need protection under #ESA @WSJ @NPR @latimes
45. ADF&G reports there could B as few as 7 female #PrinceOfWalesWolves left on 2,600-square-mile isl. Cancel 2015/16 hunt! @AKGovBillWalker
46. Alaska wildlife officials contend: “no radical changes are necessary” 4 managing nearly extinct #PrinceOfWalesWolves population Outrageous!
47. ADF&G found that one wolf pack “seems” to have completely disappeared. Emergency protection needed now 4 #PrinceOfWalesWolves @USFWS @AP
48. The % of #PrinceOfWalesWolves killed last season was between 33 & 58 % of the ENTIRE population. Cancel the hunt @AKGovBillWalker @AP @WSJ
49. The % of #PrinceOfWalesWolves killed last season was between 33 & 58 % of ENTIRE population. Cancel the hunt @AKGovBillWalker @latimes @NPR
50. Hunt still scheduled though the % of #PrinceOfWalesWolves killed last season was 33 to 58% of ENTIRE population @nytimes slated 4extinction
51. Timber sales cost taxpayers millions in the Tongass and #PrinceOfWalesWolves pay with their lives, #Extinction @WSJ @AP @NPR goo.gl/LPCrVM
52. Timber sales cost taxpayers millions in the Tongass & #PrinceOfWalesWolves pay with their lives, #Extinction @nytimes goo.gl/LPCrVM
53.Timber sales cost taxpayers millions in the Tongass & #PrinceOfWalesWolves pay with their lives, @washingtonpost goo.gl/LPCrVM
54. Endangered #PrinceOfWalesWolves & associated islands R geographically isolated & genetically distinct from other #wolves. @WSJ @AP @nytimes
55. Endangered #PrinceOfWalesWolves & associated islands R geographically isolated & genetically distinct from other #wolves. @washingtonpost
56. The 89 #PrinceOfWalesWolves pop. estimate already outdated, Forest Service briefing paper indicates. Cancel the hunt! @AKGovBillWalker @AP
57. The estimates were made prior 2 the 2014/2015 hunting/trapping season, wherein 29 #PrinceOfWalesWolves known 2 be killed #EndangeredSpecies
58. These numbers don’t include #PrinceOfWalesWolves killed by poachers. With 580 miles logging roads wolf poaching is rife! #EndangeredSpecies
59. Scientific data clearly shows that the SE Alaska #PrinceOfWalesWolves R distinctive from other wolf populations in N.A. #EndangeredSpecies
60. ADF&G doesn’t believe #PrinceOfWalesWolves warrant #ESA listing, a designation that would restrict costly2taxpayer logging industry! Shame!
61. #PrinceOfWalesWolves need prompt #ESA protection because of their geographic isolation and proven genetic distinctiveness @USFWS @AP @WSJ
62. Scientific evidence shows significant genetic differentiation between #PrinceOfWalesWolves & interior wolves @AP : goo.gl/a3wA7U
63. Recent genetic research shows a large portion of genetic diversity in gray wolf species is found in #PrinceOfWalesWolves @SecretaryJewell
64. The unique genetic diversity found in #PrinceOfWalesWolves makes them especially important from a conservation perspective @SecretaryJewell
65. 87% of #PrinceOfWalesWolves mortality is from unsustainable hunting/trapping Cancel the hunt @AKGovBillWalker protect under ESA @USFWS @AP
66. During the highest harvest year, in 1996-1997, almost 50% of #PrinceOfWalesWolves population was trapped @nytimes @WSJ @AP @washingtonpost
67. 1 of the fiercest critics of @usfs Big Thorne timber sale, in #PrinceOfWalesWolves home, is former ADF&G biologist Dave Person @AP @WSJ
68. Person:“The timber sale, the final straw that will break the back of sustainable wolf-deer predator-prey ecology” @AP #PrinceOfWalesWolves
69. Person:“The timber sale, the final straw that will break the back of sustainable wolf-deer predator-prey ecology” @WSJ #PrinceOfWalesWolves
70. Dave Person:“The Big Thorne project puts viability of #PrinceOfWalesWolves in doubt.” goo.gl/bqU0Dv
71. Dr. Person audio report regarding @usfs Big Thorne timber sale & impact on wildlife & #PrinceOfWalesWolves @AP https://vimeo.com/92984376
72. Old growth logging has compromised the environmental & economic viability of the Tongass & forsaken the #PrinceOfWalesWolves @AP @WSJ @NPR
73. The rapid decline of #PrinceOfWalesWolves underscores the threat continued cutting of old-growth trees poses in the Tongass @AP @WSJ @NPR
74. The rapid decline of #PrinceOfWalesWolves underscores the threat continued cutting of old-growth trees poses in the Tongass @washingtonpost
75. 24 yrs ago authorities recognized #PrinceOfWalesWolves viability was in danger as direct result of timber harvest in Tongass @AP @WSJ @NPR
76. 24yrs ago authorities recognized #PrinceOfWalesWolves viability was in danger as direct result of timber harvest in Tongass @washingtonpost
77. 24yrs ago FWS said “Without significant changes 2existing Tongass LMP, long-term viability of #PrinceOfWalesWolves is seriously imperiled.”
78. Logging roads clearly increased risk of death 4 #PrinceOfWalesWolves from hunting/trapping & contributed 2unsustainable rates of “harvest”
79. ADF&G should consider effects of roads, & expect substantial illegal harvest where #PrinceOfWalesWolves habitat is accessible 2 humans! @AP
80. .@usfs should consider effects of roads & expect substantial illegal harvest where #PrinceOfWalesWolves habitat is accessible 2 humans! @AP
81. ADF&G, knowing poaching levels R as high as legal “take” should act2 PROTECT remaining #PrinceOfWalesWolves NOT encourage hunting! @AP @WSJ
82. Regional Supervisor 4 ADF&G, Ryan Scott, thinks there is enough of a population of #PrinceOfWalesWolves 2 allow some form of “harvest” @AP
83. #PrinceOfWalesWolves pop. plummeted 60% in just 1 yr, leaving only 60 wolves & Ryan Scott sees room for a “harvest”! @AP @WSJ @nytimes @NPR
84. Regional Supervisor 4 ADF&G, Ryan Scott, thinks there is enough of a pop. of #PrinceOfWalesWolves 2 allow a “harvest” @WSJ @nytimes @NPR
85. #PrinceOfWalesWolves pop. plummeted 60% in just 1 yr, leaving only 60 wolves & Ryan Scott sees room for a “harvest”! @AP @WSJ @nytimes @NPR
86. With possibly only as few as 7 female #PrinceOfWalesWolves , Ryan Scott sees room for a harvest! @WSJ @nytimes @AP @NPR #EndangeredSpecies
87. Please call regional supervisor 4 ADF&G, Ryan Scott, tell him there is no room for a “harvest” of #PrinceOfWalesWolves (907) 465-4359
88. Email regional supervisor 4 ADF&G, Ryan Scott, & tell him there is no room 4 a “harvest” of #PrinceOfWalesWolves ryan.scott@alaska.gov
89. Please call the director 4 ADF&G, Bruce Dale, ask him to cancel the unsustainable hunt of #Alaska’s #PrinceOfWalesWolves (907)861-2101
90. Please email the director for ADF&G, Bruce Dale, and ask him to cancel the hunt of #PrinceOfWalesWolves bruce.dale@alaska.gov
91. Please call @AKGovBillWalker ask him to take emergency action, cancel the hunt for imperiled #PrinceOfWalesWolves (907)465-3500
92. Please email @AKGovBillWalker ask him to take emergency action, cancel the hunt for imperiled #PrinceOfWalesWolves goo.gl/rfuVkA
93. Please contact the @usfs ask them 2 suspend logging & road-building in its Big Thorne timber sale. Save #PrinceOfWalesWolves (800)-832-1355
94. .@AKGovBillWalker pls take decisive action 2 save the rapidly dwindling population of #PrinceOfWalesWolves @WSJ @nytimes @AP @NPR
95. .@SecretaryJewell @DirectorDanAshe pls take decisive action 2 save rapidly dwindling population of #PrinceOfWalesWolves #ESA protection pls
96. #PrinceOfWalesWolves R an essential piece of what makes our little corner of Alaska so special,” said H. McIntosh of @AlaskaSmallShip @AP
97. The opportunity 2C unique #PrinceOfWalesWolves in old growth home draws people frm all over the world Essential4Ecotourism @AKGovBillWalker
98. A sharp decline in #PrinceOfWalesWolves equals a sharp decline in ecotourism.”Killing wolves is bad for business” @AKGovBillWalker @AP @WSJ
99. Allowing decimation/imminent extinction of #PrinceOfWalesWolves is poor stewardship @SecretaryJewell @AKGovBillWalker @DirectorDanAshe @AP
100. #Wolves #StandForWolves Please send an easy cut and paste email on behalf of #PrinceOfWalesWolves : http://wp.me/p6o9qd-1E
101. Thanks 2 everyone who tweeted on behalf of #PrinceOfWalesWolves Stay in touch for future actions https://t.co/eEorYSwIug
102. #StandForWolves #SaveWolves #ProtectWolves Save the #PrinceOfWalesWolves Protect under #ESA @interior @DirectorDanAshe
Thankyou, everyone, for being a voice for the imperiled Prince of Wales Wolves.
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