Category: Wolf Poaching

PETERSON, BISHOP INTRODUCE BILL TO DELIST GRAY WOLVES IN LOWER 48 STATES

~ intheshadowofthewolf

February 28, 2020 Press Release WASHINGTON– Representatives Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn. and Rob Bishop, R-Utah, today introduced H.R.6035 - to require the Secretary of the Interior to issue a final rule relating to the delisting of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. The American Wild Game and Livestock Protection Act, would … Continue reading PETERSON, BISHOP INTRODUCE BILL TO DELIST GRAY WOLVES IN LOWER 48 STATES

Tweetsheet: Save the Roadless Rule⁠—Alaska

~ intheshadowofthewolf ~ 4 Comments

Once again, the Forest Service has disregarded the evidence of the probable impacts of its timber program on wolves, other wildlife populations, salmon, and critical habitat necessary for their survival. As we have seen on Prince of Wales, logging and roads initiate many harmful effects, including the “overharvest” and illegal take of not only wolves, but also their primary prey and sustenance, Sitka black-tailed deer.

Stop Old-Growth Logging on Prince of Wales | Save Alaska’s Island Wolf Habitat

~ intheshadowofthewolf ~ 10 Comments

Without ESA protection, the only long-term solution to the Prince of Wales wolves’ peril is to stop old-growth logging in the Tongass National Forest and to preserve the last remaining big trees that wolves and so many other animals need. Without an end to old-growth logging, no amount of hunting regulations, alone, can save the wolves.