Enact Emergency Protections for Gray Wolves and Alexander Archipelago Wolves

October 15, 2021April 20, 2022 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

October/2021 Our erasure of wolves through the years, notably from 1850 to 1925, was thorough, with government-sanctioned eradication programs nearly wiping out wolves in the western United States. Ranchers believed wolf populations should be destroyed for the threat they posed to valuable livestock, and by 1950 the extirpation of the American gray wolf was near … Continue reading Enact Emergency Protections for Gray Wolves and Alexander Archipelago Wolves

SPREAD THE WORD!

October 13, 2021March 4, 2022 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

RELIST WOLVES | I LOVE WOLVES Updated October 26, 2021. This campaign has ended, and was a huge success! Thank you very much for spreading the word! Relist Wolves! Your stickers will be on their way shortly! Because the Postal Service lengthened its "service standards" please allow up to four weeks for delivery. • For … Continue reading SPREAD THE WORD!

On the Threshold of Extinction. Alexander Archipelago Wolves 2021-2022 Update

September 24, 2021March 11, 2023 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

Alaska constitutional authority requires the state to manage ALL wildlife using long-term sustained yield principles. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has shown time and again that this policy is reserved for ungulate species. This sort of mismanagement, killing high numbers of predator species to boost ungulate populations, can be seen in virtually … Continue reading On the Threshold of Extinction. Alexander Archipelago Wolves 2021-2022 Update

Tweetstorm: Wisconsin Wolves

February 23, 2021March 4, 2021 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed a Department of Natural Resources request to stop the wolf hunt that began this week on Monday, and runs through February 28th. A Jefferson County judge ruled last week that the DNR had to establish a wolf hunting and trapping season this month. The DNR appealed that … Continue reading Tweetstorm: Wisconsin Wolves

Tweetstorm: Relist Wolves

February 10, 2021February 11, 2021 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

On November 3, 2020, the United States Fish & Wildlife Service published a final rule removing the gray wolf (canis lupus) from the federal list of Endangered and Threatened Species in the lower 48 United States and Mexico. The rule became effective on January 4, 2021. At the same time, the Service denied a petition, … Continue reading Tweetstorm: Relist Wolves

Wolf delisting across lower 48 to be announced today

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

Thursday October 29, 2020 The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today will announce a new rule to remove federal Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, who oversees the Fish and Wildlife Service, is slated to make the announcement at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife … Continue reading Wolf delisting across lower 48 to be announced today

Further Evisceration of the Endangered Species Act

September 4, 2020September 9, 2020 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

Breaking. In a yet to be published document the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), proposes to amend portions of their regulations that implement section 4 of the Endangered Species Act. The proposed revisions set forth a process for excluding areas of critical habitat under section 4(b)(2) of the Act (as amended), "which mandates our … Continue reading Further Evisceration of the Endangered Species Act

The Beginning of the End

September 1, 2020September 23, 2020 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

Pray for the wolf. History is about to repeat.

Defend the ESA

August 29, 2020September 4, 2020 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

The Endangered Species Act (ESA), the last barrier to extinction, the most important law in the United States for conserving biodiversity, is under attack, yet again. Since the 115th Congress was sworn in on January 3, 2017, it has already seen the introduction of at least 75 legislative attacks seeking to strip federal protections from … Continue reading Defend the ESA

Endangered Species Day

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

Until he extends the circle of compassion to ALL living things, man will not himself find peace.