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, 2021December 13, 2021 ~ 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: 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

Quiet Extinction — Alexander Archipelago Wolf Tweetstorm

November 2, 2020September 23, 2021 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

Speak out for Alexander Archipelago wolves on Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.

Alexander Archipelago Wolves on Prince of Wales 2020-2021 Season Update

October 29, 2020September 23, 2021 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

October 29, 2020, updated November 9, 2020, and again January 21, 2021: Alaska wildlife officials have reported that 68 wolves were taken by trappers during the recent shortened 21 day season, that opened on November 15 2020, on or near Prince of Wales Island. A reported kill of 68 wolves from an already decimated population … Continue reading Alexander Archipelago Wolves on Prince of Wales 2020-2021 Season Update

Alexander Archipelago Wolf – Fall 2020 Update

September 17, 2020September 18, 2020 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

If in fact there are enough wolves left to kill, and the season does open, state and federal GMU 2 wolf hunting/trapping seasons will close on Jan. 15, 2020.

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

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

nowhere

July 23, 2020November 9, 2021 ~ intheshadowofthewolf

Nowhere by A. E. Allen This is my latest, titled nowhere, and is with my very first poem. I would like to tell you a little more about nowhere. At face value the message is clear, however, I endeavor to provide a pathway to a deeper meaning with this illustration. First, the near dead tree … Continue reading nowhere