Books Available from the Rewilding Institute

Lobo Outback Funeral Home:
A Sexy Novel About Conservation Biology!

Continental Conservation:
Scientific Foundations of Regional Reserve Networks

Rewilding Resource Directory

Rewilding North America
by Dave Foreman

Reference Directory

Appendices to Rewilding North America
Due to space limitations, the three appendices to Rewilding North America were not included in the printed book, but are available on the Island Press website. Clicking here will take you directly to them.

Appendix A “Large Core Complexes in the South-to-North MegaLinkages” lists the tentative large core complexes with estimated acreages for the Pacific, Spine of the Continent, and Atlantic MegaLinkages.

Appendix B “Wildlands Network Unit Classification” is a more detailed description of the kinds of units that make up a wildlands network than the discussion in the book.

Appendix C “Groups Working on Continental-Scale Conservation” is a contact list of the primary groups involved with continental-scale conservation. (A more extensive contact list of such groups with links to their websites will later appear on The Rewilding Institute website.)

Island Press

Island Press is the world’s foremost publisher of conservation books. We are pleased to link to their book categories that deal with rewilding and continental-scale conservation issues.

Carnivores & Large Mammals | Biodiversity & Wildlife

Organizational Links by Category

The Rewilding Institute is a resource for rewilding and continental-scale conservation. In this Organizational Directory we provide links to a wide variety of groups (local, regional, national, and international) working on various aspects of rewilding and continental-scale conservation.

These groups are listed under several categories; some are listed in more than one category. Where the group’s location isn’t obvious from their name, we give the region where the group is involved. Groups generally working on national or international scales are listed first in each category.

This list is not complete. We hope to add groups to it as we become aware of their work. If you would like to be listed in this directory, please send us your website address and a sentence or two describing what you do. The decision to list groups rests solely with The Rewilding Institute. If you no longer wish to be listed or your group is defunct or its mission has changed, please let us know.

WILDLANDS NETWORK DESIGN

The following groups have either completed wildlands network designs for their region or are working on wildlands network designs.

The Wildlands Project
Wild Earth journal, Vermont
The Wildlands Project also has field offices in Arizona and Chihuahua,
Mexico.

Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
With the Grand Canyon Wildlands Network, we present proactive, positive, scientifically-credible and practical steps for redesigning how we live alongside nature.

Naturalia, A.C. (Mexico)
Round River Conservation Studies
California Wilderness Coalition
South Coast Wildlands Project
Siskiyou Project - Siskiyou Project (Oregon)
Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project
Wild Utah Project
Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
Pennsylvania Wildlands Recovery Project
Yukon Wildlands Project
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness

CARNIVORE PROTECTION AND RECOVERY
These groups are working to protect or restore carnivores.

Naturalia - Mexico
Predator Conservation Alliance
Defenders of Wildlife
Denver Zoo
Eastern Cougar Foundation

ECOLOGICAL WILDERNESS AREA DESIGN
These groups are applying to varying degrees Rewilding Institute ecological guidelines on Wilderness Area (or other protected area) selection, design, and prioritization, or are otherwise using continental-scale considerations for protected area design.

Campaign for America’s Wilderness
The Campaign for America's Wilderness is a national effort to permanently protect the nation's last wild lands by placing them into the National Wilderness Preservation System, where they will remain in a natural state for the use and enjoyment of future generations.

Arizona Wilderness Coalition
The AWC focuses exclusively on roadless and wildland protections, including advocating for wilderness and wild and scenic river designations.

New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
The New Mexico Wilderness Alliance is a grassroots environmental organization dedicated to the protection, restoration, and continued enjoyment of New Mexico's wildlands and Wilderness Areas.

Wilderness Support Center
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
California Wilderness Coalition
Siskiyou Project - (Oregon)
Sky Island Alliance (Southern Arizona and New Mexico)
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
Yukon Wildlands Project
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness

LANDSCAPE PERMEABILITY RESTORATION
These groups are generally involved in protecting and restoring landscape permeability in the Four Continental MegaLinkages or are specifically involved by identifying and working to modify highway barriers, controlling off-road vehicles, opposing new roads, or restoring unnecessary and damaging roads on public lands.

The Wildlands Project
Defenders of Wildlife
Wildlands CPR
American Wildlands
South Coast Wildlands Project (California)
The Cascades Conservation Partnership (Washington)
Southern Rockies Ecosystem Project
Sky Island Alliance (Southern Arizona and New Mexico)
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Tijeras Canyon Safe Passage Coalition (New Mexico)
MAGIC (Maryland)

I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition - In the Cascade Mountains of Washington State, bustling Interstate 90 will be expanded from four lanes to six – right through the heart of important wildlife corridor lands. The I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition is a diverse group of interests that was formed to ensure that high quality wildlife and fish passage options – both underpasses and overpasses - be included in the highway upgrade.

HEALING THE WOUNDS ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
These groups are doing hands-on ecological restoration (stream and watershed restoration, exotic species removal, restoration of natural fire, road closures, etc.) from a continental-scale perspective.

American Lands
Forest Guardians (Southwest US)
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
Sky Island Alliance (Southern Arizona and New Mexico)
Nature Conservancy Forest Pests

WILDLANDS DEFENSE
These groups defend wildlands and wildlife from exploitation using a continental-scale perspective.

Alliance for the Wild Rockies (US Northern Rockies)
American Lands
American Wildlands (US Northern Rockies)
Arizona Wilderness Coalition
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance
Wilderness Workshop (Colorado)
Campaign for America’s Wilderness
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Native Ecosystems
Colorado Wild
Defenders of Wildlife
Endangered Species Coalition
Forest Guardians (US Southwest)
Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness
Grand Canyon Wildlands Council
High Country Citizens Alliance (Colorado)
New Mexico Wilderness Alliance
Predator Conservation Alliance (US Northern Rockies and northern Great Plains)
San Juan Citizens Alliance (Colorado)
Sinapu (Colorado)
Siskiyou Project - (Oregon)
Sky Island Alliance (Southern Arizona and New Mexico)
Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
Upper Arkansas South Platte Project
Wilderness Support Center
World Wildlife Fund