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The Ecological Imperative for a National Cougar Recovery Plan, Part 2

By Christopher Spatz and Dr. John Laundre’ Editor’s note: A longer version of this article ran previously in the newsletter of the Cougar Rewilding Foundation, www.cougarrewilding.org. CRF’s most recent newsletter also has important articles on the biological carrying capacity for Cougars in the US Northeast and on the economic benefits of wildlife reintroductions in New […]

The Ecological Imperative for a National Cougar Recovery Plan, Part 1

Chestnut backed chickadee c/o A.Reago & C. McClarren

FOSTERING WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY FARMING And Recognizing Biodiversity As Critical to a Fully Functioning Farm

By Jo Ann Baumgartner, Wild Farm Alliance We support what is beautiful and what we love—songbirds singing out their names, fat bumblebees busy sampling an array of gorgeous native flowers, and the majestic oaks towering over us—these animals and plants can and do live on farms. Are they what make a farm beautiful? There’s a […]

Project Coyote ~ Promoting Coexistence Between People & Wildlife

Late afternoon. The sun is out after a brief rain, and just down the road a full chorus erupts, taunting the neighbor’s two dogs. We hear three glorious songs from “The Four-Legged Dude” and friends, as New York Times best-selling author (Coyote America) Dan Flores calls the coyote in his article in the June 2018 […]

The Saga of the Mexican Gray Wolf (el Lobo)

By David Parsons Overzealous predator eradication programs initiated by the federal government in the early 1900s were effective in killing all Mexican gray wolves (Canis lupus baileyi; aka Lobos) in the wild throughout their entire historic range in the southwestern United States by the mid 1900s and in Mexico around 1980. The Endangered Species Act […]

It’s Time for a Revolution in State Wildlife Governance

By Kirk Robinson, Western Wildlife Conservancy “Hunting is conservation!” This slogan seems to be omnipresent lately. It is clearly meant to pair the ideas in people’s minds so that the idea of hunting will benefit by association with the idea of conservation. After all, hunting involves killing, which not only evokes negative sentiments in people’s […]

A Bear Doesn’t Care…

The National Park Service is sponsoring “A Bear Doesn’t Care” campaign. To view this and more posters, click here And if the Dude says to carry bear spray, abide! RewildingThe Rewilding Institute (TRI) mission is to explore and share tactics and strategies to advance continental-scale conservation and restoration in North America and beyond. We focus […]

Cougars at Wolverine Project and Good News for the Iberian Lynx

From the July 2013 Wild Cat News – International Society for Endangered Cats: The Alberta Conservation Association is undertaking a field study on the wolverine in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta. Their cameras picked up some unexpected wildlife action. 24 hours, 3 very determined cats, 4,590 photographs make for one very cool cougar video! ___________________________________________________________________________________________ IBERIAN […]