For immediate release December 30, 2015 Contact: Nick Cady, Cascadia Wildlands / 314-482-3746, nick@cascwild.org Noah Greenwald, Center for Biological Diversity / 971-717-6403, ngreenwald@biologicaldiversity.org Rob Klavins, Oregon Wild / 541-886-0212, rk@oregonwild.org PORTLAND, Ore.— Three conservation groups filed a legal challenge today to the removal of protection from gray wolves under Oregon's Endangered Species Act. … Continue reading Suit Filed to Restore Endangered Species Act Protections for Wolves in Oregon
Nearly 500,000 More Americans Speak Out Against Federal Plan to Strip Gray Wolves of Protections
California Wolf Center * Cascadia Wildlands * Center for Biological Diversity * Defenders of Wildlife * Earthjustice * Endangered Species Coalition * Humane Society of the United States * Living with Wolves * National Parks Conservation Association * Natural Resources Defense Council Oregon Wild * Project Coyote * Western Watersheds Project * WildEarth Guardians Wildlands … Continue reading Nearly 500,000 More Americans Speak Out Against Federal Plan to Strip Gray Wolves of Protections
Maintaining Federal Protections for Western Wolves
Maintaining federal protection for wolves re-colonizing areas of the West is likely one of the most important elements to the scientifically defensible recovery of this species. Unfortunately, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is currently proposing to strip critical federal protections across all of the lower 48 states. As the wolf is both an iconic … Continue reading Maintaining Federal Protections for Western Wolves