NRDC's Senior Wildlife Advocate Louisa Willcox is based in Livingston, Montana. From 1997-2002 she served as project coordinator for the Sierra Clubs Grizzly Bear Ecosystems Project, a campaign to recover the grizzly in the lower 48 states. From 1985-1995, Louisa served as program director for the Greater Yellowstone Coalition, where she managed the program staff, and directed the advocacy efforts of the Coalition. She has an M.S. from the School of Forestry at Yale University and a B.A. from Williams College in Williamstown, MA
Posted January 17, 2012 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Today I got an update from my friends in Alberta about a protest underway to save critical wildlands in the Castle area of southwest Alberta. Despite the frigid winter temperatures, 50 or so friends of the Castle have banded together...continued→
Posted January 13, 2012 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
It has taken me a while to process the many photos I took at the Nov 6, 2011 Keystone XL pipeline protest that involved encircling the White House, but I got a few good ones that I would like to...continued→
Posted December 7, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
What will it take to recover Yellowstone grizzlies? Well, most everyone agrees the main thing is to provide bears with access to secure habitat and food. Scientists and wildlife managers have also long agreed that there isn't enough of either...continued→
Posted October 21, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The October 2nd article in the Missoulian also contained another misleading statement by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator Dr. Chris Servheen about public support for bear recovery. Dr. Servheen said: “If we are blocked by the...continued→
Posted October 18, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
In an October 2nd article in the Missoulian, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator Dr. Chris Servheen made several statements that undermined the broader public interest in grizzly bears, and were misleading about the role of environmentalists...continued→
Posted October 4, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yes, the wolf hunting season has begun in Montana and Idaho—a tragic outcome that we at NRDC worked so hard to forestall. We and our dedicated Activists and Members threw our all into a campaign over the past six...continued→
Posted September 23, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The question of the relevance of Yellowstone grizzly numbers and trends came into question during the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals hearing in March on the appeal of the District Court ruling that returned Yellowstone grizzly bears to the list...continued→
Posted September 19, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Following are excerpts of interviews with some of our whitebark pine and grizzly bear citizen scientists over the last three years. Given the enthusiastic response I got when I read these out during a presentation last week at the Whitebark...continued→
Posted September 14, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I’m still scratching my head over the announcement this morning that Idaho Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Congressman Raul Labrador are introducing legislation to amend the Endangered Species Act to permit actions carried out against grizzly bears in...continued→
Posted August 25, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Left to right: Earthjustice attorneys Sean Helle, Jenny Harbine and Douglas Honnold at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The March 2011 oral argument on the 9th Circuit Appeal of Judge Molloy’s ruling that relisted Yellowstone grizzly bears included...continued→
Posted August 11, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Monument at the Battle of the Little Bighorn A couple of weeks ago, I was reminded of a now departed friend, a Northern Cheyenne medicine-man, Bill Tallbull, as I walked on a hot day through yellowing slopes where...continued→
Posted August 5, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
On March 7, 2011, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard a case, Greater Yellowstone Coalition v. State of Wyoming, case number 09-36100, involving the 2009 decision by Judge Donald Molloy to restore endangered species protections for the Yellowstone...continued→
Posted July 29, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Upon reading last week’s finding by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that whitebark pine is so threatened it warrants endangered species protections, somehow I found myself reflecting on the witches in Macbeth. Three witches kick off Shakespeare’s...continued→
Posted July 15, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Answer: a new, cutting edge aerial technology to comprehensively assess problems. In 2009, when NRDC, the US Forest Service, and pilot Bruce Gordon conducted the first-ever assessment of whitebark pine damage from an unprecedented outbreak of mountain pine...continued→
Posted July 14, 2011 by Louisa Willcox in Living Sustainably, Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Two trumpeter swans lifted skyward, white angelic wings beating slow and effortlessly over the meandering Red Rock River. It was a cool but clear early morning at the J Bar L Ranch, and I was drinking tea while looking...continued→
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