Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy wisely denied the Department of Justice's efforts to reverse his September 21st decision that restored endangered species protections to the Yellowstone grizzly bear population. The Yellowstone grizzly is still at risk: global warming poses...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The victory celebration piece I started last week on the relisting of the Yellowstone grizzly bear — a centerpiece of my work over the last 20 years — looks nothing like what you read now. After 2 ½ years of...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The article below appeared originally in the Missoulian August 10th and has been slightly revised. A July 17 Missoulian article on settlement discussions about lawsuits over the government's Yellowstone grizzly bear delisting decision included a statement by Hank Fischer of...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Right now, the NRDC Montana staff (Janet, Matt, and me) is driving back to Livingston from Missoula, after the federal court hearing on our wolf injunction wrapped up in front of Judge Molloy today. Matt's driving, so Janet is trying not to look out the...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I heard a wolf howl last evening, at dusk, right near our house. Three long, outrageous, unmistakable howls, rolling down from the snow-covered ridge above -- a lone voice that seemed to emanate from a stand of limber pine and...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
As I mail off my last Christmas gifts this week, I'm also waiting anxiously for a last lump of coal from the Bush administration: the decision to delist the Northern Rockies wolf. In a rush to remove endangered species protections...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
During Thanksgiving week, it's appropriate to give thanks to important congressional champions for wolves: Nick Joe Rahall (D-WV), George Miller (D-CA), Jim Saxton (R-NJ), and Norm Dicks (D-WA). As they did last year, last week these congressmen once again weighed...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Today we received a plan by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reopening the public comment period on the 2007 proposal to remove endangered species protections from Northern Rockies wolves. This plan fails to make any substantive changes, despite a recent...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The phone rang off the hook last night. Friends, colleagues, family, my old boss – calls of congratulations, celebration for wolves and the magnificent ecosystems they represent. Long live wolves, long live the Wild, long live the Honorable Judge Molloy!It...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox
My husband is nervous, and he shows it by being quiet. And hardly eating anything. Right now Doug has the weight of the northern Rockies wolves on his shoulders. Tomorrow a federal court judge may decide the fate of Yellowstone...continued→
