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→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
His was a very American story. He was a survivor who never let a handicap curb his wanderlust. At his popularity’s peak, an army of photographers and fans followed his every move. But it all came to a tragic end...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
He could have been the lead singer in a blues band, the lone gray wolf. His voice was wild, tremulous and it filled the valley with the sound of longing. His message was unmistakable: “I want a woman”. His...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Federal wolf recovery coordinator Ed Bangs knows how to disarm an audience. Last Thursday, on a conference call with members of the media announcing the Bush administration’s new rule for managing Northern Rockies wolves, Bangs started out with: “I’ve had...continued→
