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
Today, Saturday, August 29, is the 17th anniversary of my husband Doug Honnold and I, and what are we doing? We are both in our offices working to stop the wolf hunt, slated to begin in Idaho next Tuesday. In...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
3,500 wolf tags sold in Idaho in three hours yesterday (that's nearly 20 every second) after the Idaho Fish and Game Department began issuing permits. At $11.75 a pop, that tells volumes about what wolves are worth to the state. ...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
"I coulda been a contenda." I was reminded of this famous Marlon Brando line from the film, On the Waterfront, upon reading that the author of the screenplay, Budd Schulberg, died last week. The line is particularly pertinent to the...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
On Monday, June 1st, the Billings Gazette published a piece I wrote on the problems of prematurely removing endangered species protections from Northern Rockies gray wolves. I shouldn't have been surprised at the number of comments (28 total) posted in...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The following opinion was published today in the Billings Gazette. It's not fire season yet, but there's enough smoke swirling around the wolf debate to obscure the real issues. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has claimed that the...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
The film Return to the Wild: A Modern Tale of Wolf and Man offers a refreshing and candid view of wolves and the debate that swirls around their restoration in the Northern Rockies. Irish filmmaker Martin O'Brien tracks the stunning...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→
