Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
A recent meeting of the Montana Chapter of the Society of Conservation Biology showcased talks by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Western Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator, Ed Bangs, and the Montana Wolf Project Manager, Carolyn Sime. What struck...continued→
Posted by Louisa Willcox in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
On Labor Day, my husband, Doug Honnold, and I drove through the northern part of Yellowstone Park on our way home from a hiking trip in the Beartooths. The hillsides had turned tan, and some willows in the bottoms were...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
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
This week, as we await the imminent release by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of its decision to delist wolves in Montana and Idaho, I was reminded by a scar on my hand - the result of a old...continued→
