Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
A news article in today's issue of Science magazine discusses the consequences of the northern Rockies wolf hunts on years of scientific research on some of the most well-studied wolves in North America - those of Yellowstone National Park. Since...continued→
Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
For years, the US Fish and Wildlife Service has disregarded empirically based calculations of population size that call for thousands of wolves to maintain a viable population. Instead, they preferred to point to anecdotal "case histories" of small, isolated populations...continued→
Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Those of you who have been following the situation with wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains know that NRDC, along with a coalition of groups, has sued the US Fish and Wildlife Service over their flawed plan to remove endangered...continued→
Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
I've written before about the saga surrounding the Preble's meadow jumping mouse - from political interference to mixed up lab samples - this little mouse with giant feet and a long tail has had a rough ride. And the final...continued→
Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last month, as the Department of the Interior finalized the on-again delisting of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, I was out of the office experiencing the delirium of sleep deprivation that comes with the birth of a new child. ...continued→
Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Today the Secretary of the Interior affirmed a Bush administration push to delist wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains. This decision is obviously a great disappointment to those of us who have worked so hard to make sure that wolves...continued→
Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Yesterday we pointed out that NRDC provided a detailed review of scientific arguments for the need for thousands of wolves in the rocky mountain region - that the Fish and Wildlife Service ignored. What they also ignored were comments that...continued→
Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
When a federal judge returned endangered species protections to wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains last year, one of the deciding issues was the fact that the wolves in the three sub-populations of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana had not achieved...continued→
Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
There is a rule in the children's game that when Mr. Wolf calls out "Midnight!" all the players run back to their starting point. Only this midnight rule is no game. With their eyes on the ticking clock, the Fish...continued→
Posted by Sylvia Fallon in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy
Well, here we go again. It was just last week that a judge handed US Fish and Wildlife Service's failed delisting rule back to them and returned endangered species protections to wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains. I hoped optimistically that...continued→
