For Immediate Release: May 3, 2024 Contact: Ryan Sedgeley, rsedgeley@endangered.org (307) 220-6084 Derek Goldman, dgoldman@endangered.org, (406) 370-6491 Reintroduction of this Threatened Species is a Historic Step for Wildlife Conservation Denver, Colo.–Today the Colorado General Assembly gave final approval to a bill to restore wolverines to the mountains of Colorado. SB24-171 directs the Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife to reintroduce the endangered North American wolverine to suitable habitat within the state. “With the passage of SB24-171, we celebrate another historic victory for ..read more

For Immediate Release: April 30, 2024 Contact: Susan Holmes sholmes@endangered.org  (202) 329-1553          Tara Thornton tthornton@endangered.org  (207) 504-2705 Bill Removing Federal Protections for Gray Wolves Narrowly Passes the House Wash, D.C.–In a 209 to 205 vote, today the U.S. House Representatives passed Rep. Boebert’s bill to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves across the continental United States and Mexico. The move takes place only a few weeks after a Wyoming man publicly abused and killed a young gray wolf ..read more

New Policies Will Help Protect Biodiversity For Immediate Release: April 19, 2024 Contact: Jewel Tomasula jewel@endangered.org Susan Holmes sholmes@endangered.org Tara Thornton tthornton@endangered.org Endangered Species Coalition welcomes new conservation announcements from the Biden Harris administration: the American Conservation and Stewardship Atlas and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Public Lands Rule. These new federal policies elevate the national consideration of wildlife and wild places, after too many decades of being in the backseat for the management of public lands. “We know ..read more

It’s here again – the 19th annual, international Endangered Species Day will be taking place on Friday, May 17th, 2024! Find out how you can celebrate Endangered Species Day this May. Endangered Species Day is an opportunity for people of all ages to celebrate and learn about endangered species and how to protect them. 2024 is particularly special because it comes just after the 50th Anniversary of the Endangered Species Act in December of last year. The Endangered Species Act is a landmark piece of conservation legislation protecting our nation’s fish, plants, and wildlife and we celebrate it ..read more

By now, you have likely read or heard about the heartbreaking torture and killing of a wolf in Wyoming.1The details are horrific. This yearling wolf–who some have named Theia–was run down by a 700-pound snowmobile and incapacitated, her mouth was taped shut, and she was paraded, clinging to life, around a local bar, before being killed out back. This was torture. Support our fight to protect wolves from torture and brutal hunting and trapping with your gift today. The attacker–Cody Roberts, of Wyoming–was able to legally crush the young wolf with a snowmobile and ultimately kill and skin her ..read more

HOWLING FOR WOLVES FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 11, 2024 CONTACT: Dr. Maureen Hackett, Howling For Wolves, 612.250.5915 or Leslie Rosedahl, Press@HowlingForWolves.org, 651.353.1818   Vote on MN Wolf Hunt Ban Narrowly Defeated in Senate, Bipartisan Support Shows Momentum   (St. Paul, Minn.) – Today an amendment to the Senate omnibus Environment Policy Bill, Senate File 3631 (Hawj), was offered by Senator Mary Kunesh (D-New Brighton) that would have banned a wolf hunting and trapping season in Minnesota. After a lengthy debate, the amendment failed to pass by a vote of 30-35, with bip ..read more

Hello, American Bird Conservancy Action Fund Supporters! Great news! On April 9, the House of Representatives passed the Migratory Birds of the Ameri Hello, American Bird Conservancy Action Fund Supporters! Great news! On April 9, the House of Representatives passed the Migratory Birds of the Americas Conservation Enhancements Act (H.R.4389). This bill reauthorizes the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act (NMBCA), a federal grants program that funds migratory bird research and habitat restoration across the Western Hemisphere. The ..read more

On February 28th of this year–just 26 days after the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service denied gray wolves protections–Cody Roberts of Daniel Wyoming tortured and killed a female yearling gray wolf after running her down with a snowmobile and taping her mouth shut. This abhorrent act of cruelty cannot become normal or acceptable. The wildlife that you and I fight for every day face enough threats from habitat loss, climate change, and over consumption by lawful hunters. Torture cannot be added to that already-grave list. Share this story to build pressure on decision-makers to act. While this d ..read more

For immediate release April 8, 2024   Contacts: Erik Molvar, Western Watersheds Project, 307-399-7910, emolvar@westernwatersheds.org Kelly Nokes, Western Environmental Law Center, 575-613-8051, nokes@westernlaw.org Suzanne Asha Stone, International Wildlife Coexistence Network, 208-861-5177, suzanne@wildlifecoexistence.org Brooks Fahy, Predator Defense, 541-937-4261, brooks@predatordefense.org Roger Dobson, Protect the Wolves, ‪714-660-7208, roger@protectthewolves.com KC York, Trap Free Montana, 406-218-1170, info@trapfreemt.org Lizzy Pennock, WildEarth ..read more

BOISE, Ida. – Today, 10 conservation groups challenged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“the Service”) over its failure to list western wolves under the Endangered Species Act. The Service’s “not warranted” finding ignores obvious threats to the species, runs contrary to the best available science, and relies on flawed population models for its determination. “The current killing regimes in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming put wolves at obvious risk of extinction in the foreseeable future, and this core population is key to wolf survival in the West,” said Erik Molvar, a wildlife biologist and e ..read more