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Global conservation is big business; all the more reason to make sure the right problems are being addressed and that facts do not take a backseat to emotions. Effective #conservation depends not on abstract global thresholds and single-value percentages...(1)

Tales of Earthly Doom and Catastrophe? Rubbish!

I claim that, like Half-elven Lord Elrond, I “was there at the beginning.” In this case, when, at a meeting in Michigan in 1985, Michael Soulé asked those

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Conservation groups are suing the Trump administration over its decision to strip endangered species of protections for the places where they live, a decision that contradicts all scientific and legal understanding of the importance of habitat to America’s most vulnerable plants and animals. #ESA

Lawsuit Seeks to Protect America’s Wildlife From Trump Administration

Rulemaking claims habitat destruction does not “harm” endangered species

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Utah Rep. Casey Snider spent years quietly carrying out a plan to guarantee hunter access to pristine roadless country — by blocking the Ute Indian Tribe from buying it back.

How a Utah Republican’s quiet battle for hunting access undercut LandBack hopes - High Country News

Utah Rep. Casey Snider spent years quietly carrying out a plan to guarantee hunter access to pristine roadless country — by blocking the Ute Indian Tribe from buying it back.

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Take a look at Red Wolf Recovery Program Updates - June 2026:

Red Wolf Recovery Program | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

2025-2026 Release Plan available NOW...click HERE! Canis rufus Taxon: Mammal Range: Eastern North Carolina

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The Trump administration’s Project 2025 assignment to destroy our public lands, waters, and wildlife in favor of industry is nearing completion. At the start of this year, the administration had already either initiated or completed about 80% of all recommended actions outlined in Project 2025.

President Trump Shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Largest Rollback of Public Land Protections in U.S. History

Two presidential proclamations erase almost 3 million acres of national monument land in Utah

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In episode 179 of the Rewilding Earth #podcast, Ben Levitan, #Earthjustice senior attorney, sits down with host Jack Humphrey to unpack the U.S. federal government’s decision to rescind the definition of “harm” under the Endangered Species Act. #ESA (1)

During my lifetime, now only days shy of 90 years, the human population of our planet #Earth has grown from 2.2 to 8.3 billion—almost 400 percent in less than a century—less than one long human lifetime. We humans are the dominant species and have enormous responsibility to the biotic community. (1)

Rewilding Human Consciousness

As I sat outside this morning, as I do every morning after I walk five laps to the other end of the block and back, I concentrated on my steady, relaxed breathi

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Y2Y’s president and chief scientist Dr. Jodi Hilty stepped onto the TEDx stage at MIT with a radical yet elegant solution to stop #biodiversity loss and address climate change — give #nature room to move. Watch here:

Giving wildlife room to roam: Y2Y at Planet Action TEDx - Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative

Dr. Jodi Hilty shares Y2Y's radical yet elegant solution to stop biodiversity loss and address climate change on the TEDx stage at MIT.

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A remarkable month of reporting challenged long-held claims about Mexican gray #wolves, exposed potential conflicts of interest, and shed new light on how the recovery program really works.

What the Latest Reporting Reveals About Mexican Gray Wolves

A remarkable month of reporting challenged long-held claims about Mexican gray wolves, exposed potential conflicts of interest, and shed new light on how the recovery program really works.

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In the wake of Colorado’s tragic death-by-puma in January, the first this century, I re-read David Baron’s The Beast in the Garden, published in 2003. Beast posed important questions on #carnivore #coexistence at the dawn of the rewilding movement. (1)

The Beast in the Garden Redux: Puma-Human Coexistence Along Colorado’s Front Range

“The cats, emboldened and proliferating, are heralds of a new stage in the nation’s evolution, a changed relationship between man and nature that will requi

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Every day in the US, a million animals are killed by motor vehicles. It’s a crisis that’s threatening the survival of several endangered or threatened species, such as tortoises & bighorn sheep. To reduce the numbers, wildlife bridges are being built around the country. There are several in Arizona.

Take A Walk On The Wild Side | Arizona Highways

Over a summer, I watch three spotted deer fawns wander my backyard in Flagstaff. Our homeowners’ association outlaws fences, in part so the deer can pass safely from house to house. Still, we have…

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A #wildlife conservation trust has released 15 of the world's smallest and rarest #pigs in #India. Over the next five years, it said it hoped to release about 80, with the goal of rebuilding a thriving wild population of 300 by 2040.

Endangered pygmy hogs released in India by Jersey trust

Jersey's Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust releases 15 pygmy hogs into the wild in India.

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New proposal aims to give #USFS employees broad freedom to ignore its own procedures and eliminate the public's ability to comment on policies.

Forest Service Moves to Reduce Public Oversight and Public Comments on Its Policies

New proposal aims to give USFS employees broad freedom to ignore its own procedures and eliminate the public's ability to comment on policies

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Conservationists often know what they are doing, but far less often do they know which actions deliver the greatest impact. A new case study released by the IUCN helps answer that question, drawing on evidence from 91 conservation projects across Africa to identify the approaches most effective.

What works in conservation? New study identifies the approaches delivering the strongest results for Africa’s wildlife

Conservationists often know what they are doing, but far less often do they know which actions deliver the greatest impact. A new case study released today by the International Union for Conservation…

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CAP analysis of a leaked Department of the Interior database reveals the scope and scale of the Trump administration’s efforts to erase Black, Indigenous, and other marginalized histories—along with science-related content—from public lands nationwide.

Censored: Erasing 250 Years of American History on Public Lands

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A $2.6 billion border barrier through Texas' Lower Pecos Canyonlands has archaeologists warning that irreplaceable indigenous rock art and sacred sites could be destroyed.

Trump’s Border Wall Is Coming for Some of the Oldest Murals in North America

A $2.6 billion border barrier through Texas' Lower Pecos Canyonlands has archaeologists warning that irreplaceable indigenous rock art and sacred sites could be destroyed.

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Poaching and wildfires have driven the country’s #jaguar population to a critical level, and until now even rescued animals faced life in captivity. Yaguara is the first jaguar released in Bolivia...

Can Bolivia’s historic big cat release help change jaguar conservation in the country?

Poaching and wildfires have driven the country’s jaguar population to a critical level, and until now even rescued animals faced life in captivity

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The company Almadex America Inc. announced it was abandoning plans to pursue exploratory mining at Antelope Pass in Hidalgo County. The announcement comes on the heels of widespread opposition by local ranchers, community members, researchers, astronomy-based businesses, and conservation groups.

PRESS RELEASE: Community, Ranchers, Businesses, Conservation Groups Celebrate Big Win for Antelope Pass | New Mexico Wild

Last week, buried at the bottom of a larger press release, the company Almadex America Inc. (Almadex) announced it was abandoning plans to pursue explorator ...

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Michelle Lute, Wildlife for All executive director, sits down with Rewilding Earth podcast host Jack Humphrey to dismantle the persistent myths surrounding state-level #wildlife #governance, exposing how the “hunting pays for conservation” narrative has evolved into a multi-billion-dollar illusion.

Recently, Almadex America Inc., a subsidiary of Canadian-owned mining company Almadex Minerals, filed at least 132 #mining claims in the Antelope Pass area of Hidalgo County, New Mexico–threatening one of the most ecologically and scientifically significant landscapes in the Southwest. Take Action!

Keep Mining Out of Antelope Pass | New Mexico Wild

Antelope Pass Drone Photo by Tony Donaldson

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