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The Bosque Beast Explores Room to Roam

Large animals in the Sandia are finding fewer ways to leave their lovely biosphere zoo.... 

Protecting wildlife corridors remains more theory than practice

Mary Ellen Hannibal of High Country News talks to Wildlands Networkers about large landscape conservation.  

Conservationist Davis ends TrekEast journey at 7,600 miles

Campaign focused on actions needed to create an “Eastern Wildway.”

Voice of America Meets John Davis

Find out what Voice of America thinks of TrekEast.

Earth’s ecosystems suffering due to reductions of large predators

New study says removal of top carnivores is ”mankind’s biggest effect on natural world.”

 

A Hole in the Endangered Species Act

Congressional delisting of gray wolves opens pandoras box for other endangered species leaving a new pro-environment generation incredulous.

 

CNN.com Trekking 5,000 miles to connect man and wildlife

 CNN.com features John Davis..."His mission isn't soul-searching in nature, it's searching for nature's soul."

Wolf-related research continues at Colorado ranch

DeBeque, Colorado — While some scat samples found on The High Lonesome Ranch in northwestern Colorado have not tested positive for wolf DNA, research efforts continue on the original ecological assessment of the ranch that first lead to discovery of wolf sign on the property.

New Trophic Cascade Books available from Island Press

 

Island Press is offering Wildlands Network Supporters a 25% discount on two new books that provide a fascinating and in-depth look at "trophic cascades," a scientific concept quickly rising to the surface as a key influencing factor in conservation planning and action. It recognizes that animals such as wolves, sea otters, and sharks exert a disproportionate influence on their environment.  Dramatic ecological consequences can result when they are removed from -- or returned to -- an ecosystem.

Endangered U.S. Jaguars to Get Critical Habitat, Recovery Plan

 Endangered U.S. Jaguars to Get Critical Habitat, Recovery Plan

TUCSON, Arizona, January 12, 2010 (ENS) - After years of neglect and indifference, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that it will designate critical habitat for endangered jaguars in the United States and develop a jaguar recovery plan. The Service will propose areas for critical habitat designation by January 2011, according to an announcement in the Federal Register.