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Endangered Species Act

A collection of 10 posts

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Endangered Species Act

Failure to Recover

The Endangered Species Act is a landmark federal law that reflects a profound commitment to the conservation of rare species. Yet after 50 years, there is ample reason to question whether the law is capable of meeting its stated goal of recovering endangered and threatened species.

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Endangered Species Act

A Field Guide for Wildlife Recovery

The Endangered Species Act turned 50 in December 2023. 3% of species listed during its lifetime have recovered. This report from the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC) – a free market environmental think tank based in Bozeman – presents 10 ideas to enhance the recovery of imperiled species in the future.

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100 Years Ago, the Last Wolverine Vanished From the Rockies. Now, It May Be Coming Home.

“Wolverine restoration in the West. NOTE: this article was originally published to Popular Mechanics’ Apple News Channel on March 17, 2023. It was written by Tim Newcomb. Legislators and scientists are offering a beacon of hope for the missing alpine predator. Colorado lawmakers have a bipartisan bill set to reintroduce

Redefining “Recovery” of Grizzly Bears

Redefining "Recovery" of Grizzly Bears

Here is the position of those who say that the definitions governing Grizzly Bear recovery should be expanded. NOTE: this post was originally published to this site on January 18, 2021

Groups Call for Reintroduction of Jaguars in US Southwest

As described in the article below, advocates of jaguar restoration “contend that reintroducing the cats is essential to species conservation and restoration of the region’s ecosystem”. The advocates are correct. Habitat and wildlife restoration cannot be restored until we increase the numbers and species of prey (including wild horses)

New Montana Laws Change Response to Grizzly Bear Management

The bear emergency is over, and it is a wonderful thing. However, as they have recovered grizzlies have spread out of their sanctuaries and into areas where people live. Greater grizzly recovery cannot succeed until these people – and their livelihoods – are given equal consideration as bears. In general, this is

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Endangered Science

“As discussed below, of the many unscientific decisions of wildlife “management”, predator eradications are probably the worst. NOTE: this article was originally published to HuffPost.com. It was part of a collection written by Camilla Fox, Executive Director, Project Coyote. She is also a contributor to HuffPost.com and the

Washington to Manage Wolves Within Borders After Fed Action

Washington State to Manage Wolves Within Borders After Fed Action

Quoting the article below, “Wolves were wiped out in Washington by the 1930s at the behest of the livestock industry. The animals began migrating back into the state from Idaho and British Columbia early in this century. Wolf recovery is popular with many urban residents of the state, but not

Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Protected After Judge Bans Hunting

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Yellowstone Grizzly Bears Protected After Judge Bans Hunting

This well-intentioned effort harms bear restorations. NOTE: this article was originally published to USAToday.com on September 24, 2018. It was written by Trevor Hughes. The judge ruled U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials were “arbitrary and capricious” in their 2017 decision to remove the bears’ protections under the

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Wolves Attack Wisconsin With Washington’s Help

It is an historic fact that wolves will attack, kill and eat humans along with livestock. As the Canadian deer expert, Valerius Geist, documents in an exhaustive forensic analysis on the subject, wolf predations in North America are historically limited because the human population is heavily armed and wolves are