Tag: great lakes

• URGENT: PUBLIC HEARING FOR AB 712

  

  This proposed bill would prohibit conservation wardens and federal law enforcement officers from enforcing wolf conservation laws, prevent funds to be used for wolf depredations, and stop all wolf population monitoring in Wisconsin. Please join us in opposition at the hearing on Wednesday, January 10th.

  BrittRic

  January 8, 2018

  ACTION ALERTS

  2018, AB 712, capitol, congress, DNR, endangered species act, federal law, great lakes, hounding, hunting, illegal, january, Madison, management, poaching, population, protections, public hearing, snaring, state, testify, trapping, wednesday, wildlife, wisconsin, wolves

• #GivingTuesday: A Global Day of Giving

  

  For the first time ever, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf & Wildlife has joined the #GivingTuesday movement!

  BrittRic

  November 28, 2017

  Uncategorized

  #GivingTuesday, Black Friday, charity, community, Cyber Monday, Day of Giving, Donate, donation, events, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf, Giving, Giving Movement, great lakes, local, organizations, Thanksgiving, Tuesday, wildlife, wisconsin, wolves

• Sample Letter to Senator Tammy Baldwin

  

  Right now, hunting, trapping and livestock groups are actively organizing to have Great Lakes wolves stripped of their endangered status without judicial review as soon as next month. This bill is co-sponsored by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) making the legislation “bi-partisan”. Please contact her TODAY to express your opposition. Here’s how….

  BrittRic

  August 21, 2017

  ACTION ALERTS

  bear hounds, co-sponsor, dogs, endangered, Endangered Species, environment, environmental, ESA, farmers, great lakes, grey wolves, HELP for Wildlife Act, hounders, hounds, hunting, judicial review, letter, livestock, protections, Ron Johnson, S. 1514, sample, Senator, Tammy Baldwin, wisconsin, wolf, wolf hunt, wolves

• Meeting Behind Enemy Lines

  

  On Wednesday evening, I spoke out about the need for science to play a larger role in policy decision- making regarding the grey wolf and other endangered species protections in Wisconsin to a room full of t-shirts that read “kill all the wolves” and “a good wolf is a dead wolf”. Here’s what I learned…

  BrittRic

  August 18, 2017

  GUEST BLOGS

  1514, act, Adam Jarchow, Agricultural Research Center, Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, bear hunters, bill, bipartisan, cattle, control, Dave Mcfarland, Debbie Stabenow, delist, delisting, democrats, depredations, DNR, Endangered Species, extinction, farmers, Gary Peters, great lakes, HELP for Wildlife Act, hounds, Hunting Heritage Environmental Legacy Preservation for Wildlife Act, John Barrasso, judicial review, lethal, livestock, Madison, Michigan, minnesota, nonlethal, population, ranchers, republicans, Ron Johnson, Senate, Senator, Spooner, Tammy Baldwin, timber, Tom Petri, town hall, trapping, WDNR, wisconsin, wolf, wolf count, wolf hunt, wyoming

• URGENT: GREAT LAKES WOLVES STILL AT RISK

  

  If the bill passes, plans are already set in place to open sport and trophy hunting seasons on Great Lakes wolves which will mean more hounding, trapping, snaring and high kill quotas.

  BrittRic

  August 9, 2017

  ACTION ALERTS

  citizen, congress, delist, Endangered Species, federal court, great lakes, HELP for Wildlife Act, hounding, Ian McAllister, judicial review, legislation, riders, S. 1514, snaring, trapping, trophy hunting, wolf hunt, wolves

• Guest Blog: A Citizen Lobbying Effort to Defend the Endangered Species Act in DC

  

  June 30, 2017 was an eye-opening day into constituent democracy for me. Gary John Feest and I went to Washington D.C. in a Citizen Lobbying effort to defend the Endangered Species Act.

  BrittRic

  July 25, 2017

  GUEST BLOGS

  citizen lobbying, Clean Water Act, congress, Congressman, conservation, endangered species act, Endangered Species Coalition, environment, ESA, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf, great lakes, guest blog, Hunting Heritage, Kerry Beheler, minnesota, modernization, protections, Ron Johnson, Senate, Senator, Tammy Baldwin, Washington DC, wildlife, wisconsin, wolf, wyoming

• ACTION ALERT: Oppose the War on Wolves Rider

  

  We are calling on all advocates to OPPOSE the War on Wolves Rider, which undermines the Endangered Species Act and strips Gray Wolves of existing federal protections.

  BrittRic

  July 10, 2017

  ACTION ALERTS

  delisting, Endangered Species, extinction, Fish and Wildlife Service, great lakes, grey wolves, idaho, judicial review, legislation, Melissa Smith, Michigan, minnesota, protections, recovery, rider, S. 1514, Senate, sportmen’s bill, strips, war on wolves, wisconsin, wolf hunt, wolves, wyoming

• ACTION ALERT: Tell Senate NO anti-wildlife riders on this week’s spending bill

  

  Congress will vote on a spending bill this week to avoid a government shutdown. Must-pass bills such as this have historically been used to advance anti-wildlife legislation that lacks enough support to pass on its own. It is vital that your senators hear from you this week.

  BrittRic

  April 25, 2017

  ACTION ALERTS

  endangered, endangered species act, Endangered Species Coalition, funding bill, government, great lakes, mexican gray wolves, Michigan, midwest, minnesota, sage grouse, Senate, senators, shutdown, spending bill, wildlife, wisconsin, wolves

• ACTION ALERT: Public Comment on Wolf Conflicts in Minnesota

  

  The assessment analyzes the potential environmental impacts of Wildlife Service involvement in wolf damage management in Minnesota.

  BrittRic

  April 11, 2017

  ACTION ALERTS

  animals, assessment, Chippewa, comment, conflict, department of the interior, depredation, DNR, domestic, environmental, forest service, great lakes, livestock, management, minnesota, nonlethal, Ojibwe, public, service, wildlife, wolf, wolves

• PRESS RELEASE: Coalition of Great Lakes Advocates Promote Positive Benefits of Wolves with “Big, Not Bad” Campaign

  

  The goal of the campaign is to engage and educate others about the benefits of wolves through science, art, photography, traits, stories and experiences wolves provide to the Great Lakes region.

  BrittRic

  February 14, 2017

  PRESS RELEASES

  big not bad, campaign, coalition, endangered, great lakes, jim brandenburg, Melissa Smith, Michigan, Mindfruit Studios, minnesota, Nancy Warren, nature365, species, wisconsin, wolfwatcher