Tag: Madison

• URGENT ACTION ALERT: WI GOP DEMANDS DNR OPEN WOLF HUNT IMMEDIATELY

  

  A special NRB meeting is being held plotting a statewide wolf hunt to begin IMMEDIATELY. We need you to act NOW to speak out against this proposal.

  Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf

  January 20, 2021

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• WILDLIFE DAY AT THE CAPITOL 2018!

  

  On April 11, 2018 hundreds of wildlife advocates in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota gathered in solidarity at their state capitols to meet with lawmakers and speak for wolves and wildlife in the Great Lakes region.

  BrittRic

  April 20, 2018

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• ANNOUNCEMENT: Wildlife Day 2018!

  

  Join us in solidarity with Michigan and Minnesota to meet with your state lawmakers and discuss how wolves are an essential balance to our ecosystem. All attendees will receive a FREE original art Wildlife Day t-shirt!

  BrittRic

  January 23, 2018

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• Wisconsin Legislature Ignores Science Behind Sound Policies of Wolf Management (LTE: Carol Lee Balek)

  

  Nowhere in the Public Hearing was there mention of the critically important role the wolf plays in keeping our deer herd healthy.

  BrittRic

  January 15, 2018

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• 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

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• Melissa Smith: Tammy Baldwin should protect wolves not seek to delist them

  

  Congress should not enact laws to circumvent the courts, ignore science or take away our right to challenge decisions.

  BrittRic

  November 21, 2017

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• Environmental Groups: Keep Hounding Out of Wisconsin’s National Forests

  

  A number of environmental groups, including the Endangered Species Coalition, want to keep hunters who use packs of dogs out of public lands in Wisconsin, including the state’s national forests.

  BrittRic

  September 11, 2017

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• 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

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• Here’s Why Wolf Advocates Are So Vehement

  

  The answer is simple. We give our all for this species because no other animal on the planet is so demonized, lied about, and the subject of such unbridled hate from a vocal minority.

  BrittRic

  March 9, 2017

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