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Friends of the wolves
Last week Crosscut.com asked if wolves can find enough friends outside of urban populations to bring strong, science-based protections to Washington's recovering wolves. As a numbers nerd, I thought I could maybe give an idea of who out there is ready for more balanced ecosystems.
Good morning, fisher
There are few things in life that will get me out of bed at five in the morning, especially on weekends. I love mornings, but I love lazy mornings even more, habitually slapping the snooze button and curling back up into the warmth of my bed no matter what day it happens to be. But a couple of Saturdays ago, things were a little different.
Caribou win winter freedom
Like oil and water, snowmobiles and endangered mountain caribou don't mix. Kudos to the B.C. government for solidifying administrative rules under the mountain caribou recovery plan, freeing caribou from snowmobile traffic in their best winter habitat.
Caribou death by 1000 cuts?
If we have our way, it won't be death by a thousand cuts for endangered mountain caribou. B.C.'s recent decision to relax regulations on mining exploration in mountain caribou habitat makes for easy gray for mining company execs, but a lichen-free diet for caribou. It's time for B.C. and the mining industry to eliminate double standards and ensure that the industry is accountable to all British Columbians, and caribou.
File under "what!?"
As not only the blog editor, but the systems administrator here, I have been pulled away by a major database project this month, so you may have noticed the blog has been quiet. I was going to come back to the blog today with a look at our recent staff retreat, where we spent two intensive days strategizing about how best to ensure connected wild areas create healthy ecosystems for wildlife and people across the future. That was the plan, anyway...
Holy melting glaciers, Batman!
Ecologists have insisted for decades that our parks and protected areas are too small and disconnected to satisfy long-term conservation needs – way before Al Gore took to the stump with his Graphs of Disaster. Is the tide finally turning for the fate of wildlife in the face of global warming? Some new plans from the powers that be may just mean yes.
Solstice gifts for all creatures, great and small
It seems that the Solstice and upcoming holidays are going to be good to wildlife big and small, and right about now we feel a bit like Santa’s elves!
Clearly Copenhagen for wildlife
This week and last, the world's leaders and representatives have been meeting in Copenhagen on climate change. Curbing climate change is vital not only to millions of people but to thousands of species of wildlife, from grizzly bears to mountain caribou.
It's hardly Twilight for Washington's wolves
Did you hear? Big, howling, wolves are loping through the forests of Washington, prowling the dark corners, fighting vampires...um... I mean... OK, so the wolves of Twilight: New Moon are a tad more human and mythological than the average Canis lupus, but the return of real wolves howling in Washington after decades of silence is nothing less than legendary. Can we plan for the wolves that really roam the state, as opposed to those the reign in our imagination?
Thanks for a wild Northwest!
Like many of you, I spend the holidays with family, enjoying the beauty of Washington's wildest places and my time with family. I am thankful for the mossy, old forests of the Olympic Peninsula I can wander with my nieces, and Conservation Northwest is thankful for supporters like you! What will you be thankful for this season?
