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Advocating for wolves and imperiled wildlife in Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region.

Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf & Wildlife is a non-profit organization.

WILDLIFE DAY AT THE CAPITOL!

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.

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Our Most Popular T-shirt Design is BACK IN STOCK!

Help us fight to protect Wisconsin wolves by purchasing our most popular t-shirt design. Proceeds go directly to support grassroots organizing to keep wolves protected in Wisconsin.

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Recent Posts

WILDLIFE DAY AT THE CAPITOL! April 20, 2018
VICTORY: Great Lakes Wolves Remain Federally Protected! March 27, 2018
ACTION ALERT: TELL PAUL RYAN TO OPPOSE LEGISLATIVE RIDERS THAT WOULD HARM ENDANGERED SPECIES March 20, 2018
The Economic Cost of a Great Lakes Wolves Delisting Rider March 13, 2018
ACTION ALERT: Save the Endangered Species Act March 6, 2018

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Take time to celebrate your connection to mother Earth today, where we still stand to gain as much as we have to lose. Don’t just plant a tree today and then wait until next year to plant another one. Make Earth Day your every day 🌎💚#earthdayeveryday

We are completely enamored with this piece entitled ~Weaver of Dreams~ by artist and environmental activist Lindsay Carron @lacarron. The uplifting visuals of Lindsay’s work represent the potential for humanity to come together to realize a healthy future for the planet, with all our voices heard. #WolfArtFriday

Our “Healthy Forests Need Wolves” t-shirts and sweatshirts are BACK ! There are a variety of colors and styles to choose from and even options for the kiddos. Proceeds go directly towards wolf education, advocacy and the fight to keep wolves protected. Visit the link in our bio to order ! 🐺 Special shout to @well_fed_artist for the awesome design and @necessary.tools for rocking her t-shirt for us. #Healthyforestsneedwolves

Our first annual Wildlife Day at the Capitol was a great success! Over 80 constituents in Wisconsin and Michigan came out meet with their legislators about wildlife conservation in the Great Lakes states. Special thanks to @lushcosmetics, @endangeredspeciescoalition and the @humanesociety and all the volunteers who helped make this day happen...we could not have done it without all of YOU!! #WildlifeDayWI #WildlifeDayMI

Following a spike in winter wolf kills by hunters and trappers, the state of Alaska has put in place an emergency ban on hunting and trapping wolves near Denali National Park. The ban involves an area where wolves range from protected park territory, where trapping and hunting are illegal, to places outside the park where trapping and hunting are allowed. This news marks the latest round of tension in the push-pull between Alaskans who see Denali wolf protections as federal overreach and those who value wildlife viewing in the park. About 650,000 people visit Denali every year, many hoping to glimpse a wild wolf. But the odds of seeing one have plummeted in recent years. Under the emergency order, wolf hunting is banned along the Stampede Trail starting yesterday. A trapping ban in the same area goes into effect next week.

MORE GOOD NEWS ! Yesterday, a federal judge rejected provisions in a 2015 federal management rule that unlawfully imposed roadblocks to recovery of the endangered Mexican wolf. The rule arbitrarily limited the lobos’ population numbers, banned them from needed recovery habitat, and loosened the rules against killing the animals in the wild. This ruling offers hope that the Mexican wolf can be pulled back from the brink of extinction before it is too late. Let's keep this momentum going! If you would like to get more involved in helping protect wolves of the Great Lakes region, visit the link in our bio 🐾

Wisconsin and Michigan residents! Join us at your state capitols for our Wildlife Day on April 11th and as a thank you for participating, you will receive our brand new t-shirt designed by local artist, Cait Irwin @well_fed_artist ! All info about our Wildlife Day and how to RSVP can be found at the link in our bio...deadline to register is April 6th ! #WildlifeDay

BREAKING NEWS: The omnibus funding bill is moving forward without riders to remove federal protections for Great Lakes Wolves! Thank you for ALL for your phone calls and emails to congress on behalf of wolves and the Endangered Species Act. This is a HUGE victory meaning that wolves in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin will not face hunting and trapping seasons in the near future...so we are definitely celebrating tonight!!! 🐾 #StopExtinction

URGENT >> Anti-wildlife members of Congress are using must-pass funding legislation to attack wolves in the Great Lakes and Wyoming and put other endangered and threatened species at risk. They have included “riders” in appropriations bills for the Department of Interior that would result in wolves in Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming losing all Endangered Species Act protections. Wyoming’s wolves have already been delisted following a court decision, but wolves in the Great Lakes states would face new threats from hunting and trapping. Please contact Paul Ryan immediately and ask him to oppose ANY and ALL anti-wildlife riders in appropriations legislation. Congress will soon vote on a funding bill that includes legislation that would weaken and undermine the Endangered Species Act, leaving imperiled animals in even greater danger. They need you to speak out before it is too late. Tell Paul Ryan to protect imperiled life by opposing any legislation that would weaken the Endangered Species Act. CALL NOW: 855-742-9576 or 202-225-0600

As Congress works to determine how to fund the government, key protections for animals are under attack — It’s a tired old Washington story: attaching measures that could never pass on their own merits to important spending bills that must be approved frequently in order to keep the government running. One provision seeks to permanently remove federal ESA protections for gray wolves in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Wyoming, to allow trophy hunting to resume. If these riders are not removed by Congress, wolves will die at the hands of trophy hunters. And even worse, these riders prohibit judicial review of this rule. This means that courts are barred from relisting the wolf. The wolf will go to the back of the line for any federal protections. By that time, they will be gone. PLEASE TAKE ACTION TODAY. Our most important focus remains on elected U.S. Senators and Reps. Email them by using the link in our bio or by calling 888-813-5246, which will connect you directly to your senators and representative once you enter your zip code. Thanks for all that you do for our wolves... 🐾❤️ #extinctionisforever

— URGENT — Friends, it is do or die time for Great Lakes wolves and the legal framework that protects them as we know it. Right now, congress is considering multiple bills and amendments to legislation "riders" that would weaken the Endangered Species Act. We need YOU to call 888-813-5246 to be connected to your senators and representative and ask them to oppose any policy riders that would weaken the Endangered Species Act. These pieces of legislation would have devastating effects on wolves, other endangered species and the future of the Endangered Species Act itself. Please make a brief phone call today to protect the Endangered Species Act and the wildlife that rely on it. You can be connected to your senators and representative by calling 888-813-5246. Wolves need us now more than ever...please call today and share this post as widely as you can. 🐾 #stopextinction

The Minnesota moose population has plunged from 9000 to 3000, and studies are showing the reason is far more complicated than simply blaming predators: "Of the 60 adult moose that died during the study, about 30% were killed by winter ticks and brainworm. Another 30% were killed by infections or other health issues. Some 30% were also killed by wolves, although nearly half of those moose had serious underlying health problems, "which explains why they were selected by a predator that's evolved to sense those things." A similar ongoing study by the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa reached similar conclusions, where nearly 40% were killed by brainworm, which is likely tied to the deer population. "If we want to do something to improve moose in moose range, a starting place would be reducing deer density in the core moose habitat area." (source: MPRnews.org)

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Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf & Wildlife formed in response to the wolf hunt and expansion of hunting and trapping in our state parks. Our mission is to advocate for Wisconsin wolves and wildlife by bringing diversity, science and democracy to wildlife policy.

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