MAY 2023 NEWSLETTER

Celebrating Endangered Species Day, a Wildlife Day 2023 recap, changes coming to state wolf management plan, new legislation that would remove wolves from the ESA, a study analyzing why removing carnivores might maintain or increase risks for domestic animals, upcoming May Fireside Chats and more!

Help Us Stop the Most Brutal Attack Ever on Endangered Species

Yesterday, the Trump administration took an axe to the Endangered Species Act. Today it's easier for special interests to harm wildlife across this country in their pursuit of profits. It's not too late to stop the extinction crisis, but we need a strong Endangered Species Act to do it, and we need your help...

Stop Extinction Challenge!

First they tried delisting wolves, and now they’re trying to gut the Endangered Species Act, the law that has been protecting them for years. That’s why we are asking you to join us for the Stop Extinction Challenge! Learn everything you need to know here. 

FOTWW Howls Back at Wolf Delisting Hearing in Hudson, WI

Last week we attended the Ron Johnson and USFWS public hearing on national wolf delisting - here's what happened....

Midterm Results Could be the Difference Between Extinction and Conservation

The 2018 midterm election could determine the fate of the Endangered Species Act...PLEASE VOTE.

How to REALLY Connect with Your Elected Officials + A Sample Letter to Senator Tammy Baldwin

When speaking with a staffer at the Wisconsin State Capitol last March, I asked how I could assure that my elected official would truly hear and consider my thoughts on wildlife conservation issues. He answered as if he was letting me in on a little secret...

Zinke’s Interior Deptartment Seeks to Undermine Protections for Endangered Species

In response to today's release by Secretary Ryan Zinke's Department of Interior regarding draft regulations to weaken protections for America's most at-risk fish, plants and wildlife, Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf & Wildlife has put out a statement opposing this outrageous move. 

ACTION ALERT: New Bill Would Destroy Endangered Species Act

The bill just dropped this week, and a hearing has already been scheduled for Tuesday, July 17th. Please ACT NOW.

ACTION ALERT: Save the Endangered Species Act

It is do or die time for Great Lakes wolves and the legal framework that protects them as we know it. Congress is considering multiple bills and amendments to legislation "riders" that would have devastating effects on wolves and the future of the Endangered Species Act itself. WE MUST ACT NOW...

Press Release: New Bill Would Block Wisconsin State Wildlife Management and Encourage Poaching

Yesterday, Wisconsin State Representatives circulated a bill which would make it illegal for law enforcement to enforce state or federal law relating to management of wolves in Wisconsin.