ACTION ALERT: Senate Bill 366

We are asking you to make some urgent emails and calls TODAY to the Senate Committee on Judiciary and Public Safety regarding SB 366, the felony animal cruelty bill. There is only one day left to communicate with the Committee before they make their decision on SB 366.

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.

What the Heck is Going On with All These Anti-Endangered Species Bills?

It can be quite confusing as to what is actually going on in Congress with endangered species right now. It's a barrage of attacks, so we have highlighted the actions you can take right now to help save the Endangered Species Act.

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.ย 

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.ย 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...

Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf Joins 240+ Conservation Groups Urging Lawmakers to Reject Anti-Wildlife Riders

This yearโ€™s House and Senate bills currently include provisions that would strip away federal protections for wolves and several other species, choke off funding for listed species and block provisions for wolves among other species in peril.

URGENT: Pro-Poaching Bill to be Heard in the Wisconsin State Senate on Tuesday

This proposed bill would prohibit conservation wardens 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 Tuesday, January 16th.

Meeting Behind Enemy Lines

Wolf tastes like chicken. Elkhorn Lodge Clam Lake, Wisconsin WI League of Conservation Voters

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...

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.