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...
On August 10, 2018 more than 200 folks around the country committed to head into their Senator's office at 3:00 pm to speak out for Endangered Species and the very Act that protects them.
The bill just dropped this week, and a hearing has already been scheduled for Tuesday, July 17th. Please ACT NOW.
Congress should not enact laws to circumvent the courts, ignore science or take away our right to challenge decisions.
Who lives in rural Wisconsin? Stereotypically, farmers and hunters. But we aren’t stereotypes. We are also teachers, small business owners, artists, parents, etc. and our real needs have little to do with wolves...
Right now, hunting, trapping and livestock groups are actively organizing to have Great Lakes wolves stripped of their endangered status without judicial review as soon as next month. This bill is co-sponsored by Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) making the legislation “bi-partisan”. Please contact her TODAY to express your opposition. Here's how....
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...
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.
We sent the following letter to Senator Tammy Baldwin in response to her stance to remove wolves from the Endangered Species Act.
Friends of the Wisconsin Wolf & Wildlife 