By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, with our allies, we sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to not reinstate federal protections for wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains. In 2022, most wolves in the U.S. regained their federal protections under the Endangered Species Act when a federal judge ruled in […]
Breaking: US Fish and Wildlife Service fails to protect wolves from state-sanctioned slaughter
By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its reckless decision that wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains do not warrant federal relisting under the Endangered Species Act, despite ongoing and brutal carnage in the region. Wolves in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming have faced relentless persecution from trophy hunters, […]
Breaking: New threats to grizzlies, wolves and Endangered Species Act emerge in Congress
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Today, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Natural Resources voted in favor of six bills and resolutions that threaten to remove protections from grizzly bears and gray wolves and weaken the Endangered Species Act. This “grab bag” of danger includes: The Trust the Science Act, H.R. 764, would […]
This state’s draft wolf plan spells disaster for wolves
By Sara Amundson and Kitty Block Idaho is pulling ahead in a race to the bottom for how states treat wolves. The Idaho Department of Fish and Game recently released a draft wolf management plan that will guide how the state manages the wolves who live there through 2028. The plan aims to reduce Idaho’s […]
Life or death for wolves hinges on state management plans
Next month marks the one-year anniversary of the return of federal Endangered Species Act protections to wolves in most of the lower 48 states—a stunning victory that resulted from a lawsuit filed by the Humane Society of the United States and key allies. While we continue to celebrate that win, our effort to protect wolves […]
We’ve filed a new lawsuit because wolves in the Northern Rockies need help now
By Kitty Block and Sara Amundson Less than two years after Wisconsin held one of the cruelest and most disastrous trophy hunting seasons in recent memory, wolves across most of the country will enjoy a desperately needed reprieve this fall because of our successful lawsuit that restored their federal Endangered Species Act protections. But not […]