Safeguarding the thick-billed parrot, red wolf, and more...
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Dear John,
Thick-billed parrots, with their vibrant plumage and noisy flocks, are endemic to North America. Once common in northern and central Mexico and the southwestern United States, their last remaining populations now nest exclusively in the Sierra Madre Occidental of Chihuahua and winter in several northern Mexican states.
Wildlands Network is committed to reconnecting, restoring and rewilding North America.
In our view, rewilding requires proactively creating the conditions for recovery of species, like the thick-billed parrot ([link removed]) that fill important ecological niches. Without parrots, wolves, jaguars and rattlesnakes on the landscape, an ecosystem cannot be considered fully restored. Without them, conservation is incomplete.
We are grateful for individuals like you that understand we, as humans, must do our best to save and protect species across the continent. Even when those species require us to reimagine how we manage our communities and landscapes.
Read on to learn more about our rewilding priorities and how you can support these life-sustaining projects.
For the wild,
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The red wolf ([link removed]) once roamed freely from New York to Texas, yet today it is one of the most endangered mammals in the world. Only an estimated 20 individuals remain in the wild, all in Eastern North Carolina.
We are working to restore healthy red wolf populations to core habitat areas in the East, connected by safe wildlife corridors.
Wildlands Network has projects that seek to understand the dynamics between red wolves and other populations of wildlife. Our team is analyzing data collected over multiple years to understand the relationship between red wolves and mesopredators, to comprehend how red wolf recovery may benefit other species of concern like bobwhite quail.
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Timber rattlesnakes play a very important role in their ecosystems by controlling small mammal populations.
Most current wildlife structures were built to protect large mammals. Roads can pose an even greater conservation threat to smaller and less mobile species of conservation concern. Wildlands Network is investing in on the ground research to learn more about how we can protect species such as reptiles and amphibians from the threat of wildlife-vehicle collisions. Last summer, we monitored wildlife road crossing structures in Gorges State Park in North Carolina that were designed to support movement of timber rattlesnakes ([link removed]) . We will use the results of this research to inform additional mitigation projects across the country.
In a similar study ([link removed]) , Wildlands Network used geospatial analysis to identify priority road segments for crossing action across North Carolina based on connectivity models for black bears, timber rattlesnakes, and box turtles.
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The Mexican wolf is the rarest subspecies of gray wolf in North America. For the first time since reintroduction into the wild in 1998, Arizona and New Mexico's Mexican wolf population has surpassed 200 individuals, with a minimum of 241 wild wolves documented in 2022.
Wildlands Network is proud to support a coalition of community groups in the Southwest dedicated to recovering this majestic species.
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The jaguar was driven to extinction in the United States more than 50 years ago. Rewilding North America requires restoring this species across its binational range.
In 2021, Wildlands Network co-authored a paper ([link removed]) making the case for reintroduction of the jaguar. Recently, partners have called on the U.S. government to initiate this process. As this idea is being considered we continue to emphasize a true collaboration among equals, uniting leaders from both the U.S. and Mexico. The key to success will be restoring and protecting the current population of jaguars in northwest Mexico and movement corridors across the border.
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Wildlife need you, John!
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