Shut down disgraceful bear baiting on Kenai Refuge!

The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has proposed opening the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska to bear baiting – a shameful practice that will let hunters attract brown bears with bait like donuts and then gun them down when they show up. The FWS is taking your comments – we need to stand up and shut down this dangerous proposal now! TAKE ACTION: Tell the Fish and Wildlife Service to do its job and protect vulnerable Kenai Refuge brown bears from underhanded hunting practices →

WILDLIFE IN THE NEWS

"While most of the country is responding to the systemic racism that persists in our nation & focused on a pandemic sweeping the globe, the Trump administration continues its relentless campaign to undermine environmental protections."

Jamie Rappaport Clark, President & CEO, on the Trump administration’s push to circumvent the National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act and more. Read More →

Protecting Our Desert Refuge

A new proposal in Congress threatens to surrender more than half of the Desert National Wildlife Refuge to Air Force control. Learn why this land grab would be bad news for wildlife and the public, and how you can help!

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Taking COVID-19 Precautions for Endangered Ferrets

COVID-19 has disrupted how we go about our daily lives – including in field work, as some animals have been able to contract the virus. Wildlife experts are meeting the challenge with new safety precautions to protect people and wildlife alike.

Alaska’s Wildlife in the Crosshairs

Despite overwhelming public opposition, the Trump administration is greenlighting deadly new rules and proposals in Alaska. We look at the role of federal regulations in protecting wolves and bears, and how we can stop these protections from being undermined.

Where (Endangered) Wildlife Come First

The National Wildlife Refuge System is invaluable to sheltering threatened and endangered wildlife – but just how many of these species does it protect? We examine how critical these protected lands are for vulnerable wildlife.

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Photo credit: Brown Bear Kenai (c) USFWS | Bighorn Sheep (c) Robert Zimmeran | Black Footed Ferret (c) USFWS | Brown Bear (c) USFS | Ocelot (c) USFWS | Honey Bee (c) Anneke DeBlock/iStock

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