Center for Biological Diversity

Wolves and bears in Alaska need your help right now! ⚠️ The Alaska Department of Fish and Game wants to kill up to 80% of wolves, brown bears, and black bears from roaring helicopters right on the borders of Denali and Lake Clark national parks. Besides being dangerous and cruel, mass slaughters of keystone predators are detrimental to the greater Denali and Lake Clark ecosystems. Carnivore species deserve to live. We are urgently working to protect these iconic animals. You can help: https://bit.ly/41KIqGN 📹: Courtesy of Drew Rush, taken in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve

Amazing news: On Friday, the Federal Highway Administration announced a $25 million grant for North Carolina to build wildlife crossings that will help save critically endangered Red Wolves. 🎉 This news couldn't come at a more urgent time as only 16 red wolves remain in the wild, and vehicle collisions have become their leading cause of mortality. The grant will fund 13 wildlife underpasses beneath U.S. 64, a highway that runs through the heart of the last red wolf refuges. Construction will also be supported by $4 million in private donations raised by the Center, Wildlands Network, and an anonymous donor’s matching grant. Thank you to all those who donated to help make this possible. www.saveredwolves.org

This week marks the one year anniversary of wolves being reintroduced in Colorado. 🎉🐺 Now a full year later, the majority of these wolves are thriving — with the addition of some new pups! Colorado’s first homegrown wolf family. The playful pups represent real hope for the species' future in the state. This past year hasn't been without conflict though, and we thank all of you who support wolf reintroduction and nonlethal coexistence measures for livestock owners. You can count on the Center to fight for Colorado’s new wolves — and we’ll keep letting you know how you can help. More ➡️ https://bit.ly/4frvWHe 📹: courtesy of Mike and Hank Usalavage

The world's oldest known wild bird has just laid a new egg. Wisdom the Laysan albatross, or mōlī, is now at least 74 years old — and eternally young, apparently. First banded by scientists in 1956, she's just laid an egg on Midway Atoll in the Pacific Ocean — to become, we hope, the most recent of more than 30 chicks Wisdom has raised to fledglings. Not only has she survived a deadly 2011 tsunami, predators, and ocean pollution, but the queen of seabirds is believed to have flown more than 3 million miles in her long lifetime. Now that's an amazing bird. ✨ More info ➡️ https://bit.ly/4frvWHe

The BLM has greenlit a massive logging operation where #grizzlies have finally returned — and it recently started. We went right to court to stop the destruction. Threatened grizzlies and wolverines are just beginning to use the Garnet Mountains in Montana. To destroy these forested areas would be a disaster for them — and for the whole ecosystem. Our public lands shouldn't be handed over to industry, which will continue to plunder forests and other ecosystems until wildlife has no place to go. Please help support our work to protect these grizzly bears and other wildlife➡️ https://bit.ly/4fmLEDG

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission just took a monumental step toward saving one of the most endangered species in the United States — unanimously passing a resolution to promote red wolf recovery. 🎉 The commission pledges to work with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to bring red wolves back from the brink of extinction and meet recovery goals. Join us in thanking commissioners for their commitment to wildlife crossings and red wolf recovery ➡️ https://bit.ly/3VDhTaI

On the Horizon: Nature’s top emerging threats and opportunities. Melting glaciers, plant genetics, protection from forever chemicals, and more: An annual look at the conservation horizon reveals priorities for the years ahead. Each year since 2009, researchers from Cambridge University have brought together experts from around the world to identify the emerging threats and opportunities likely to affect biological conservation in the future. Check it out, only at The Revelator ➡️ https://bit.ly/4ipKh9Z

AMAZING NEWS 🎉: After 10+ years of advocacy by the Center and our allies, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service yesterday proposed to protect eastern hellbenders as endangered under the Endangered Species Act! Hellbenders face tremendous threats from activities that degrade water quality, and Hurricane Helene devastated populations in the healthiest part of their range. This proposed listing comes in the nick of time as #hellbenders have declined by more than 80% and face ever-increasing threats. And, protecting these giant salamanders will also safeguard thousands of other species that rely on clean rivers. Learn more about these outsized amphibians ➡️ https://bit.ly/4fessrG 📷: by David Herasimtschuk / freshwatersillustrated

In December 2023, 10 wolves were released into the Colorado wild as the start of a voter-approved reintroduction of gray wolves to the state. For wolf-lovers everywhere, it was a historic, emotional day. Now, a year later, the majority of these wolves are thriving, and the state is prepping for more wolf releases in early 2025. 🎉 To support the success of the upcoming releases, state wildlife officials have developed an expanded plan to minimize conflict between wolves and livestock. The improvements include more program staff, faster response to livestock deaths, and a robust range rider program. We’re looking forward to this next phase of reintroducing wolves to the Colorado wild — where they belong. More info ➡️ https://bit.ly/4iyMP5u

Amazing news 🎉: In response to a decade of advocacy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today (finally) proposed to protect monarch butterflies as threatened under the Endangered Species Act! 🦋 The once-common orange-and-black butterflies have declined by 90% in recent decades, with the latest count showing the second smallest population on record. If today’s proposal is finalized, monarchs will gain not only protection from harm but also a comprehensive recovery plan and ongoing funding to restore their habitat. More info ➡️ https://bit.ly/3ZKLBN7 📷: by Pendens Proditor/Flickr CC-BY