National Wolf Awareness Week: A Treasury honoring DOW

National Wolf Awareness Week

- A Treasury honoring DOW -

by Nicole of brizel4TheAnimals

Team EFA has been celebrating National Wolf Awareness Week along side Defenders of Wildlife.

"No other organization in the United States has a longer history, as many resources or as much success in protecting wolves as Defenders of Wildlife. Today, Defenders of Wildlife continues to champion expanded wolf recovery throughout the region, working on many fronts to safeguard wolves in the northern Rockies."

"National Wolf Awareness Week is a week of events dedicated to dispelling misconceptions and teaching about the role wolves play in maintaining biological diversity. Defenders sponsors events nationwide." Defenders of Wildlife

WOLF AWARENESS WEEK

curated by brizel4TheAnimals

in collaboration with theanimalsmagicshop

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featuring EFA members:

SavageArtworks, IndieWolf,

backroomtreasures, blindwolfspirit,

artbyakiko, brizel4TheAnimals,

faeriegood, thebluewindmill

plus guests...

PLEASE take a moment

to read & sign the following

Defenders of Wildlife

- TAKE ACTiON Wolf Petitions -

Autumn Wolf

by faeriegood

#1: Support a New Beginning for Wolves

"Wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies won a major victory when a federal court reinstated federal protections for these animals. But with Idaho officials still seeking to kill hundreds of wolves, Montana likely to follow and Wyoming still pursuing a shoot-on-sight wolf management plan, our work to ensure a long-term recovery for these magnificent animals is far from over.

Please take action today to urge Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to seize this opportunity to get things right for wolves in Greater Yellowstone and the Northern Rockies by pursuing a science-based plan for long-term recovery of wolves."

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1851

Quick Rest

by SavageArtworks

#2: Lobos Need Your Help To Survive

"At last count, there were only 42 Mexican wolves left in the wilds of Arizona and New Mexico -- making lobos the most endangered wolves in the world.

But recently, two alpha male lobos were killed and another is missing. And on Friday, July 16th, yet another lobo was confirmed killed by a poacher. These killings are terrible setback in the troubled recovery of these rare and struggling animals -- and we need your help to stop them.

Please take action today to help these struggling wolves survive: Sign our petition urging federal officials to increase law enforcement resources and fast-track an effective, science-based recovery plan for lobos."

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1825

Gray Wolf Amongst Tulips

by thebluewindmill

#3: Take Action to Save These Rare Southwest Wolves

"Mexican gray wolves (also known as lobos) only exist in the wild in America’s Southwest. Unfortunately, with just 42 lobos -- and two breeding pairs -- remaining in the wild, these wolves are in big trouble.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recently stepped up efforts to save these magnificent animals and to secure their place in Arizona and New Mexico, ending years of mismanagement and giving recovery efforts a real chance at success.

But with so few lobos remaining, the loss of even one wolf could spell disaster for these rare wolves. Please urge U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to fast-track federal efforts to save these wolves."

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy? pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1711

Wolf Dreams

by backroomtreasures

#4: Give Wolves a Future in Utah

"Extremists in Utah have it in for wolves. Back in session for less than a week, Republican state Sen. Allen Christensen already introduced, ushered through committee and passed a bill in the state senate that would allow officials to remove or destroy any wolf that crosses into areas of Utah unprotected by the Endangered Species Act.

Christensen's argument: "This bill simply says any wolf within Utah will be captured and killed. We don't want any of them here. Write to Utah Governor Gary Herbert and the state tourism board and urge them to to protect Utah's fledgling wolf population and oppose this dangerous bill."

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1675

Mexican Gray Wolves

by artbyakiko

#5: Help End Arial Wolf Killing

"So far, more than 1,000 wolves have been chased down by gunmen in low-flying aircraft and killed with high-powered rifles. This year alone, more than 250 wolves have been killed --making the 2008/2009 aerial wolf killing season one of the deadliest in years.

Congressman George Miller and Senator Dianne Feinstein have introduced the Protect America’s Wildlife (PAW) Act, federal legislation to end the controversial practice of using aircraft and gunmen to chase and kill wolves in Alaska. Will you urge your representative and senators to help get the PAW Act passed into law?

Complete the form below to urge your representative and senators to sign on as co-sponsors of the PAW Act and help end this awful practice in Alaska and prevent it from spreading to places like the Northern Rockies."

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=1517

Howling Wolf

by brizel4TheAnimals

#6: Urge Your Senators to Co-sponsor the PAW Act

"This past summer, Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced the Protect America’s Wildlife (PAW) Act, federal legislation to end the controversial practice of using aircraft and private gunmen to chase and kill wolves in Alaska. Will you urge your senators to help get the PAW Act passed into law?

Fill out the form below to urge your senators to cosponsor the PAW Act -- and join the fight to end this unscientific and unnecessary practice in Alaska, and prevent programs like it from spreading to places like the northern Rockies."

https://secure.defenders.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&page=UserAction&id=1607

THANK YOU !!!

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National Wolf Awareness Week: Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program

National Wolf Awareness Week

October 17 - October 23

"National Wolf Awareness Week is a time to dispel misconceptions about wolves and to teach about the important role these predators play in maintaining healthy ecosystems. It takes place the 3rd week of October every year. The wolf is a striking symbol of wild nature, yet it has long been shrouded by myth and superstition. Earlier this century, wolves were methodically exterminated from nearly all of their historic range." Defenders of Wildlife

"We listened for a voice

crying in the wilderness.

And we heard the jubilation of wolves"

Durwood L. Allen

Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program

presented by Heather of thebluewindmill

Mexican Wolf © thebluewindmill

For three decades, the footprints of the Mexican Gray Wolf have been absent from the landscape of the southwestern United States. Now with the help of the Endangered Species Act and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, they are getting another chance to once again roam free.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) aids in the recovery of the Mexican gray wolf. “The Mexican wolf, a subspecies of gray wolf, was listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, a recognition that the subspecies was in danger of extinction,” notes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, one of two federal agencies responsible for administration of the Endangered Species Act.

“First, the United States and Mexico agreed to establish a bi-national captive breeding program with several wolves trapped in Mexico between 1977 and 1980.” Meanwhile, the Service established a recovery team in 1979 to assist the agency in mapping out a recovery strategy for the Mexican wolf. The Service approved the Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Plan in 1982. The plan recommended maintenance of the captive breeding program and re-establishment of a viable self-sustaining population of at least 100 wolves in the wild within the Mexican wolf’s historic range.”

“On March 29, 1998, captive-reared Mexican wolves were released to the wild for the first time in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area. Here, 11 vanguards of the rarest and most unique subspecies of gray wolf in the United States began an historic journey – the journey of recovery".

Mexican Gray Wolf at Sevilleta © USFWS

“Since reintroduction began in 1998, the Service has worked with its partners to develop a multi-agency cooperative reintroduction and recovery effort. A Memorandum of Understanding has been established with several Lead Agencies under which a Mexican Wolf Adaptive Management Oversight Committee (commonly referred to as AMOC) has been formed. Participating cooperators include the Arizona Game and Fish Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Department of Agriculture- Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture- Wildlife Services, White Mountain Apache Tribe, New Mexico Department of Agriculture, and Greenlee County".

"Under this structure, the Arizona and New Mexico State Game and Fish Departments and the White Mountain Apache Tribe have lead responsibility for implementing the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area Reintroduction Project in their respective jurisdictions, while the Service remains responsible for overall Mexican wolf recovery. The AMOC was formed to foster cooperation and communication between the Lead Agencies, to provide guidance to the Interagency Field Team on policy issues related to managing the free-ranging Mexican wolf population, and to serve as the primary conduit for sharing information about the Blue Range Wolf Reintroduction Project with the interested public. Quarterly Adaptive Management Working Group (commonly referred to as AMWG) meetings are held by the AMOC in which any and all interested members of the public may participate in myriad ways such as reviewing and making recommendations on project management and proposals, and identifying issues and concerns regarding the Blue Range Reintroduction Project.”

Mexican Gray Wolf with pups © USFWS

“The Southwest Region of the Service invites you to join us on the historic journey of Mexican wolf recovery. Our Mexican Wolf Recovery Program website provides detailed information on all aspects of the program – from monthly updates on the current status of wolves in the wild, to an overview of the captive breeding program and pre-release facilities, to important documents, policies, and regulations that guide the reintroduction and recovery program, and to education and outreach materials for children and adults. Whether you follow the program from our local area or from across the country or another nation, your involvement and support is important to the program.”

If you would like to assist in the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program or would like more information about it, check out this site: http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/mexicanwolf/

Find their Wolf Facts sheet here: http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/mexicanwolf/kids_WF.shtml

The Mexican Wolf Kids Quiz is here: http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/mexicanwolf/kids_WQ.cfm

& to download their Coloring Book go here: http://www.fws.gov/southwest/es/mexicanwolf/pdf/ES_coloring_book.pdf

Mexican Gray Wolf

in a Prerelease Pen © USFWS

"The wolf is neither

man's competitor nor his enemy.

He is a fellow creature

with whom the earth must be shared"

L David Mech