Tag: defenders of wildlife

An untouched forest in Alaska is about to be ravaged.

The Roadless Rule, which protected the Tongass National Forest from logging and road building, is being repealed. 58.5 million acres of habitat, lands that belong to all of us and the bears, foxes and ancient trees that fill it, now face destruction.

Speak up to protect our forests!

What are some of your favorite wildlife encounters? Were they in a national park, wildlife refuge, or your own backyard? No matter where you encounter wildlife it is important to give them space and be respectful of their home.

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Nature is all around us. Hawks, owls, wild turkeys, turtles, snakes, chipmunks, caterpillars, monarch butterflies, groundhogs, deer, and even foxes and black bears are species that I’ve been lucky enough to see on my runs. Remember, you may be in their home, so be respectful and share the trails. Next

If bison went extinct, we’d lose our national mammal.

If bison went extinct, the Great Plains ecosystem would lose a keystone species.

If bison went extinct, grassland birds and many plants would lose the critical habitat that the bison creates.

If bison went extinct, many tribes and Indigenous communities, like the Mosquito and Lean Man First Nations in Canada and the Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes in Montana, would lose a relative.

So, let’s keep bison around and prevent their extinction.

Click the link to learn more about bison.