Wildlands Network Creates the First Comprehensive Map of Wildlife Crossings Across California — Wildlands Network

Today, Wildlands Network unveiled an interactive map of wildlife crossings across California, presenting the first-ever comprehensive database of crossings across the State. See link below:

Source: Wildlands Network Creates the First Comprehensive Map of Wildlife Crossings Across California  — Wildlands Network

New Law for Wildlife Crossings – California

In efforts to make roads safer for wildlife crossings, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Friday to require Caltrans to prioritize crossing structures and barriers when building roadways.

Source: New Law to Make Roads Safer for Wildlife Crossing – NBC Bay Area

Blueprint for Preventing Wildlife Traffic Collisions near Great Smoky Mountains National Park Unveiled – Rewilding

A new report released on June 29 by Wildlands Network and the National Parks Conservation Association identified key hotspots for wildlife movement—and strate

Source: Blueprint for Preventing Wildlife Traffic Collisions near Great Smoky Mountains National Park Unveiled – Rewilding

Pathways at the Wild Hearts Gallery

This month (March) the Wild Hearts Gallery in Placitas is honoring Pathways with the “featured non-profit” space in the gallery. We’ll give an informational talk this Saturday, March 5th, focusing on the newly released Draft Wildlife Corridors Action Plan. We encourage everyone to send in their words of support, questions and concerns about this report to: wildlife.corridors@state.nm.us Thank you Wild Hearts!

Artists Collective in Placitas, NM

Source: Wild Hearts Gallery

Dr Mark Elbroch The Cougar Conundrum – Sharing the World with a Successful Predator presented by MLF – YouTube

Interview with Mt. Lion Foundation about his new book, “The Cougar Conundrum”. Scroll to ~ 2 min. in to get right to the interview.

Mark was going to write a book about cougar biology, but with all the recent cougar/human incidents, fear, tragedy, loss and hype about cougars and the human impacts on them, and the cougar impacts on humans, he decided to write a book to answer a lot of questions he receives as a cougar biologist, and lay out some of the realities of “life on the land” for cougars and people alike. With the hope of bringing some clear examples of how people and their animals have been able to live with cougars, I think Dr. Elbroch has provided some very contemporary starting points to understanding, living with, and even solving, the “cougar conundrum”.

Intro to Animal Track Identification – YouTube

From Jonah Evans, consummate wildlife track and sign specialist, comes this video for your educational inspiration!

Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act Passes – Rewilding

From Gabby Saunders of Wildlands Network to all wildlands partners, We are excited to announce that the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act, along $300 million in dedicated funding for wildlife crossings, has passed the House floor on July 2 as part of a stimulus package with bipartisan support.   To elevate this huge win for wildlife, and […]

Source: Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act Passes – Rewilding

Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace, By Carl Safina – Rewilding

Great review of the book, “Becoming Wild” by Carl Safina

 

Reviewed by John Miles.  Burning questions today are how we should relate to other-than-human denizens of Earth and why we should do so very differently than we have historically. The “arrogance of humanism” as David Ehrenfeld called it years ago, also “human exceptionalism,” has led to what Eileen Crist recently called the worldview of “human […]

Source: Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace, By Carl Safina – Rewilding

Video: animals of Sandia Mountain

Here is a new video we’re making available via YouTube to show some of wildlife that need to move to and from Sandia Moutain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KGKrCqWP34

Help protect this area as a wildlife corridor, its already there!

Send your comments before April 16th to: wildlife.corridors@state.nm.us to inform the Wildlife Corridors Act, which is seeking public comments for a State wildlife corridor action plan.

Protect the Crest of Montezuma wildlife corridor!

The light green shaded area is the safest path for wildlife to and from Sandia Mtn.

Lets Protect the Crest of Montezuma!

From: Pathways: Wildlife Corridors of NM, an all volunteer, non-profit organization.

Pathways vision is to see the mountains of New Mexico connected with protected
passage for wildlife of all kinds.

Sandia Mountain is ringed with development – the city of Albuquerque, freeways and subdivisions. There is only one narrow opening to and from the remaining mountain at the North East corner between Placitas and La Madera. Without roads and official trails, this rugged area is designated non-motorized travel within the Forest Service portion. On the Crest of Montezuma, managed by the Bureau of Land Management, official trails and uses of all sorts are being proposed. These uses are not a problem with official oversight, but these Federal agencies do not have funding for law enforcement personnel. Without a ranger at the trail head and on the trails we will see the spider webbing of trails, target shooting and trash – plus the increased access for illegal trapping and poaching of wildlife.

Won’t you help protect Sandia Mountain and keep it connected to the other mountains of New Mexico for the safe passage of wildlife? Let officials know that you want this area, the last of its kind, protected from illegal activity and the current laws enforced. Thank you for caring about the life of your mountain! share the link here: Crest of Montezuma

The light green shaded area is the safest path for wildlife to and from Sandia Mtn.