Rogue Detection Teams

New publication and a cover photo to boot 🐕 doi.org/10.1002/oik.11… 🙏🏾 to the amazing research team, & especially our #ConservationDogs like Filson, for all their hard work in @YosemiteNPS. With @Oikos_Journal @YoseConservancy

"'This study is a powerful reminder that mountain lions are ecosystem engineers,' McDonald said. ‘Protecting pumas isn’t just about saving a charismatic species. It’s about safeguarding the functional health of the entire landscape.'" news.mongabay.com/2026/06/one-mo…

@WildernessWatch Sent in our comments. 🙏🏾🐾🐻

Please speak up for grizzly bears by urging your members of Congress to oppose the Grizzly Bear State Management Act (H.R. 281 / S. 316). >>> wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/oppose-grizzly… 📸 Sam Parks

🐝 We've been bee-sy! Our #ConservationDog Echo recently detected not 1, but 2 bumble bee nests! Every nest detected helps researchers learn more about where these pollinators live. We're so proud of our Bumblebee Dog’s noses, helping uncover some of nature's best-kept secrets.

Meet our retired Conservation Dogs: our Grey Muzzle Club, our Old Guard. Adopted from shelters for their love of fetch, they dedicated their careers in service to wildlife. Pips (17) Winnie (16), Dio (14), Beckett (13), Filson (12). We 💗 you so much. You earned your couch time.

OMB’s proposed overhaul of federal grant rules drew nearly HALF A MILLION public comments led by the scientific community - an extraordinary response and, as far as I can tell - among the largest public comment dockets ever for an OMB rulemaking.

Safety 1st for our #ConservationDogs! Echo & Jax donned their @ruffwear Float Coats for coastal 🐺, 🐻 & puma research w S. Dixon, Marine Specialist at @pacificwild. 🙏🏾to First Nation “pawtners” for getting our Sniffer Dogs to the rugged shores where they could sniff for data.

@8angel88 @BearConserve 💔

@BearConserve Japan is rapidly expanding wind farms, both offshore and in mountain areas. Bears are being tracked with drones and shot, even during hibernation.

JAPAN CULL: In 2025 Japan culled almost 13,000 black bears. For 2026 the target is approx 8,800 black bears. In Hokkaido a management plan to reduce the estimated population of 11,600 Ussuri brown bears to 71% of its current levels by 2034 is under way. bearconservation.org.uk/2026japancull.…

@BearConserve 😳😰💔

Bad news for brown bears in Europe. Romania & Slovakia are seeking EU green light for mass bear cull. European agriculture ministers have largely backed the request. euractiv.com/news/romania-s…

We’re volunteering our sniff-pertise for coastal wolf, cougar, & bear research w @pacificwild. To offset fuel costs for First Nations providing boat transportation for our teams, head to: pacificwild.org/donate/ & select “𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵.” Every dollar matters 🙏🏾🥹 📸 S. Dixon

"Extinction doesn't begin when the last individual dies. It begins earlier, when a population is cut off from the processes that sustain it. When mates cannot be found. When young cannot disperse. When genes cannot move. When a drought cannot be escaped. When a local loss cannot be repaired by arrival from elsewhere. When a patch of life becomes an island and the sea around it widens. Wildlife corridors are one way of narrowing the seas we've made." dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-0…

@BearConserve 😳💔😰

Registration is now open! Check out all the details at the website: hwcconference.org

With summer coming, it’s important to stay aware of seasonal risks for dogs, including leptospirosis.🐶 This disease can spread through exposure to infected wildlife like rats and mice, as well as contaminated water sources. Learn more #petsafety here: bit.ly/42KmXvI

@AmUmbria 💔

The Director of USFWS Nesvik is no friend of wildlife, he was the Director of Wyoming Game & Fish who let Cody Roberts go with just $250 fine. Now he is trying to strip ESA protection from all of US Gray Wolves. Appeal by the conservation orgs is pending.

@p_aulwhite Beautiful

Eurasian brown bear double impression.

Why dogs need agency, choice, and consent. Behaviour, ethics, and the dog with Marc Bekoff youtube.com/watch?v=jgKilu…

Never in modern American history have we seen this level of politicization of science. Federal research grants may now need to “demonstrably advance the President’s policy priorities.” Peer review will take a back seat to political approval. Scientists cannot remain silent.

Wildlife crossings are poised for a major boost under a new bipartisan transportation bill that would extend and expand federal investment in projects designed to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions across the country. wildlife.org/congress-expan…

CDFW has released the California Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Annual Report 2025. Read the report and learn more about California’s gray wolf program: wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/M…

@AmUmbria @NCastaldoAuthor Is this only open for Arizona residents to connect with their legislators or can out of state concerned citizens also send comments?

People of Arizona SAVE YOUR WOLVES. Click here azleg.gov/findmylegislat…& urge your legislators to oppose the bills: 1) HB 2159–Requires the AZGFD to issue permits to landowners to kill wolves to reduce conflicts, & allows sport hunting opportunities. (passed House). 2)HB 2160 – Establishes a Mexican Wolf Management Plan Development Committee composed of three sportsmen, three cattlemen, and three wildlife conservationists. (introduced) 3)HB 2787 – Prohibits state agencies and employees from using any resources to enforce, administer, or cooperate with the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program. (passed House). Bills 1 &3 passed House.