Rewilding Institute
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We advance continental-scale conservation that recovers wild species, restores wild landscapes, and fosters coexistence with wild nature. https://bio.site/rewilding
Ecuadorians on Sunday rejected their president’s attempt to rewrite the constitution, a move that would likely have doomed the world’s only constitutional recognition of the rights of #nature.
Ecuador’s Voters Protect Rights of Nature, Reject Proposal to Rewrite Constitution - Inside Climate News
Ecuadorians handed their Trump-allied president a resounding defeat, choosing to maintain their “ecological constitution” and rejecting an attempt to allow foreign military bases in the country.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Ecuadorians on Sunday rejected their president’s attempt to rewrite the constitution, a move that would likely have doomed the world’s only constitutional recognition of the rights of #nature.
Volunteers are monitoring natural #springs in an #Arizona #wilderness to understand what the construction of a #border wall will cost #wildlife.
Will Border Wall Construction Deplete Desert Springs?
Volunteers are monitoring natural springs in an Arizona wilderness to understand what the construction of a border wall will cost wildlife.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Volunteers are monitoring natural #springs in an #Arizona #wilderness to understand what the construction of a #border wall will cost #wildlife.
Non-native fish disrupt the natural order, impacting native #fish as well as insects, crustaceans, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. While we continue to improve aquatic and riparian habitat, we often fail to address what should and shouldn’t live there.
Rewilding Our Waterways: Don’t Forget the Fish
While much of rewilding focuses on terrestrial landscapes, our lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams have been equally compromised. Water pollution, dams, culverts,
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November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Non-native fish disrupt the natural order, impacting native #fish as well as insects, crustaceans, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. While we continue to improve aquatic and riparian habitat, we often fail to address what should and shouldn’t live there.
The Colorado River Indian Tribes have formally accorded personhood status to the Colorado River, creating a powerful new mechanism to protect the eponymous river that makes life possible in their arid homelands.
Colorado River wins personhood status from Arizona tribal council
Personhood status creates a powerful new mechanism for protecting the eponymous river that makes life possible in their arid homelands.
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November 23, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The Colorado River Indian Tribes have formally accorded personhood status to the Colorado River, creating a powerful new mechanism to protect the eponymous river that makes life possible in their arid homelands.
Bills in Congress seek to remove grizzly bears and gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act. Nationwide polling shows overwhelming support for keeping federal protections for the predators.
Should Congress remove protections for wolves, grizzly bears? Here's what Americans think
Studies show conservatives, rural folks don’t want to do away status under Endangered Species Act
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November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Bills in Congress seek to remove grizzly bears and gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act. Nationwide polling shows overwhelming support for keeping federal protections for the predators.
The government’s obsession with controlling Mexican gray #wolves has once again uprooted a young wanderer, proving how far we still are from true recovery.
The Wolf Who Wouldn’t Stay Put
The government’s obsession with controlling Mexican gray wolves has once again uprooted a young wanderer, proving how far we still are from true recovery.
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November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The government’s obsession with controlling Mexican gray #wolves has once again uprooted a young wanderer, proving how far we still are from true recovery.
Danny Giovale shares the story behind his deeply personal and inspiring film “Designed by Disaster,” which details how a life-changing climbing accident in the Dolomites became the catalyst for his founding of #Kahtoola — a company that would go on to address critical safety gaps in mountain travel.
November 20, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Danny Giovale shares the story behind his deeply personal and inspiring film “Designed by Disaster,” which details how a life-changing climbing accident in the Dolomites became the catalyst for his founding of #Kahtoola — a company that would go on to address critical safety gaps in mountain travel.
A year after the historic removal of four #dams along the Klamath River in Northern California and Southern Oregon, Chinook #salmon have cleared the waterway’s last remaining dams and returned to tributaries in the Upper Klamath Basin for the first time in over a century.
Salmon seen for first time in century after historic Calif. dam removal
In an impressive feat, the salmon have crossed over the river's remaining dams.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Each year on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, drivers strike and kill an average of 240 #moose. Now, an ambitious effort to create #wildlife #crossings designed to guide moose, bears, and other species safely across the asphalt is underway.
A Road Less Deadly
Can Alaska’s new Kenai Peninsula wildlife crossings save moose?
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November 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Each year on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, drivers strike and kill an average of 240 #moose. Now, an ambitious effort to create #wildlife #crossings designed to guide moose, bears, and other species safely across the asphalt is underway.
Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. The Rewilding Institute's John Davis is one of the interviewees here:
Could smaller families 'rewild' the planet — and make humans happier?
Many economists and business leaders are raising alarms about falling birthrates. But advocates for lower human populations say a less crowded world will be happier and more sustainable.
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November 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Families in the U.S. and around the world are having fewer children as people make profoundly different decisions about their lives. The Rewilding Institute's John Davis is one of the interviewees here:
#Ocelots are a quintessentially American cat—yet a single tropical storm could wipe them off the U.S. map. Will a pioneering new partnership make a difference?
Ocelots once roamed the U.S. Can we bring them back?
Ocelots are a quintessentially American cat—yet a single tropical storm could wipe them off the U.S. map. Will a pioneering new partnership make a difference?
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November 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
#Ocelots are a quintessentially American cat—yet a single tropical storm could wipe them off the U.S. map. Will a pioneering new partnership make a difference?
The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita #porpoises has modestly increased.
The rarest porpoises on Earth are hanging on
The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita porpoises has modestly increased
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November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita #porpoises has modestly increased.
Once pushed to the edges of the continent, the brown #bear is now slowly returning in #Europe. An iconic and vital animal that helps to shape landscapes, it symbolises the power and resilience of #nature.
Bear | Rewilding Europe
King of European forests
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November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In the final episode of this special series, guest producer Julius Purcell takes us into Spain’s Sierra Morena to explore the dramatic recovery of the Iberian #lynx.
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In the final episode of this special series, guest producer Julius Purcell takes us into Spain’s Sierra Morena to explore the dramatic recovery of the Iberian #lynx.
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) launched the Senate Stewardship Caucus to advance bipartisan efforts aimed at protecting and expanding access to public lands and waters, recovering wildlife, and restoring habitat.
ICYMI: ENR Ranking Member Heinrich and Senator Sheehy Launch Senate Stewardship Caucus | U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.)...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) launched the Senate Stewardship Caucus to advance bipartisan efforts aimed at protecting and expanding access to public lands and waters, recovering wildlife, and restoring habitat.
In a series of recent moves, the administration is opening most of the vast and precious Arctic ecosystem to drilling. Take action:
The Trump Administration Is Prepping to Sell off Alaska's Arctic to Oil and Gas Companies
In a series of recent moves, the administration is opening most of the vast and precious Arctic ecosystem to drilling.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In a series of recent moves, the administration is opening most of the vast and precious Arctic ecosystem to drilling. Take action:
Rewilding Chile has inaugurated the world’s first Huemul Rescue and Rehabilitation Center adjacent to Cerro Castillo National Park, home to 10% of the remnant population of the species, which has lost 99% of its historic population throughout Patagonia.
A new rescue center in Chilean Patagonia endeavors to save an icon on the brink of extinction
Rewilding Chile has inaugurated the world’s first Huemul Rescue and Rehabilitation Center adjacent to Cerro Castillo National Park, home to 10% of the remnant population of the species, which has…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Rewilding Chile has inaugurated the world’s first Huemul Rescue and Rehabilitation Center adjacent to Cerro Castillo National Park, home to 10% of the remnant population of the species, which has lost 99% of its historic population throughout Patagonia.
#Rewilding proponents often strategically focus on wild cores and keystone species, but let’s also work alongside naturalists who love #plants and #fungi and the noble members of all five kingdoms.– John Davis
Rewilding All Five Kingdoms
We should consider all five kingdoms of life in our rewilding work. While with good reason, rewilding proponents have focused largely on apex predators and othe
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November 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#Rewilding proponents often strategically focus on wild cores and keystone species, but let’s also work alongside naturalists who love #plants and #fungi and the noble members of all five kingdoms.– John Davis
Continuing this special series, guest producer Julius Purcell journeys deep into the Pyrenees to explore the dramatic story of brown bears – once nearly extinct in these mountains, now at the center of a fierce cultural and ecological debate.
November 5, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Continuing this special series, guest producer Julius Purcell journeys deep into the Pyrenees to explore the dramatic story of brown bears – once nearly extinct in these mountains, now at the center of a fierce cultural and ecological debate.
Upcoming event: Wild lands: What they are, and present and future opportunities for protection and restoration (November 6, In-person / online)
Wild Lands: What They Are, and Present and Future Opportunities for Protection and Restoration
Join John Davis, Jon Leibowitz, and Ronan Donovan for a panel discussion on wild lands and rewilding. This program is co-sponsored by the Howe Library and the Hanover Conservation...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Upcoming event: Wild lands: What they are, and present and future opportunities for protection and restoration (November 6, In-person / online)
New book: Borderlings by recent Rewilding Earth Podcast guest Russ McSpadden. Essential poetry of witness from the front lines of border militarization in Southern Arizona.
Borderlings by Russ McSpadden — ARTSPEAK PRESS
OUT NOW AND AVAILABLE FOR ORDER! NEXT BATCH OF BOOKS WILL SHIP MONDAY 10/27/2025 THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Essential poetry of witness from the front lines of border militarization in Southern…
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October 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
New book: Borderlings by recent Rewilding Earth Podcast guest Russ McSpadden. Essential poetry of witness from the front lines of border militarization in Southern Arizona.
Yellowstonian featured in two riveting podcasts on topics of wilderness, de-wilding, and #rewilding — "Voices of Wilderness" and "Rewilding Earth" podcasts!
Yellowstonian featured in two riveting podcasts on topics of wilderness, de-wilding and re-wilding - Yellowstonian
Jackie Batrus who hosts the "Voices of Wllderness" podcast, and Jack Humphrey, host of "Rewilding Earth," both invited the founder of Yellowstonian to talk about the future of Greater Yellowstone,…
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October 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Yellowstonian featured in two riveting podcasts on topics of wilderness, de-wilding, and #rewilding — "Voices of Wilderness" and "Rewilding Earth" podcasts!
Regional #rewilding efforts, Northeast corridors, and scaleable rewilding with Rewilding Institute President Jason Kahn on the Rewild New Jersey Podcast:
Episode 2: Regional Rewilding Efforts, Northeast Corridors, & Scaleable Rewilding
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October 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Regional #rewilding efforts, Northeast corridors, and scaleable rewilding with Rewilding Institute President Jason Kahn on the Rewild New Jersey Podcast:
Northeast Wilderness Trust, the only regional land trust dedicated exclusively to #wilderness #conservation in New England and northern New York, has reached a major milestone: more than 100,000 acres of land permanently protected.
Northeast Wilderness Trust Surpasses 100,000 Forever-Wild Acres Conserved
Northeast Wilderness Trust, the only regional land trust dedicated exclusively to wilderness conservation in New England and northern New York, has reached a ma
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October 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Northeast Wilderness Trust, the only regional land trust dedicated exclusively to #wilderness #conservation in New England and northern New York, has reached a major milestone: more than 100,000 acres of land permanently protected.
Red Wolf advocate and conservation photographer Eric Trefney tells a moving story of that first time he heard a lone #wolf howl. Eric has seen Red Wolf puppies born, the tragic deaths of wolves, new packs being formed, and amazing, yet brief, one-on-one encounters.
Listen, See, Feel, Connect: What Wolves Have Taught Me About the Link Between Humans and Nature
What does nature sound like to you: Is it the haunting bugle of a bull elk? The mysterious call of the loon? Perhaps the low hoot of an owl? Or maybe the ancien
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October 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Red Wolf advocate and conservation photographer Eric Trefney tells a moving story of that first time he heard a lone #wolf howl. Eric has seen Red Wolf puppies born, the tragic deaths of wolves, new packs being formed, and amazing, yet brief, one-on-one encounters.