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An in-depth treatment of one of the most significant ways that western public lands are mismanaged in the United States. Unsustainable livestock grazing is perhaps the largest threat to biodiversity and #rewilding across the West.
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A Loophole Allows Ranchers to Renew Grazing Permits With Little Scrutiny of the Environmental Impact
With dwindling oversight, cattle are grazing where they’re not supposed to and in greater numbers or for longer periods than permitted. This can spread invasive plants, pushing out native species and ...
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December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
An in-depth treatment of one of the most significant ways that western public lands are mismanaged in the United States. Unsustainable livestock grazing is perhaps the largest threat to biodiversity and #rewilding across the West.
www.propublica.org/article/graz...
www.propublica.org/article/graz...
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Rewilding - Vermont style
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Can mountain lions make a comeback in the US north-east? One group hopes so
Reintroducing the apex predator would control deer populations, maintaining healthy ecosystems and bolstering biodiversity, rewilding group says
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November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Rewilding - Vermont style
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The nonprofit Rewilding Europe announced a project this summer in the Dauphiné Alps, a forested mountain range in southeastern France where wild horses, bison and lynx thrived more than 200 years ago.
Rewilding is a restoration concept that reintroduces historically present species to a landscape.
Rewilding is a restoration concept that reintroduces historically present species to a landscape.
France’s largest rewilding project takes root in the Dauphiné Alps
In the foothills of the western Alps in southeastern France, horned alpine ibex roam the limestone cliffs of a smaller mountain range known as the Dauphiné Alps, a region once home to thriving…
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November 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The nonprofit Rewilding Europe announced a project this summer in the Dauphiné Alps, a forested mountain range in southeastern France where wild horses, bison and lynx thrived more than 200 years ago.
Rewilding is a restoration concept that reintroduces historically present species to a landscape.
Rewilding is a restoration concept that reintroduces historically present species to a landscape.
One illustration of how rewilding a buffalo commons could matter in human lives.
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When Food Cuts Loomed, This Tribe Turned to Bison
In one of its largest harvests ever, the Blackfeet tribe turned to its herd to help feed its members, who rely heavily on federal food assistance.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
One illustration of how rewilding a buffalo commons could matter in human lives.
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There are still many who confuse rewilding with the special case of trophic rewilding
Rewilding is not just about (re)introducing large animals & the assumption of top-down control of ecosystems
Rewilding is not just about (re)introducing large animals & the assumption of top-down control of ecosystems
November 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM
There are still many who confuse rewilding with the special case of trophic rewilding
Rewilding is not just about (re)introducing large animals & the assumption of top-down control of ecosystems
Rewilding is not just about (re)introducing large animals & the assumption of top-down control of ecosystems
Great thread on #rewilding in action.
Grateful to spend two days on the Klamath watching chinook, liberated by dam removal, return to streams from which they’d been precluded since the Titanic sank. Fish are everywhere, in numbers that stagger the mind & locations that biologists figured would take years to repopulate. Too beautiful.
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Great thread on #rewilding in action.
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Too much out there repeating vague notions that nature protection & restoration will combat climate change
It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is
We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution
It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is
We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Too much out there repeating vague notions that nature protection & restoration will combat climate change
It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is
We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution
It really depends on what is protected & restored, & what the comparison is
We need to massively reduce emissions, not wave the magic wand of ‘nature’ as the solution
November 1, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Our "Guidelines for Rewilding" published with IUCN CEM are now live! portals.iucn.org/library/node...
Guidelines for rewilding | IUCN Library System
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October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Our "Guidelines for Rewilding" published with IUCN CEM are now live! portals.iucn.org/library/node...
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"Let’s remember the extinction crisis is not yet so much about the complete loss of species as it is about the loss of populations, thus of ecological function and genetic diversity. " rewilding.org/rewilding-al... #rewilding
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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October 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
"Let’s remember the extinction crisis is not yet so much about the complete loss of species as it is about the loss of populations, thus of ecological function and genetic diversity. " rewilding.org/rewilding-al... #rewilding
An example highlighting the need for predators in #rewilding projects. You cannot have rewilding without all of the necessary pieces for ecosystems to function on their own.
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'It was the start of a new movement': The Dutch rewilding project that took a dark turn
In 2018, thousands of dead animals, emaciated from starvation, lay strewn across a famous Dutch rewilding project. Was it animal cruelty or just nature taking its course?
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October 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
An example highlighting the need for predators in #rewilding projects. You cannot have rewilding without all of the necessary pieces for ecosystems to function on their own.
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www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Article I wrote for Rewilding Magazine, also featuring some of my photography. Check it out.
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Why rewilders shouldn’t forget about fungi
These mostly hidden life forms have a big role to play in rewilding – and need its support, too.
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October 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Article I wrote for Rewilding Magazine, also featuring some of my photography. Check it out.
www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...
www.rewildingmag.com/why-rewilder...
Considering the value that history and other disciplines outside of the natural sciences offer for rewilding efforts.
📢 Our new #rewilding #paper is now out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social
We show how #interdisciplinary critical #socialscience can help enhance social and environmental #justice in #conservation
Available FREE #openaccess here 👉 🔗
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We show how #interdisciplinary critical #socialscience can help enhance social and environmental #justice in #conservation
Available FREE #openaccess here 👉 🔗
doi.org/10.1002/pan3... 🌎🧪
Five critical questions we should ask of rewilding projects—And that social science can help us answer
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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September 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Considering the value that history and other disciplines outside of the natural sciences offer for rewilding efforts.
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A new state law explicitly includes the concept as part of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ strategy. It’s the first time a U.S. state has included rewilding in its legislation, people working in conservation said.
One Midwest state is making ‘rewilding’ an official conservation strategy
A new law in Illinois formalizes efforts to reintroduce native keystone species like bison and beavers in the state, which advocates say will help other species recover.
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August 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A new state law explicitly includes the concept as part of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ strategy. It’s the first time a U.S. state has included rewilding in its legislation, people working in conservation said.
Another study on the Yellowstone trophic cascade triggered by the reintroduction of wolves, this time focusing on aspen recovery.
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Changing aspen stand structure following large carnivore restoration in Yellowstone
Restoration of large carnivores in northern Yellowstone National Park in the late 20th century resulted in a sustained reduction of Rocky Mountain elk…
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August 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Another study on the Yellowstone trophic cascade triggered by the reintroduction of wolves, this time focusing on aspen recovery.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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The new breed is being released in a wilderness in Denmark.
Giant cows hunted to extinction in 1627. Now, their ancestor is making comeback
The new breed is being released in a wilderness in Denmark.
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August 21, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The new breed is being released in a wilderness in Denmark.
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🏙️ New Research: Giving space back to nature in cities? A multi-scenario analysis of the acceptability of urban rewilding among local communities ➡️ buff.ly/krr06Un
Rewilding our cities - are people on board? New study by @BrendaZoderer and Harald Wieser
Rewilding our cities - are people on board? New study by @BrendaZoderer and Harald Wieser
August 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
🏙️ New Research: Giving space back to nature in cities? A multi-scenario analysis of the acceptability of urban rewilding among local communities ➡️ buff.ly/krr06Un
Rewilding our cities - are people on board? New study by @BrendaZoderer and Harald Wieser
Rewilding our cities - are people on board? New study by @BrendaZoderer and Harald Wieser
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New paper just out...
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July 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New paper just out...
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Mongolia is not the only country rewilding this singular nag
Conservationists have rescued the world’s last truly wild horse
The takhi has never been tamed
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July 29, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Mongolia is not the only country rewilding this singular nag
A Yellowstone bison takes its first steps…
May 2, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A Yellowstone bison takes its first steps…
On this particular Earth Day, these words of Aldo Leopold, taken from a 1946 letter, have a particular resonance:
“That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.”
“That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.”
April 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
On this particular Earth Day, these words of Aldo Leopold, taken from a 1946 letter, have a particular resonance:
“That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.”
“That the situation is hopeless should not prevent us from doing our best.”
Ripple et al. (@williamripple.bsky.social) on the trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park after wolf rewilding.
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The strength of the Yellowstone trophic cascade after wolf reintroduction
Trophic cascades, the indirect effects of predators propagating downward through food webs, play a critical role in shaping ecosystems. We evaluated t…
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April 15, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ripple et al. (@williamripple.bsky.social) on the trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park after wolf rewilding.
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It's not a dire wolf. It's a gray wolf clone with 20 dire-wolf gene edits, and with some dire wolf traits. And here's my story! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
April 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
It's not a dire wolf. It's a gray wolf clone with 20 dire-wolf gene edits, and with some dire wolf traits. And here's my story! Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/s...
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Beavers in the UK, bison in the Great Plains—when keystone species return, ecosystems thrive. Reintroducing these vital animals helps restore balance, boost biodiversity, and heal the land.
#WorldRewildingDay #RewildingTogether #BringBackNature
#WorldRewildingDay #RewildingTogether #BringBackNature
Six global success stories on how rewilding key species can rebalance ecosystems | One Earth
From beavers in the UK to bison in the Great Plains, here are six stories that demonstrate the power of rewilding in restoring the health of ecosystems around the world.
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March 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Beavers in the UK, bison in the Great Plains—when keystone species return, ecosystems thrive. Reintroducing these vital animals helps restore balance, boost biodiversity, and heal the land.
#WorldRewildingDay #RewildingTogether #BringBackNature
#WorldRewildingDay #RewildingTogether #BringBackNature