Public lands need less extraction and more rewilding - High Country News In the age of extinction, we need a new model for these landscapes and the communities that rely on them.

In the age of extinction, we need a new model for these landscapes and the communities that rely on them.

Rewilding relies on collaboration, so how do we make this happen?

#WorldRewildingDay

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'One of the most successful wildlife comeback stories': The Alps lost its vultures - then it got them back Decades after its release into the wild, a super-ageing, bone-crunching vulture called Balthazar reveals a major conservation success.

Good rewilding work takes time, great work takes decades

Inspiring story of the reintroduction and recovery of enigmatic bearded vultures across the Alps, starting back in 1986

Bringing back trophic levels, including scavengers maligned historically, is vital to our success

#GenerationRestoration

Planting trees is not rewilding

Reintroducing species is not rewilding

Individual actions are not in themselves rewilding

To contribute to rewilding, they should be part of a bigger plan to let natural processes come to dominate in an area

A great look at how Indigenous peoples are taking the lead in advocating for #rewilding public lands management in the United States.

Bison belong on public lands — politics kicked them off | Patrick Kelly In justifying last week’s decision to revoke American Prairie’s bison grazing permits, the BLM relied on a contorted reading of federal statutes to disguise what was really happening: a concession

A good summary of the issues surrounding the federal government's recent attempt to block American Prairie #rewilding public lands in Montana.

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Excellent, concise discussion of differing interpretations of rewilding and a suggestion for how to approach them with civility.

International principles and standards for the practice of ecological restoration. Second edition Click on the article title to read more.

Thinking the SER restoration principles need an update

“Rewilding: The planned reintroduction of a plant or animal species & especially a keystone species or apex predator into a habitat from which it has disappeared, … to restore the health of an ecosystem”
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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 ...

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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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

Rewilding - Vermont style
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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…

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.

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.

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

Great thread on #rewilding in action.

Ukraine’s massive nature project is helping veterans and land recover A massive rewilding project in Ukraine is proving helpful for the wellbeing of veterans as well as helping large natural areas recover.

#rewilding

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

Part of a herd of bison grazing, including a young calf.

Happy #NationalBisonDay! #Bison #Rewilding

Our "Guidelines for Rewilding" published with IUCN CEM are now live! portals.iucn.org/library/node...

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

"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

'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?

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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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.

Article I wrote for Rewilding Magazine, also featuring some of my photography. Check it out.

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Considering the value that history and other disciplines outside of the natural sciences offer for rewilding efforts.

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.

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.

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…

Another study on the Yellowstone trophic cascade triggered by the reintroduction of wolves, this time focusing on aspen recovery.

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Giant cows hunted to extinction in 1627. Now, their ancestor is making comeback The new breed is being released in a wilderness in Denmark.

The new breed is being released in a wilderness in Denmark.

🏙️ 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

New paper just out...
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Conservationists have rescued the world’s last truly wild horse The takhi has never been tamed

Mongolia is not the only country rewilding this singular nag

A Yellowstone bison takes its first steps…