GOOD WOLF

08/19/2026

Podcast Episode · The MeatEater Podcast · August 17 · 1h 38m · Video

08/19/2026

08/19/2026

🚨 BREAKING: PROTECTIONS FOR AMERICA’S NATIONAL FORESTS ARE UNDER ATTACK.

The Trump administration is moving to rescind the 2001 Roadless Rule, a landmark safeguard protecting tens of millions of acres of our national forests from most road construction and commercial logging. 💔💔💔

These remaining roadless forests are more than trees. They are wildlife habitat, migration corridors, clean-water sources, carbon stores, and some of the last large, intact wild landscapes in the United States. 🐺🌳💔 Removing these protections could leave currently safeguarded forests more vulnerable to future road building, logging and development.

🌲 TAKE ACTION: Contact your U.S. Senators and Representative and tell them to defend the Roadless Rule and support permanent protections for America’s roadless national forests. 🐾💔

08/19/2026

🐺 Together, They’re Stronger

There’s something powerful about watching a wolf pack move as one. No one needs to be the loudest. No one needs to walk alone. They simply move forward together. 🌲🐺

This scene feels like a perfect reminder that strength isn’t always about being the biggest or fiercest—it can come from trust, teamwork, and knowing that someone has your back.

Wolves are highly social animals, and their survival often depends on cooperation within the pack. From raising pups to traveling and defending territory, working together gives them an advantage that a lone wolf simply doesn’t have.

🐾 DID YOU KNOW?
A wolf pack is generally a family group, often made up of parents, their offspring, and sometimes other relatives. Their close social bonds help the pack function as a team.

If you were walking through the wilderness and this pack suddenly appeared ahead of you… would you stop and watch, or quietly turn around? 👀🐺

08/19/2026

Alaska Victory! 🎉

A federal judge today overturned the Trump administration’s decision to trade away and privatize federal public lands in Alaska’s Izembek National Wildlife Refuge. The land exchange, which the court canceled, would have facilitated construction of a road through the refuge.

“This is a huge victory for Izembek’s wetlands and for all federally protected lands in Alaska,” said Rebecca Noblin, Alaska legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity.

“The judge made it clear that the Trump administration can’t just come in and trade away irreplaceable wilderness to enable destructive roadbuilding. It’s been a long, hard-fought battle and I’m thankful these lands, endangered wildlife and the migratory birds relied on by Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta Villages for subsistence ways of life remain protected for future generations.”

The road to save Izembek National Wildlife Refuge was a long one, and we're grateful for everyone who supported this work along the way. Please check out the full story 🦌🌲➡️ https://bit.ly/3UH529u

08/19/2026

Breaking: Today the Trump administration announced its intention to entirely remove Roadless Area Conservation Rule protections, opening 45 million acres to logging, mining, and oil & gas drilling and harming wildlife, water, and forests.

The creation of the Roadless Area Conservation Rule in 2001 was one of the most important single acts of land protection in our nation’s history. It has broad public support, with more than 95% of all public comments supporting keeping the Roadless Rule protected.

The move to repeal the Roadless Rule comes amid a slew of environmental rollbacks pursued by the Trump administration.

More ➡️ https://wildearthguardians.org/press-releases/killing-the-roadless-rule-will-harm-wildlife-water-and-old-growth-trees/

08/18/2026

🚨 This Wednesday, speak up for Montana’s wolves and furbearers.

On August 19, the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission will decide the 2026–2027 hunting and trapping seasons, quotas, and regulations for wolves, bobcats, beavers, otters, and other wildlife.

Please testify for wolves and submit separate testimony for furbearers. Even one or two focused points can make a difference.

For wolves, ask the Commission to:
* Place a moratorium on recreational wolf killing until Montana has a credible, peer-reviewed population estimate.
* Reject unlimited wolf killing by FWP and USDA Wildlife Services.
* Recognize the ecological value of wolves and the evidence that wolf predation is not driving elk mortality in northwest Montana.
* Listen to the 74% of Montanans who want wolves on the landscape.

**For furbearers, ask the Commission to:**

* Reduce the Region 1 bobcat quota to 100.
* Reject increases to bobcat and otter quotas in Region 5.
* Set the Region 7 bobcat quota at zero following the detection of RHDV2 near Tongue River Reservoir.
* Require trappers to report every animal caught, including non-target animals, within 24 hours.
* Reinstate trap setbacks along roads and trails in Sanders and Lincoln counties.
* Close beaver translocation areas, public headwaters, and watersheds to beaver trapping.
Prioritize nonlethal methods when beavers create property conflicts.

Three ways to testify:

In Helena:
Montana Heritage Center
225 N. Roberts St.
The meeting begins Wednesday, August 19, at 8 a.m.

At an FWP regional office:
Find your office: https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/contact-us

From home through Zoom:
You must register by noon on Tuesday, August 18:
https://myfwp.mt.gov/fwpPub/mtg/fishandwildlifecommission08192026

If you can attend in Helena or at a regional office, please do. In-person testimony is harder to overlook.

Meeting details and agenda:
https://fwp.mt.gov/aboutfwp/commission/august-2026-meeting

Our wolves and furbearers need the public in the room. Please show up, speak clearly, and remind the Commission that Montana’s wildlife belongs to all of us.

08/18/2026

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08/18/2026

There’s something about a wolf that makes you stop scrolling. 🐺❄️

Strong, silent, and completely wild—this beautiful soul looks like it carries a thousand stories in those eyes. Wolves remind us that real strength doesn’t always need to be loud. Sometimes, it’s simply standing tall, staying loyal, and knowing exactly who you are.

Maybe that’s why we’re so fascinated by them. They represent freedom, loyalty, courage, and the untamed side of nature that still lives inside all of us. ❤️

🐺 Did You Know?
Wolf packs are usually family groups, often made up of a breeding pair and their offspring. So the famous “wolf pack” is much more about family and cooperation than dominance.

If you could spend one day safely observing a wild wolf, would you do it? 👇