Nevada Wildlife Alliance

04/22/2025

Well done...

Native animals, such as mountain lions and coyotes, will get a reprieve from predator control efforts on Nevada public lands thanks to a Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals order requiring the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services to reexamine its policy of killing wildlife to benefit catt...

03/12/2025

So important

Wolves, Grizzlies, and Black Bears still roam our landscapes, yet beneath the surface, fractures appear: knowledge slips away, social bonds…

03/12/2025

What an embarrassment....

The Nevada Wildlife Commission has rejected calls to end coyote killing contests, but is debating two proposals on regulating them.

03/11/2025

Not a surprise, I suppose...

The Interior Department suspended a legal opinion holding companies liable for accidentally killing ducks, cranes, pelicans, owls and other bird species.

03/03/2025

In Nevada since 2000, the wildlife commission has spent north of $7 million to randomly kill 12,000 coyotes and 250 mountain lions to enhance mule deer numbers. The results:

Mule deer numbers in 2000 - 135,000

Mule deer numbers today - 65,000 - 70,000

Yet, the commission continues to do the same thing. What might have happened if that $7 million had been spent in smarter ways...critical habitat improvements, research on reasons for decline, etc.

Mule deer herds are declining across the West for many reasons. But three states, Utah, Wyoming and Nevada, want to...

02/05/2025

It's the habitat, stupid.....

East of the Bighorns, deer are being stressed and depressed by a dizzying array of factors, from drought to disease to energy development. Now, their numbers are plummeting.

01/17/2025

Cool stories....

Thirty years ago this month, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Today, the people who made it happen remember the mayhem and magic.

11/22/2024

11/18/2024

The ongoing slaughter of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains, the return of gray wolves to California, the perilous reintroduction of wolves to

11/14/2024

Speak out....

Some fights to protect animals turn out to be uphill battles that last for years, requiring a steadfast determination, resilience and consistency in advocacy, argumentation and campaigning. This has proven to be the case with banning wildlife killing contests in some parts of the country. Thankfully...