Wildlands Network

Wildlands Network Since 1991, Wildlands Network has been committed to reconnecting, restoring and rewilding North America for the benefit of all species.
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Our work is founded in science, driven by fieldwork and furthered through strategic policy and partnerships.

06/06/2026

The U.S. 395 Wildlife Overcrossing officially has a location.

After years of research along one of California's most dangerous stretches of road for wildlife and motorists alike, we've selected the site for the first-ever wildlife overcrossing on U.S. 395, a corridor that cuts through critical migratory habitat for mule deer and pronghorn and records some of the state's highest rates of deer-vehicle collisions.

This is the result of a collaboration between Wildlands Network, Lassen County Transportation Commission, Mark Thomas Engineering, and Dudek, made possible by a $5.4 million grant from the Wildlife Conservation Board, and informed by data and feedback from biologists at California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CalTrans, and Pathways for Wildlife.

There's still a long road ahead: design, engineering, construction. But picking the right location is the first big step forward.

Wildlife crossings paired with roadside fencing have been shown to reduce collisions by more than 90%. That's safer roads and connected habitat for people and wildlife.

More updates to come as this project moves forward.

06/05/2026

This gate used to be open. The tracks in front of it tell you everything you need to know.

Javelina, deer, skunk, and so many others. Animals moving through the Perilla Mountains the way they always have, following routes carved out over thousands of years. These openings work. Wildlife use them. The science is clear.

Now the gates are closed, and the path is gone.

We know this solution is effective. We just need to make room for it.

🔗 Read more about our work across boundaries on our site: https://buff.ly/MPwl81n

06/04/2026

Our wildlife biologist Christina Aiello discovered a dead Peninsular bighorn sheep entangled in razor wire along the California-Mexico border yesterday morning. The ram was embedded in concertina wire installed in Imperial County's Jacumba Wilderness. ‘

This was exactly the outcome she'd been warning border officials about for months.

Christina had submitted formal comments to Customs and Border Protection in January, on behalf of more than two dozen organizations, requesting wire removal and bighorn-sized openings in the wall. Those requests were rejected.

"It's frustrating and sad but at the same time expected," she told the Los Angeles Times. "Because we literally said that this was the risk, this was likely to happen, and our concerns were kind of ignored."

Peninsular bighorn are federally endangered. The ewes birth on the U.S. side in winter and spring, then shift to spending their time in Mexico in summer where water is more reliable. Males tend to move back and forth throughout the year. The wire stands directly in that path, and when the border wall construction is completed an even bigger barrier will stand in their way.

06/03/2026

In 2017, a Mexican gray wolf known only as M1425 walked 600 miles from Chihuahua, Mexico to Las Cruces, New Mexico, crossing the border twice along the way.

He found refuge at Mt. Cristo Rey, a small patch of wild habitat surrounded by city, and kept moving.

That kind of journey isn't possible anymore. The borderlands are changing fast, and the wildlife that depend on them are running out of options.

🔗 Read more about this changing landscape on our blog: https://buff.ly/ArZpXp3

06/02/2026

Our cameras caught something that hadn't been seen in nearly 40 years.

A jaguar cub, alive and well in a region of northern Sonora, Mexico where the species hadn't been documented for decades. The young jaguar wasn't just a solitary wanderer passing through, but the offspring of an established resident mated pair.

It took months of camera checks and memory card retrieval deep in Sonora's backcountry to piece the story together — first a male, then a female, then a cub — following a tip from a ranching community that knew something remarkable was happening on their land.

Jaguars are pushing back into territory they once called home. The work of making room for them continues.

Read the full story in Sierra Magazine: https://buff.ly/3pZnGAG

06/01/2026

You've heard of the US-Mexico borderlands. You haven't seen them like this.

Ancient, wild, home to wolves, mountain lions, sky islands, and ecosystems found nowhere else on earth.

We've been at the forefront of protecting these places for years. Now we're going there to show you what's really at stake.

Our Borderlands Program Coordinator, Myles Traphagen, is here to take you into the field.

Follow along in the coming weeks for an on-the-ground look at the wildlife, wild places, and urgent issues defining this landscape.

Learn more from our latest blog post, The State of the Borderlands 2026: https://buff.ly/ArZpXp3

Habitat fragmentation is one of the greatest threats facing wildlife today. As man-made infrastructure expands and press...
05/29/2026

Habitat fragmentation is one of the greatest threats facing wildlife today. As man-made infrastructure expands and pressure on natural lands grows, the consequences add up quickly:

🐾 Roads kill hundreds of millions of animals across North America every year.
🐾 A football field of habitat is lost to development every 30 seconds in America.
🐾 There is enough fencing on America’s public lands to circle the earth 25 times.
🐾 In Mexico, nearly 40% of wildlife has been lost in 30 years and over 2,600 species are now at risk.

Together, these disruptions make movement harder, riskier, and in some places, impossible for wildlife to survive.

Wildways are our solution: networks of connected wild land stretching from Alaska to Mexico, from the Appalachians to the Pacific. At Wildlands Network, we're advancing the science, policy, and partnerships needed to restore these corridors at a continental scale.

🔗 Learn more about our work to connect Wildways, and join the movement to restore North America: wildlandsnetwork.org/connect-wildways

The wild needs room to roam, and together, we can give it back.

Wildlands Network began as a vision, and grew through long-range expeditions, emerging science, and on-the-ground field ...
05/27/2026

Wildlands Network began as a vision, and grew through long-range expeditions, emerging science, and on-the-ground field programs, shaping the history of conservation across North America.

Swipe through defining moments of bold ideas and hard-won progress that laid the groundwork for everything that followed.

Stay tuned for more milestones ahead as this work continues building toward a more connected continent. One where wildlife can move freely across landscapes, and life—in all it's diversity—can thrive.

Breeding season is back in the thick-billed parrot forests of Chihuahua, and last week, so was Wildlands Network.Our tea...
05/26/2026

Breeding season is back in the thick-billed parrot forests of Chihuahua, and last week, so was Wildlands Network.

Our team traveled to ejido Tutuaca to help coordinate a parrot-monitoring workshop marking the debut of two new community monitoring brigades, supported by Wildlands Network and our partners, including the Cincinnati Zoo.

Training covered nest monitoring, parrot activity tracking, ecosystem observation, and GPS setup. The data they collect will inform conservation decisions in this region for years to come.

One million is a staggering number and one that wildlife crossings can help change.Every road cuts through the habitat t...
05/26/2026

One million is a staggering number and one that wildlife crossings can help change.

Every road cuts through the habitat that wildlife depend on to survive, fragmenting migration routes, isolating species, and increasing deadly collisions for animals and drivers alike.

Those impacts ripple across entire ecosystems and cost Americans billions in vehicle damage every year.

At Wildlands Network, we’re working toward 25 new wildlife crossings across North America by 2030, giving animals safe pathways to roam, recover, and thrive.

The solution exists. Now, we're pushing for the policy and funding needed to make it possible.

Explore our new Wildlife Crossings page, sign the pledge, and help us build crossings in critical hotspots.

👉 wildlandsnetwork.org/crossings

Together, we can save lives.

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