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.
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.
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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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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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.
One illustration of how rewilding a buffalo commons could matter in human lives.
Gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/card/2025/11...
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.
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...
"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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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.
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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🏙️ 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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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.”
Ripple et al. (@williamripple.bsky.social) on the trophic cascade in Yellowstone National Park after wolf rewilding.
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A gray wolf clone with dire wolf DNA edits.
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...
