SIERRA CLUB • January 12, 2021
Today, wolves have successfully recolonized many western states. “This is the most successful conservation story in North America,” says Diane Boyd, a wolf and carnivore specialist. “One of the most important keys to wolf recovery is dispersal,” Boyd says. Lone wolves have trouble making safe passage to distant lands because of the old rancher mentality of "shoot, shovel, and shut up." Boyd says, “people were going to make or break wolf recovery.” Wolves are a species always on the move. Today, they are on the road to recovery. To truly thrive, they need us to connect the islands of protected areas into a continent-wide network of wildness.