STOP ACTING SO IGNORANT - by David Wills
Posted 3/2/10
North Carolina is taking steps to regulate "puppy mills." Is that wrong? IFCNR says emphatically "no!" [more...]

DAVID WILLS ON IFCNR'S NEW DIRECTION
Posted 2/23/10
A straight from the heart declaration by David Wills on where IFCNR is going from here. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - Autumn 2009
Posted 9/18/09
IFCNR's take on items in the news. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - Summer 2009
Posted 9/5/09
IFCNR's opinions. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - Summer 2009
Posted 8/20/09
A commentary on Mass Extinction. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - 11 August 2009
Posted 8/12/09
Our views on wild news. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - 5 August 2009
Posted 8/5/09
Our views on the wildlife scene. [more...]

David Wills (Part 2) - The IFCNR Years
Posted 3/15/08
Second installment in a three-part series of interviews with David Wills. [more...]

DAVID WILLS - Helping to Create Humanely Raised Veal
Posted 3/15/08
An interview with Randy Strauss of Strauss Brands on David Wills. [more...]

DAVID WILLS - Taking Red Lobster Truly Green
Posted 3/15/08
An interview with former Darden/Red Lobster Executive W. Richard "Dick" Monroe. [more...]

Who is David K. Wills: The Facts Set Straight
Posted 2/25/08
A Must-Read IFCNR Interview in which more than a decade of character assassination is exposed and the facts of the matter made clear. [more...]

Short Takes: 13 February 2008
Posted 2/13/08
IFCNR's Views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 15 January 2008
Posted 1/15/08
IFCNR's views on items in the news regarding wild ecology. [more...]

Short Takes: 08 December 2007
Posted 12/7/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with wild ecology. [more...]

Short Takes: 13 November 2007
Posted 11/13/07
IFCNR's Views of Items in the News dealing with Wild Ecology. [more...]

Short Takes: 6 November 2007
Posted 11/6/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news affecting wild ecology. [more...]

Short Takes: 16 October 2007
Posted 10/16/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news regarding wildlife and wild lands. [more...]

Short Takes: 11 October 2007
Posted 10/11/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news that affect the wild ecology. [more...]

Short Takes: 28 September 2007
Posted 9/28/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 19 September 2007
Posted 9/19/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 11 September 2007
Posted 9/11/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Passing of IFCNR Founder Stephen Boynton
Posted 8/27/07
IFCNR's Founder Stephen S. Boynton, Esq. has died. [more...]

Short Takes: 24 August 2007
Posted 8/24/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 21 August 2007
Posted 8/21/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 20 August 2007
Posted 8/20/07
IFCNR's view of items in the news. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations the 10th and Final Day
Posted 6/15/07
COP 14's final day was focused on budget and the credibility of its voting systems. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 9
Posted 6/14/07
The impasse on ivory sales is over. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 8
Posted 6/13/07
Africa's elephant range nations have multi-million dollar stores of ivory from diseased animals, poacher seizures and culling. They want to sell their ivory to pay for conservation efforts. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 7
Posted 6/12/07
Formal discussion of elephants was again postponed. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 6
Posted 6/11/07
Elephants were postponed until Tuesday. Other species were considered. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 5
Posted 6/8/07
Director Dick Monroe details the discussions and debate halfway through COP 14. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 4
Posted 6/8/07
A behind-the-scenes look at the intrigue and interplay at CITES from IFCNR Director Dick Monroe's point of view. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 3
Posted 6/7/07
IFCNR Director Dick Monroe's view of the too often contradictory logic used by non-sustainable use Delegations. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 2
Posted 6/5/07
IFCNR Director Dick Monroe gives his take on the ups and downs at CITES COP 14. [more...]

CITES COP14: Observations & Other Ramblings Day 1
Posted 6/4/07
IFCNR Director Dick Monroe reports on the daily events at CITES' COP 14 [more...]

Short Takes: 23 May 2007
Posted 5/23/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 8 May 2007
Posted 5/8/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 27 April 2007
Posted 4/27/07
IFCNRS views on items in the news. [more...]

CITES TO RESUME DISCUSSION OVER IVORY & SPECIES LISTINGS
Posted 3/16/07
CITES' COP14 promises a renewal of the controversy over the future of ivory held in governmental warehouses. [more...]

The Final Session of COFI-27
Posted 3/9/07
IFCNR's summary of COFI-27 [more...]

IFCNR at COFI-27: Day 4's Events
Posted 3/9/07
IFCNR reports on the daily activities at COFI-27 [more...]

IFCNR Reports from COFI: Day 3
Posted 3/7/07
IFCNR presents daily summaries of actions taken at COFI. [more...]

COFI Day 2 - Building Global Aquaculture
Posted 3/6/07
IFCNR's second day report from the Cofi meetings in Rome. [more...]

FAO COFI OPENS TO A RECORD ATTENDANCE!
Posted 3/6/07
IFCNR is at COFI and will report on the daily activities. [more...]

Short Takes: 26 February 2007
Posted 2/26/07
IFCNR's views of items in the news on wild ecology. [more...]

Short Takes: 21 February 2007
Posted 2/21/07
IFNCR's views on items on the news regarding wild ecology. [more...]

Short Takes: 15 November 2006
Posted 11/15/06
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 1 November 2006
Posted 11/1/06
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

HSUS Launches Legal Salvo to End Trapping, Hunting, Fishing
Posted 7/21/06
HSUS is taking a lesson from enviro groups and using the Endangered Species Act to end trapping, hunting and recreational fishing. [more...]

Our Opinion: What's Changed in Kenya (and Africa)?
Posted 1/27/06
Hunting and sound agriculture are factors for conserving Africa's wild resources. [more...]

Skewing Science: PEW's Crucifixion of Farmed Salmon
Posted 12/9/05
When NGOs deliberately mislead the public about the impact of scientific research everyone including the animals loses. [more...]

Pombo & IFCNR Must Be Doing Something Right!
Posted 10/21/05
Congressman Pombo wants the Endangered Species Act to work. His efforts to make it effective have drawn the hatred of the animal rights groups. [more...]

Opinion: Everyone and Everything Will Benefit from ESA Reform
Posted 10/19/05
Preserving the Wild. The ESA may have started out to do that but it lost its way. Rep. Pombo is trying to put it back on track. [more...]

Proposed Fed Trap Ban: Typical DC Bell Cow or Threat?
Posted 8/22/05
HR 3442 wants to impose a national trap ban. What's the real purpose of the bill? [more...]

U.S. Congressman Rehberg Named New SUPU Chairman
Posted 7/6/05
SUPU, the global communications nexus linking officials from nations espousing the principles of sustainable use of natural resources, named Honorable Dennis Rehberg as its new chairman. [more...]

Target Red Lobster: A Lesson for Corporations & Others
Posted 6/13/05
Canada's management of its Atlantic seal populations is drawing the ire of NGOs. The campaign to force Red Lobster restaurants to join the NGO effort provides lessons for every industry and government. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - 18 February 2005
Posted 2/18/05
News briefs on issues of wild ecology. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - 11 January 2005
Posted 1/11/05
News briefs on issues of wild ecology. [more...]

U.S. ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT RIPE FOR COURSE CORRECTION
Posted 1/7/05
Rep. Richard Pombo has issued the first challenge of the NEW YEAR. The Endangered Species Act needs a make-over. We think he's right. [more...]

Cleveland Amory’s Vision Closer to Reality as HSUS & Fund Merge
Posted 11/22/04
With the merger of HSUS and the Fund for Animals, the New Year will bring an intense and well-funded full frontal assault on hunting, fishing and trapping. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - 4th Quarter 2004
Posted 10/1/04
News briefs on issues of wild ecology. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - July - August 2004
Posted 8/25/04
News briefs on issues of wild ecology. [more...]

CALIFORNIA: SUPER-SATURATED WITH MOUNTAIN LIONS
Posted 7/15/04
It's time California gets back into the business of rationally managing its predator species. [more...]

Sierra Club Vows to End Trapping on New Mexico Public Lands
Posted 6/29/04
The Sierra Club's recent elections made it sound like moderates were being assaulted by extreme animal rights guys. The latest pronouncement about the Club and trapping begs the question: what's the difference if any? [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - April - June 2004
Posted 6/21/04
News briefs on issues of wild ecology. [more...]

BC GRIZZLY BEAR HUNTERS TARGETED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS GROUPS
Posted 5/26/04
Grizzly bears are becoming one of the flagship animals of the anti-hunting movement. [more...]

Saving the Nation's Forests: a Difficult Issue for Enviro Groups
Posted 4/1/04
The nation's forests are precious indeed. But the Bush Administration's response to protecting forests from fire and disease has put enviro groups in an awkward position. [more...]

Wyoming Elk Mystery Solved - The Lichen Did It!
Posted 3/22/04
Scientists with Wyomings Game and Fish Department finally solved the mystery of what killed nearly 300 elk. [more...]

Problems Within IUCN's Red List & Environmentalism in General
Posted 12/11/03
An important report by an equally important scientist pinpoints flaws inherent in IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species and the environmental movement itself. [more...]

Part 1-Target FAO: A Give & Take Dialogue with an NGO Insider
Posted 12/5/03
IFCNR goes head to head with an NGO insider over the importance of FAO [more...]

PEW is Coming Out of the NGO Closet
Posted 11/20/03
A new and very formidable NGO will be on the world's landscape on January 1st. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - Fourth Quarter 2003
Posted 11/13/03
News briefs on wildlife and wild places. [more...]

Short Takes: July - September 2003
Posted 9/26/03
News briefs on issues of wild ecology. [more...]

SILVERY MINNOW RULING PITS ESA vs NEW MEXICO & THE NATION
Posted 6/30/03
When a group of NGOs won their court fight to divert water from New Mexico's cities and Indian reservations to help the silvery minnow they may have lost the war to save the ESA. [more...]

Short Takes: April to June 2003
Posted 6/29/03
News briefs on issue of wild ecology. [more...]

WOLVES CAUSE ELK BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION
Posted 4/23/03
The predator/prey relationship is showing itself in the behavior of Yellowstone elk attempting to protect themselves from the growing wolf population. [more...]

Gray Wolf Comeback Drops its ESA Rating to Threatened
Posted 3/26/03
Gray wolf numbers in the lower 48 are nearly half those in Alaska, a significant population increase that prompted the species to be dropped from "endangered" to "threatened" in two of three relocation areas. [more...]

Short Takes: January - March 2003
Posted 3/19/03
News briefs about wild ecology. [more...]

SUPU Chairman Pombo Elected to Congress' Top Environmental Post
Posted 1/10/03
The good news for wildlife, humans and the environment is that Congressman Richard Pombo is now chairman of the House Resources Committee. [more...]

Short Takes: July to 31 December 2002
Posted 12/31/02
News briefs on topics of wild ecology. [more...]

Daschle's Environmental Double-cross Ruled Legal
Posted 11/27/02
The U.S. Court said thinning the Black Hills National Forest was quite legal. [more...]

Urban Otters and other Critter Tails
Posted 11/25/02
The U.K. is excited about the return of the river otter. British frogs don't share that elation. [more...]

Fur Regains Fashion Favor
Posted 11/24/02
The fashion industry and consumers move beyond animal rights demands to shun fur. [more...]

Ontario Has Second Thoughts About Cancelled Spring Bear Hunt
Posted 10/30/02
The unintended consequences of halting its traditional Spring bear hunt are causing Ontario, Canada officials to reconsider the wisdom of their actions. [more...]

Saving Beluga Sturgeon: Will Sound Management or Politics Win?
Posted 10/29/02
Beluga sturgeon are the world's most valuable fish. If NGO politics win the day over CITES' management strategies, the future of the species will be bleak. [more...]

Europe's Seals Continue to Die By the Thousands
Posted 9/19/02
European nations seem resigned to the idea that half of their native seal populations will succumb to the phocine distemper virtus. [more...]

Hunting, Fishing, Land & Grants Okayed for U.S. Refuge System
Posted 9/18/02
Outdoorsmen and women and wildlife got a boost from recent decisions to open hunting and fishing as well as add more habitat on wildlife refuges in the United States. [more...]

Cuba Drops Hawksbill Shell Trade Proposal Again
Posted 8/23/02
Cuba withdrew its proposal to downlist hawksbill sea turtle shells at CITES. [more...]

IFCNR Invited to Address IUCN Meeting at World Summit
Posted 8/2/02
IUCN invited IFCNR to discuss the role of corporations in the sustainable development of emerging nations at the World Summit in South Africa. [more...]

"What Price Science?" by Stephen S. Boynton, President
Posted 8/2/02
The human lives are threatened in Zimbabwe due to political policies. IFCNR's President speaks out. [more...]

U.S. Democrats Push for Roadless Public Forests
Posted 7/15/02
Wildfires thrive on deadfall. Even school children know this. So why are the NGOs and Democrats pushing to keep such dangerous tinder around? [more...]

Forests & Wildlife -2, Sierra Club -0
Posted 7/3/02
The Ruffled Grouse Society and other pro-sustainable use & management groups twice turned back court challenges by the Sierra Club to stop management of Midwest forests. [more...]

Europe's Dying Seals Breath Life into Sweden's Green Party
Posted 6/21/02
An outbreak of a lethal virus among the seal colonies in Sweden and Denmark may prove a help to Sweden's Green Party. [more...]

Aggressive Use/Management Sought for Waubay Wildlife Refuge
Posted 5/29/02
The US Fish & wildlife Service wants to expand activities at the Waubay National Wildlife Refuge in South Dakota. [more...]

Short Takes: News In Brief 27-06-02
Posted 5/22/02
News briefs on items affecting wild ecology. [more...]

Frog Deformities Caused by Flatworms
Posted 5/8/02
The mystery over what's causing grotesque abnormalities in frogs has been solved by U.S. scientists. [more...]

Zimbabwe's Lawlessness Threatens Wildlife Too
Posted 5/6/02
Zimbabwe's social chaos has transformed that country's reputation for conservation to one of wildlife depradation. [more...]

North American Black Bear Numbers are Rising
Posted 5/3/02
A nearly decade long study by TRAFFIC/WWF with the World Conservation Union (IUCN) found that despite increased hunting, North American black bear populations in the U.S. and Canada are on the rise. [more...]

Colorado Wasting Disease Declining
Posted 5/3/02
Chronic wasting disease among Colorado's deer and elk seems to be on the decline according to Governor Owens. [more...]