The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has stripped federal protection from nearly every wolf in the lower 48.  The decision will take effect nationwide in January, ending more than 40 years of federal protections that began after deliberate eradication efforts nearly drove gray wolves extinct by the mid-20th century.

Against all the best available science, the Trump administration declared the wolves’ delisting as a success story. Delisting means state and tribal governments will take over management of gray wolf populations, which could lead some states to permit hunting. States will decide where wolves can be shot, trapped and poisoned — this is why wolves need you to take action right now!

The decision to end federal wolf protection this week means that states will soon manage wolves — so governors play a critical role in the future of wolf families in places like California, Oregon, and Washington.

We need you to contact your Governor today to ask that they do everything they have the legal authority to do at the State level to protect wolves from becoming just another game animal for a trophy hunt, or worse, extirpated from the Northwest once again.