Protect America's
Wolves
PROTECTING WOLVES
America's wolves are under intense persecution
Despite occupying only 15% of their historic range pre-European settlement, wolves are under significant threat across the U.S.—from egregious hunting and trapping practices when delisted from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), to relentless poaching and poisoning even when protected by the ESA.
Without intervention, the continued slaughter of wolves will not only imperil their survival as a species but also impact bio-diverse ecosystems that depend on wolves for ecological health. This fight is about not only changing laws at the state and federal levels, but also addressing human behaviors, public attitudes, deeply held worldviews, and cultural values.
Our Solution
Project Coyote’s Protect America’s Wolves campaign promotes a new model of human-wolf coexistence. We envision a North American landscape where:
- wolves are valued for their intrinsic worth and contributions to our multispecies community;
- human communities care for, respect and coexist peacefully with wolves;
- individual wolves are safe from persecution, killing and other inhumane practices and policies;
- wolf populations are allowed to flourish and contribute their ecological services as apex predators;
- and wolves are allowed the freedom to recolonize suitable habitats.
Our on-the-ground work to protect the nation’s wolves ranges from the northeast, where we remain at the forefront of efforts to facilitate wolf recovery in the region, to the northern Rockies, where wolves remain federally delisted and highly persecuted, to the midwest, where we’ve challenged the region’s regressive wolf management plans that threaten full species recovery, and to the southwest where federal plans to recover the critically endangered Mexican gray wolf remain inadequate.
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Regional Campaigns
We work with regional coalitions to protect wolves and promote their recovery across their historic range. Project Coyote currently co-leads the Northeast Wolf Recovery Alliance and advocates for wildlife policy reform to protect and promote the natural recolonization of wolves in the region.
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CAMPAIGN UPDATES
Right now, the Secretary of the Interior is deciding whether gray wolves and Mexican wolves should lose their Endangered Species Act protections. A September 4
During Wolf Awareness Week 2026, Project Coyote is focusing on the theme, “Room to Recover.” We’re taking a look at what is needed to ensure
Wildlife agencies too often reduce recovery to a numbers game. They set a target population size, declare victory once they hit it, and then open
Join us for an informative webinar during Wolf Awareness Week. Wildlife agencies too often reduce recovery to a numbers game. They set a target population
For Immediate Release: August 19, 2026 CONTACT: Amelia PerrinCommunications ManagerP: 919-619-4913E: [email protected] Despite Overwhelming Public Opposition, Montana FWC Approves Killing 300 Wolves If total wolf deaths
Montana just revised its wolf population estimate down by 400 animals and still wants to allow a hunting and trapping quota of 250 wolves killed.
CONTACT: Amelia PerrinCommunications ManagerP: 919-619-4913E: [email protected] Montana FWP Admits It Overestimated Wolf Population, Still Proposes Aggressive Killing Proposed kill quota over one-third of the population countless other species
Fifty years ago, fewer than 1,000 gray wolves roamed the lower 48. They were at risk of going extinct. But once they were given protections
For Wolf Awareness Week, we are honored to share this guest blog written by Science Advisory Board Member Dave Parsons, who outlines the history of
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