The American Government has now taken Wolves off the endangered species list. We must stop the ranchers at Yellowstone National Park from murdering these beautiful creatures. My friend Frances Beinecke recently sent me this email with this saddening news...

Dear Tim,

I know you will be as saddened as I was by an obituary written about Wolf 527, one of Yellowstone National Park’s beloved wolves.

But I hope this tragic story will motivate you to speak out to save the hundreds of wolves in Greater Yellowstone and beyond that remain in mortal danger.

Wolf 527 originated from the Druid pack -- one of the best known wolf packs in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley, the scene of numerous National Geographic and PBS documentaries.

For years, the movements of some of the members of this Yellowstone pack have been monitored by biologists and wolf-watchers equipped with radio tracking devices and powerful spotting scopes. One of those wolf-watchers wrote the obituary for 527 -- and I am honored to share excerpts of it with you today.

"527 was a wolf that marched to the beat of a very different drummer." As a yearling, 527 left the Druids to join the Slough pack -- where she quickly became the beta (second-in-command) female. Then in 2007, she and a male wolf set off to found their own pack -- the Cottonwood Creek pack -- where she became the alpha (first-in-command) female.

As a leader of the Cottonwood pack, 527 was known to be a master of survival strategies. While four other packs that inhabited the same area suffered dismal fates, her pack thrived. As her biographer recounts, "She was a genius wolf in her tactics. Strategy was her game and she was a master at it. She would return to feed her pups in the dark of night because she would not take the risk of crossing the road."

But in the end, despite 527's "unbelievable survival strategies," this resilient wolf "was not able to outthink a rifle" and was killed on October 3 when Montana unleashed its first public wolf hunt in modern times.

Since the public hunts began, 156 wolves in the Northern Rockies have met 527's fate. And over the next year, more than 500 wolves could be shot to death by hunters and government agents ... reducing the region's wolf population by a staggering 40 percent!

But the story doesn't have to end as sadly as 527's life -- if everyone who cares about wolves speaks out against this carnage now.

So please take a moment to join the national outcry to save wolves. Just click this link to tell the Interior Secretary to put wolves back on the Endangered Species list.

Thank you in advance for taking action on the wolves' behalf. Together, we can make sure that the death of 527 will not be in vain -- by winning back federal protections for the rest of Greater Yellowstone's storied wolves.

Sincerely,

Frances Beinecke
President
Natural Resources Defense Council

I urge you all to take the time to sign up at NRDC.org and start campaigning against this useless and careless slaughter of some of the most beautiful animals on this earth. Then send a message to Interior Secretary Salazar urging him to re-enter the Wolves back into the endangered species list, and enforce this federal protection.

I removed my extensive blog so I don't offend anyone, but I would like to ask everyone who visits my site, to learn about and help educate everyone you can about the state of our planet and just how serious global warming is on our environment and our lives. Everyone, everywhere is directly affected. Please support the NRDC, and if you do nothing else, I ask that you join Laurie David at StopGlobalWarming.org. I have. And I'm spreading the word. Our future and our children's futures are in our own hands. Do you care? Do you really care? I do, and I am doing all I can to support this effort. I want your children to live a safe and happy life... the same opportunity we have all been blessed with. Please support your local wildlife organizations, as they need our help to maintain and keep our nation's protected nature preserves and habitats clean and safe for future generations to enjoy.

 Let President Barack Obama know what is more important than Bush's idea of increasing offshore and onshore oil production, which will help to cause the end of the world as we know it. 

 Yes, it is that serious! Please take the time to watch the video at the bottom of this page. I believe our new President has the heart and soul that will lead our country back into the greatness it once was. And ask him to end Naval sonar testing, that which destroys delicate ecosystems and Sea mammals, and to please stop the senseless killing of beautiful Timber wolves, across the United States. Another of Bush's ignorant administration bills that he kept trying to re-establish. He put us into a war that no one will win...and he put our nation into an economic tailspin, heading toward economic depression...anyone still believe he had our welfare, or our country's welfare in mind? Our water, the polar ice shelf, our air we breathe, is all disappearing at an alarming rate, and we have to stop it. Now. It's seems that it is already too late, but we could possibly reverse the damage if we do what's necessary from this day forward. Everyone has to do their part. Thank you for taking the time to read my words from my heart and soul.

Your fellow American,

Tim D. Barnett

Please be patient while I am re-building my website. More photo pages to come.

Updates:

06/15/08, 06/21/08, 06/30/08, 07/01/08, 07/05/08, 02/14/2009