Rewilding Advocacy
Rewilding Advocacy
Educational resources and advocacy efforts focused on restoring large carnivores to eastern woodland ecosystems.
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Apex Predator Ecology: We examine how eastern cougars and other large carnivores can shape deer behavior, forest regeneration, scavenger activity, and wider trophic relationships in Appalachian systems. West Virginia Habitats: Our focus stays close to the Allegheny Mountains, mixed hardwood forests, river corridors, and connected public and private lands where landscape-scale recovery has practical meaning.
Rewilding advocacy in West Virginia works best when it starts with habitat, trust, and ecological function. The question is not whether a cougar story sounds exciting. The harder question is whether forests, watersheds, farms, agencies, and communities can support a serious conversation about large carnivores without losing scientific discipline.
This category keeps that line clear. We focus on evidence-informed advocacy, practical coexistence, and the role predators can play in healthier Appalachian ecosystems. The starting point remains concrete: West Virginia is the only state located entirely within the Appalachian region.