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Once listed as an at-risk species, now living their best lives. Swift foxes are making a comeback thanks to State Wildlife Action Plans — the most important conservation blueprints you’ve never heard of. #SwiftFox #WildlifeActionPlan

Black-footed ferrets, North America's rarest mammal, were once thought to be entirely extinct. Today, their slow comeback is being squeezed by the federal freezes and firings. State Wildlife Action Plans detail ways to help recover at-risk species like the black-footed ferret.

State Wildlife Action Plans are essential to protecting at-risk species like the Nokomis silverspot butterfly 🦋 These butterflies are only found in ten places across Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. Photo Credit: Terry Ireland/USFWS #NationalWildlifeWeek

Last chance to shape NM's wildlife future! Help protect Gila monsters, river otters & hundreds more. Comment on the Wildlife Action Plan today! ➡️ #WildlifeActionPlan #NewMexico #Conservation

The 2025 New Mexico Wildlife Action Plan - which will be voted on this Friday, June 13 - will outline ways to help over 500 at-risk native species, and will guide statewide conservation priorities for the next decade. #WildlifeActionPlan #NewMexico

[CUSTOMIZE FOR YOUR STATE & DELETE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING] Though they're bright yellow, western meadowlarks are getting harder to spot: 50% have been lost since 1970. [STATE'S] Wildlife Action Plan lists meadowlarks as a priority — and contains crucial strategies for restoring their grassland homes. #Meadowlarks #WildlifeActionPlan

[CUSTOMIZE FOR YOUR STATE & DELETE THIS MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING] Gopher tortoises are declining in [STATE] due to dramatic losses of longleaf pine forests. The [STATE] Wildlife Action Plan can help [STATE WILDLIFE AGENCY] coordinate with landowners to plant long-leaf pines — helping tortoises while sequestering carbon! #WildlifeActionPlan

[CUSTOMIZE WITH YOUR STATE & DELETE THIS NOTE BEFORE POSTING] Restoring diamondback terrapin 🐢= 🏘️protecting coastal communities,🦐supporting shrimp & crab numbers, and 🪷keeping marshland beautiful. [STATE'S] Wildlife Action Plan offers recovery roadmaps for diamondback terrapins & other at-risk marsh dwellers. #WildlifeActionPlans

Have you seen a monarch butterfly lately? 🦋 The species' eastern populations have declined by up to 90%. Wildlife Action Plans help states, landowners, and others coordinate on solutions — and monarchs need all hands on deck. #MonarchButterflies #WildlifeActionPlan

[CUSTOMIZE WITH YOUR STATE & DELETE THIS NOTE BEFORE POSTING] Bighorns are TOUGH: built for deserts with little rain, steep terrain, & limited food. But they need our help surviving man-made threats like habitat loss & disease spread by domestic sheep. [STATE'S] Wildlife Action Plan offers a blueprint for conserving the majestic mammals.

[CUSTOMIZE WITH YOUR STATE & DELETE THIS NOTE BEFORE POSTING] Bobwhite quail, once common, are vanishing. Their numbers have plunged by up to 85% since the 1960s. [STATE'S] Wildlife Action Plan — a 10-year conservation blueprints [STATE] will update this fall — is critical for saving species like this “prince of game birds.”

[CUSTOMIZE WITH YOUR STATE & DELETE THIS NOTE BEFORE POSTING] Though they're bright yellow, meadowlarks are getting harder to spot: 75% have been lost since 1970. [STATE'S] Wildlife Action Plans lists meadowlarks as a priority species — and contains crucial strategies for restoring their grassland homes. #Meadowlarks #WildlifeActionPlan