this period, he was also a driving force behind the establishment of the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal, which issued a major report in 1997.

Now that Mike Joyce is gone, the time has come not merely to celebrate his accomplishments—but to study his example.already seen what can happen when rabid anti-wolf politics are allowed to trump science and core wildlife management principles.

Montana, Wyoming and Idaho — where wolves have already been delisted — are not managing wolves like other wildlife such as elk, deer, and bears. Instead they're intending to drive the wolves' population numbers back down to the bottom.

Other species, such as the bald eagle, American alligator and peregrine falcon, were declared recovered and delisted when they occupied a much larger portion of their former range. Wolves deserve the same chance at real recovery.