This is an abridged and updated version of a commentary Tom Skeele, founder of the Carnivore Conservation Compendium, wrote in December 2023. The reminder it provides is still pertinent today, especially given the recent news that “a coalition of wildlife advocates filed a complaint in the Federal District Court for the District of Montana against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to designate critical habitat for wolverine, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in November of 2023”. This commentary focuses on the sad truth that “good change” in carnivore conservation is typically a long time in the making.