From the Door County Pulse in Wisconsin: Gray wolves lost protections under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) Monday, offering lethal control options to states suffering losses of livestock, pets and wildlife. But a Wisconsin hunting and trapping season will happen in 2021 only if expected legal challenges from animal-activist organizations are unsuccessful. “We’re prepared. We’ve […]
From the University of Minnesota: By simulating wolf activity in the grasslands of central Minnesota, University of Minnesota researchers demonstrated that deer altered their behavior in response to the fear of predation in specific ways that halt the cascade of predator effects on plant and soil communities. “Traditionally, it was believed that predators shape ecosystems […]
From the Tillamook Headlight Herald: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally removed most gray wolves in the lower 48 from the Endangered Species List Monday, Jan. 4, which turns management over to state fish and wildlife agencies including Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW). In Oregon, wolves west of Highways 395-78-95 had remained […]
From the St. Paul Pioneer Press: INTERNATIONAL FALLS, Minn. — Have you ever paused at a spot in the woods and wondered, what else walks by here? What’s used this trail in the past week? The past month? The past year? The researchers at the Voyageurs Wolf Project wondered that and did something to get […]
From KOIN.com: PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Most gray wolves were removed from the Endangered Species List on Monday, setting the stage for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to manage them in the state. Officials said wolves in Oregon remaint protected under the state’s Wolf Conservation and Management Plan, which was adopted in 2005. Click here […]
From the Duluth News Tribune: While federal Endangered Species Act protections for timber wolves officially ended Monday across the Lower 48 states, wolves still remain mostly protected under existing Minnesota laws that now kick in again — unless the wolves are killing livestock or pets. Minnesota has not yet proposed any wolf hunting or trapping […]
Revising Minnesota’s Wolf Management Plan: Courting Disagreement and Finding Common Ground Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in the Winter 2020 edition of International Wolf magazine. By Cree Bradley When Dave Olfelt welcomed the newly formed Wolf Management Advisory Committee, he didn’t imagine it to be under such unique and distant circumstances. Referencing the […]
