From The Atlantic: The day was cold, gray, and rainy, and the wolf smelled exactly like a wet dog. I sat on my heels, my shoulders just a few inches higher than hers, and hesitantly scratched her belly, her thick, black-tipped gray fur soft and greasy between my fingers. She nosed at my face, bumping my […]
From Jefferson Public Radio in Oregon: Wolf populations are increasing in Oregon, which makes a proposed wolf management plan released Monday all the more controversial. In fact, neither conservationists nor cattle owners are entirely happy with the proposal. Under current regulations, a wolf that commits two depredations — livestock attacks — within any period of time is a “chronic […]
From the Great Lakes Echo: The recent transfer of six starving wolves to Isle Royale benefits not only them but the island’s entire forest ecosystem. For the past three years only two wolves populated the 207 square mile island in the northwest of Lake Superior, according to the National Park Service. The male is the female’s father […]
From the Jackson Hole News & Guide: A dearth of wolves in places like the Gros Ventre River valley this winter was not an anomaly, as wildlife managers are reporting reduced numbers throughout wolf range in the state. The overall Wyoming wolf population, estimated at 286 as the calendar turned to 2019, was down 61 […]
From the Great Falls Tribune in Montana: HELENA — The future of the gray wolf in Montana has led to a tug-of-war between conservationists and ranchers over policy proposals in the 2019 legislative session, and both sides have claimed victories. On Thursday, a Senate committee advanced two house bills that would make wolf hunting licenses […]
From the Star Tribune in Minnesota: Over the course of a few months this winter, the wolf population on Isle Royale National Park ballooned from 2 to 15 in an extraordinary project to artificially shift the balance of a wilderness. Captured on the mainland and a neighboring island in Lake Superior, the wolves were anesthetized, […]
From Care2.com: The Netherlands has a resident wolf population after 140 years without wolves making their home in the Dutch country, but not everyone is happy. Ecologists report that two female wolves have settled in the Hoge Veluwe nature reserve, with a male also roaming in that same region. Experts from groups such as FreeNature and Wolven […]
From the Millennium Post in India: Kolkata: A team of scientists from Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have categorically demonstrated the importance and maintenance of probable suitable areas for Indian grey wolf (Canis lupus pallipes) along with its landscape connectivity between Chotta Nagpur Plateau and Lower Gangetic Planes. The study titled “Identifying suitable habitat and […]
From The Bulletin in Central Oregon: After years during which Oregon’s recovering gray wolf population remained concentrated in the far northeast corner of the state, two new groups of wolves have migrated to the Cascade Mountains since the start of 2018. With an increase in breeding packs nearby, experts are looking for swaths of habitat […]
From NationalGeographic.com: THE GOLAN HEIGHTS remains one of the world’s most notorious disputed territories. Largely occupied by Israel, its eastern reaches are controlled by Syria and Syrian rebels—and it’s been fought over for at least the last 70-some years. The landscape is notable for its militarily advantageous high grounds, supplies of oil and freshwater, and extraordinary […]
