Entries by Chad Richardson

India: Crying for the wolf

From The New Indian Express: In the popularity index of animals of the wild, the wolf ranks abysmally low. We love the lion and the tiger for their magnificence, the leopard for its speed and quiet. In fact, all the big cats get at least a smile from us, be it the puma, the jaguar or […]

Colorado: How politics, public perception played into the vote to reintroduce wolves

From The Journal in Colorado: Two recent studies by scientists at Colorado State University show how politics and public perception shaped the 2020 vote to reintroduce wolves in Colorado. Researchers with CSU’s Center for Human-Carnivore Coexistence published the studies earlier this year in the journals Ecological Applications and Conservation Science and Practice. They revealed the factors that swayed […]

U.S. seeks input on plans to keep humans from killing endangered Mexican gray wolf

From FronterasDesk.org: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will publish revisions Thursday to its five-year-old Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan that it says will improve protections for the endangered species. The new draft is the result of a court order to address humans killing wolves. Earlier this year, two wolves were shot, one just outside Flagstaff that died and another in […]

Alberta: Closures implemented at Banff to give space, security to wolves

From RMOToday.com: BANFF –  The Bow Valley’s montane habitat is considered critically important in spring, providing wildlife with much needed food and a place to raise their young when much of Banff National Park is still covered in snow. At this time, many wildlife species including wolves during the critical denning period, require secure habitat […]

Wyoming: Finding answers to livestock depredation

From the Sublette Examiner in Pinedale, Wyoming: BOULDER – The Sublette County Predator Board hosted a workshop at the Boulder Community Center on March 30 for ranchers whose cattle and sheep are preyed upon by gray wolves, mountain lions and grizzly and black bears. The audience heard from a panel of county, state and federal […]

Wisconsin: Spring hearings will ask citizens whether to ban hunting wolves with dogs, end killing contests

From Wisconsin Public Radio: Wisconsin’s Conservation Congress will hold its annual spring hearings online next week to collect input from residents on dozens of natural resource issues, including whether the state should ban hunting wolves with dogs and end wildlife killing contests. The citizen advisory group for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and Natural Resources Board […]

Annual Washington wolf population report shows growth in 2021

From the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: OLYMPIA – Washington’s wolf population continued to grow in 2021 for the 13th consecutive year. The 2021 annual wolf report was released today by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and shows a 16% increase in wolf population growth from the previous count in 2020. “Washington’s […]