Entries by Chad Richardson

Colorado: With gray wolves taken off endangered list, how is Prop 114 affected?

From KRDO in Colorado: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Gray wolves have been taken off the U.S. endangered species list just as Colorado voters are deciding on a major proposition to reintroduce them in the state. Voting “yes” for Proposition 114 allows Colorado Parks and Wildlife to develop a plan to reintroduce gray wolves into parts […]

Trump officials end gray wolf protections across most of U.S.

From PBS News Hour: BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Trump administration officials on Thursday stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal safeguards and putting states in charge of overseeing the predators. The U.S. Department of Interior announcement just days ahead of the Nov. 3 election could lead […]

Cattlemen: Washington state’s plan would push wolf attacks to private land

From the Capital Press in the western United States: If wolves drive cattle off public land, attacks on livestock will merely shift to private land, a cattlemen’s group told the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday, criticizing a plan put forward by the department’s staff. A proposal to yield grazing allotments to wolves would […]

Northern Romania: Pack of wolves caught on camera

From Romania Insider: A pack of wolves was filmed in a forest in Neamţ county, in northeastern Romania, a rare sighting of a discreet predator, national forest administrator Romsilva explained. The pack of six wolves was filmed in the Tarcău Forest District (Ocol Silvic). According to Romsilva, 23 wolves live in the area where the […]

Canada: N.W.T. bush pilot makes plea to end ‘fruitless’ aerial wolf cull

From CBC.ca: A bush pilot with more than 35 years of experience ferrying wildlife researchers over the N.W.T. barrenlands says a plan to kill wolves by air is “an utter waste of time, money and professional careers.” Dave Olesen made the comment in a nine-page letter to the Wek’èezhìı Renewable Resources Board (WRRB) on Friday, the last day for […]

Wolf researcher’s new book explores predators, prey on Isle Royale

From the Star Tribune in Minnesota: Renowned Minnesota wolf researcher Dave Mech was in his early 20s and a graduate student at Purdue University when he arrived on Isle Royale in 1958 to study the predator-prey relationship between wolves and moose. Mech’s three-year groundbreaking project detailed for the first time the killing efficiency of wolves […]