Entries by Carissa Winter

USU ecologists weigh in on wolves killed near Avon

From HJ News: Three days after the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources confirmed the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food’s lethal removal of three wolves found west of Avon, Utah State University ecologists weighed in on the subject, as reported by Utah State Today. Click for the full story.

We are facing unprovoked attack on Mexican wolves

From Arizona Capitol Times: On Jan. 22, the House Natural Resources Committee overwhelmingly approved Rep. Paul Gosar’s “Enhancing Safety for Animals” bill. It would remove Endangered Species Act (ESA) protection from Mexican wolves, the smallest, shyest and most endangered wolf subspecies. Click for the full story.

Wolf spotted in Truckee, officials said

From KOLO 8 News Now: TRUCKEE, Calif. (KOLO) – A wolf has been spotted on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife tracking map in the Truckee area, according to a Sunday, Feb. 1, Truckee Police and Town of Truckee Facebook post. Click for the full story.

Gray wolves are hunting sea otters – but we still don’t know how

From earth.com: Have you ever imagined a wolf diving into the ocean to hunt? On a remote island in Alaska, this surprising scene is becoming real. Gray wolves on Prince of Wales Island have started hunting sea otters, an animal usually linked with kelp forests and coastal waters, not forests and predators with paws. Click […]

International Wolf Center mourns the loss of Grayson the wolf

From WDIO: On January 9th, the International Wolf Center closed unexpectedly. It would be announced the next day that the reason for their closure was due to the death of one of their ambassador wolves, Grayson. Grayson had come to the International Wolf Center as a puppy with his brother Axel in 2016. Now, nearly […]

Bears, cougars and wolves: CRD pilot project captures carnivore count

From Sooke News Mirror: The Capital Regional District has a horde of images and videos it plans to share with the public this summer, gathered as part of its pilot program to monitor wildlife in a trio of parks. The CRD large carnivore monitoring program, started in January 2025, gathered data on bears, cougars and […]

The federal government demanded answers from Colorado about its wolf management decisions. Here’s a list of what the state sent in response.

From Vail Daily: In a Dec. 18 letter, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave Parks and Wildlife 30 days to submit: a complete reporting of all gray wolf conservation and management activities that have occurred from Dec. 12, 2023, until the present as well as anarrative summary and all associated documents describing Parks and Wildlife’s January 2025 release […]