From KPQ.com: The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is asking to keep the gray wolf species’ protected status after successfully increasing the wolf population. According to WDFW, the state’s gray wolf population has grown nearly 28% each year since 2008, and hasn’t published a status report on the wolves since listing them […]
From The Fence Post: “We are disappointed that Gov. Jared Polis has vetoed SB23-256 — Management of Gray Wolves Reintroduction. This bipartisan bill was crafted to ensure that the state’s investment of $1 million to expedite the 10(j) determination doesn’t go to waste,” said Chad Franke, president of Rocky Mountain Farmers Union. “While we are disappointed […]
From Sierra: More than two years after voters in Colorado passed a resolution to bring wolves back to the area, the state’s wildlife commission finally has a plan in place to have paws on the ground by year’s end. The commission approved its final plan earlier this month to the delight of many wolf advocates, who, like […]
From The Colorado Sun: The final plan for wolf reintroduction on the Western Slope approved earlier this month by Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners called the federal government’s approval of an experimental population of wolves in the state “a critical component to the success” of the plan. The plan is required by the passage of Proposition 114, approved by voters […]
From wgme.com: A fourth possible wolf was documented in northern Maine woods on camera by a local organization in recent weeks, but there is disagreement between the state and citizen scientists about whether wolf populations truly exist in Maine. Click here for the full story.
From The Conversation: Large carnivores like wolves are returning to areas they used to occupy, leading scientists to wonder whether they may once again fulfill important ecological roles. But wolves’ return to the landscape can affect other nearby animals in complex ways. Our research, published in the journal Science, shows that an increase in predators can […]
From Wyoming Game and Fish department: CHEYENNE – Wyoming’s gray wolf population continues to meet all management goals, according to the 2022 Wyoming Gray Wolf Monitoring and Management annual report by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and partnering agencies. The newly-published document details gray wolf populations and conflict trends that indicate stable and predictable management of the […]
From The Denver Gazette: When Colorado voters approved a proposition to legalize marijuana, the legislature was tasked with penning the fine print to successfully enact the will of the voters. The governor at the time, John Hickenlooper, signed bills to regulate the drug including limits on blood levels when driving, limits on out-of-state resident purchases, […]
From The News & Observer: A group of “critically endangered” wolves were born at the North Carolina Zoo — and video shows the tiny creatures getting their check-up. One of the newborns — about the length of a human hand — can be seen getting its mouth examined just a day after coming into the world. […]
From 13 News Now: NORTH CAROLINA, USA — Five red wolf pups were born in the coastal region of North Carolina in April, the second year in a row that the endangered species was born in the wild, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) said. The little pups were born during the second week […]
