From 9news.com Colorado received thousands of public comments about its wolf management plan. Only one came from another state government: Utah. Thursday, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meets to put final touches on its wolf management plan. The state has to reintroduce wolves by the end of this year, because that’s what voters decided in […]
From Wyofile.com New research shows killing wolves changes pack dynamics, and those changes matter. The last few years have been tough for gray wolves. Idaho passed a law to kill up to 90% of the state’s wolves. Montana killed 270 in one season. Wisconsin killed about 220 before the species went back on the Endangered […]
From Bittel Me This: One DNA test said ‘coyote’, while another said ‘wolf’. An expert explains what the heck is going on here. Click here for the full video.
From NBCRightnow.com The wolf population showed a five percent increase compared to 2021’s count. The study also found Washington’s first recolonized wolf pack in the south Cascades. The study is the 14th in a row to show an increase. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Tribes found 37 packs of 216 wolves throughout the state. […]
From Axios Denver: The controversial plan to reintroduce wolves in Colorado this year is encountering new obstacles, even as state wildlife officials took action Thursday to finalize their plan. Why it matters: The timeline for when to release 50 wolves on the Western Slope — as approved by voters in the 2020 election — is as debated as […]
For immediate release Contact: Krista Woerheide Email: krista@wolf.org Phone: (218) 504-5173 Lucas Paschal will work with Voyageurs Wolf Project upon graduation from college The winner of the 2023 Dr. L. David Mech Fellowship is Lucas Paschal, a student at Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. The fellowship, awarded by the International Wolf Center, comes with […]
From kunm.org: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday that coyotes will not be listed as endangered due to looking similar to the endangered Mexican wolf. Conservation groups in December filed a petition to protect coyotes within the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area. They argued wolves are killed at “high levels” when mistaken for the more […]
From krforadio.com: The bean counters at Love Lawn have poured over the data and crunched the numbers to determine the best states for camping in America — and Minnesota is among the best! Seriously, Minnesota is home to 75 state parks and recreation areas, Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area, and countless other county, […]
From the U.S. Sun: A SHELTER dog with a lot of energy has turned out to be a rare wolf-dog hybrid after a DNA test revealed its wild origins. Shannon Shuttlesworth, who manages the Ruth Steinert Memorial SPCA animal shelter outside of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, believed she was taking in a dog when three-year-old Towa arrived last […]
From the newyorker.com In 1958, as part of a research project on wolves, David Mech, a graduate student in wildlife ecology at Purdue, was flying over Isle Royale National Park, on Lake Superior. From above, he saw a wolf pack capture and kill a moose. This was rare. More than nine times out of ten, […]
