Entries by Carissa Winter

USFWS delays publication of final revised red wolf recovery plan

From The Coastland Times: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced it is delaying the publication of the final revised red wolf recovery plan to ensure it has adequate time to use the results of a forthcoming population viability analysis (PVA) for informing the final revised recovery plan for the red wolf. The original, […]

Wolves back in Belgium after 100 years, sparking controversy

From the BBC: The researcher from the Flemish Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO) walks us along a countryside track in Belgium’s eastern province of Limburg. It’s not long before he spots a wolf print that most of us would never notice. The front paw track, lightly pressed into the mud, is probably just […]

Another Wild Wolf Killed in New York, Radio-Isotope Test Confirms

From the Center for Biological Diversity: ALBANY, N.Y.— Conservation groups announced today that testing by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York State Museum revealed that a wolf killed in upstate New York in 2021 was eating a wild diet and was a wild wolf. Click here for the full story.

The Usual Suspects: In Colorado, Wolves Blamed For Losses They Didn’t Cause

From MountainJournal.org: The return of wolves to the West has always been contentious, and the deaths last fall of more than 40 cattle in western Colorado alarmed ranchers. But here’s the true story: Wolves did not kill those cattle found dead near Meeker. After months of investigation, the state agency, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, found no evidence of […]

Wisconsin: GOP legislators ready bill calling for wolf population goal

From SpectrumNews1.com in Wisconsion: MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pair of Republican legislators circulated a bill Friday that would require Wisconsin wildlife officials to establish a new population goal for wolves in the state in their next management plan. The state Department of Natural Resources has operated since 1999 under a wolf management plan that […]

Colorado: Are Wolves an Experimental Population? The Answer Could Affect Reintroduction

From Westword.com in Colorado: A section of Colorado’s draft wolf reintroduction plan proposes strategies for managing wolves that include potentially injurious hazing and lethal control — but that section can’t go forward unless the federal government designates wolves as a nonessential experimental population in Colorado under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act. Click here for the full […]