Entries by Carissa Winter

Former Yellowstone resource chief seeks ‘audacious acts’

From Jackson Hole News & Guide: Tom Olliff was leaving the Thorofare, the most remote region in the lower 48 states, and walking toward Yellowstone National Park’s southern entrance when he noticed something unsettling. A dry, brown grass had spread across the landscape. “I was shocked to see fields and fields of cheatgrass,” Olliff said. […]

Feds seek court OK for ending gray wolf federal protections

From E&E News by Politco: The Fish and Wildlife Service maintains that the gray wolf has recovered throughout the continental United States and no longer requires Endangered Species Act protections, a new court filing shows. In a legal brief filed on its behalf Friday, the agency declared the gray wolf to be “one of the ESA’s biggest […]

Operation Bhediya reveals gaps in human-wildlife conflict mitigation

From Mongabay.com: The forest officials of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district breathed a sigh of relief when they captured five wolves from a pack of six, which has been under scrutiny for recent animal attacks on people, mostly children. “The good news is that there haven’t been any attacks reported in the past week,” Shaheer Khan, […]

U.S. House of Reps bill prohibits killing predators with snowmobile

From Buckrail: UNITED STATES — National outcry after Daniel, Wyoming resident Cody Roberts ran over and possessed an injured female wolf on Feb. 29, has led to federal lawmakers pursuing new legislation that would prohibit the intentional killing of wolves, coyotes and other wildlife with a snowmobile on federal lands. The Snowmobiles Aren’t Weapons (SAW) Act […]

Colorado’s new source for gray wolves is outside the U.S.

From 9News: DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) went outside the United States to secure a new source for gray wolves in its second year of reintroduction efforts, the agency said on Friday. Colorado will get up to 15 wolves from the B.C. Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship in British Columbia, Canada. The wolves […]

Tribal wildlife grants awarded

From Char-koosta News: POLSON – The Department of the Interior recently announced the recipients of Tribal Wildlife Grants. The Tribal Wildlife Grants Program is administered by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the program annually solicits project proposals from tribal fish and wildlife programs for funding consideration. The proposals are competitively reviewed by […]