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 […]