From Statesman Examiner: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) has approved the lethal removal of one adult wolf from the Dominion wolf pack. According to Director Kelly Susewind, this approved action, formalized on July 31, is in response to continued attacks on cattle in Stevens County. Click here for the full story.
From The Denver Post: WALDEN — Ranchers, hunters and state wildlife officials crammed into a Western Slope barn earlier this summer to discuss wolves, swatting mosquitoes as they introduced themselves and shared their experiences. When it was Jeff Davis’ turn, the director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife girded himself for criticism over the controversial wolf reintroduction process. Standing just […]
From Aspen Public Radio: During its July commission meeting, Colorado Parks and Wildlife got a deluge of wolf-related updates, after they reintroduced ten gray wolves to the state in December 2023. One of those updates is officially bringing Colorado’s rules in line with federal rules about whether ranchers can kill wolves. The rules now state […]
From Whitehall Ledger: According to the 2023 Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wolf Report, Montana’s wolf population remains healthy. Increased harvest during the 2023 wolf season has not yet resulted in an estimated decline in the statewide total. However, FWP biologists expect a moderate decline in wolf numbers next year, resulting from the increased harvest […]
From The Cool Down: In 2020, Coloradans voted to reintroduce gray wolves into the wild, 80 years after the species disappeared from the state. In 2023, five gray wolves were captured in Oregon and released on Colorado’s Western Slope. Now, one of those gray wolves has given birth to at least one new pup, Colorado Politics reported. With […]
From Vila County News-Review: A wolf killed a domestic dog at a family’s home in Woodruff last week, leaving many in the North Woods, including Denise Coron, calling for action. The kill was confirmed after officials with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services team reviewed evidence last week […]
From the Wildlife Society: Wolf recolonization curtails mescocarnivore numbers on an island in the Great Lakes—but the effect doesn’t last. “The return of wolves created this really strong effect initially,” said Mauriel Rodriguez Curras, now a postdoctoral researcher in environmental science at the University of California-Berkeley. The small population of wolves (Canis lupus) on Isle […]
From Flathead Beacon: The wolf population in Montana remains steady despite increased harvest during the 2023 hunting and trapping season, according to a July 31 report by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP). The statewide wolf population in 2023 was estimated at 1,096 animals, just one fewer than the 2022 population estimates and slightly lower than the […]
From Boise State Public Radio: The Idaho Department of Fish and Game is rolling out a new way to estimate the number of wolves in the state using a genetics-based statistical model. The Department estimates there were 1,150 wolves in the state in the summer of 2023, or a 13% decline in population from the […]
From Rocky Mountain PBS: DENVER — What do rainbow trout, mountain goats and your neighbor with the Texas plates have in common? None of them are native to Colorado. Coloradans’ frustration with “Texpats” is well-documented — even Governor Polis has jokingly poked fun at transplants — but less-discussed is the fact that many animal species are only in Colorado […]
