Entries by Carissa Winter

Wolf spotted in Truckee, officials said

From KOLO 8 News Now: TRUCKEE, Calif. (KOLO) – A wolf has been spotted on the California Department of Fish and Wildlife tracking map in the Truckee area, according to a Sunday, Feb. 1, Truckee Police and Town of Truckee Facebook post. Click for the full story.

Gray wolves are hunting sea otters – but we still don’t know how

From earth.com: Have you ever imagined a wolf diving into the ocean to hunt? On a remote island in Alaska, this surprising scene is becoming real. Gray wolves on Prince of Wales Island have started hunting sea otters, an animal usually linked with kelp forests and coastal waters, not forests and predators with paws. Click […]

International Wolf Center mourns the loss of Grayson the wolf

From WDIO: On January 9th, the International Wolf Center closed unexpectedly. It would be announced the next day that the reason for their closure was due to the death of one of their ambassador wolves, Grayson. Grayson had come to the International Wolf Center as a puppy with his brother Axel in 2016. Now, nearly […]

Bears, cougars and wolves: CRD pilot project captures carnivore count

From Sooke News Mirror: The Capital Regional District has a horde of images and videos it plans to share with the public this summer, gathered as part of its pilot program to monitor wildlife in a trio of parks. The CRD large carnivore monitoring program, started in January 2025, gathered data on bears, cougars and […]

The federal government demanded answers from Colorado about its wolf management decisions. Here’s a list of what the state sent in response.

From Vail Daily: In a Dec. 18 letter, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service gave Parks and Wildlife 30 days to submit: a complete reporting of all gray wolf conservation and management activities that have occurred from Dec. 12, 2023, until the present as well as anarrative summary and all associated documents describing Parks and Wildlife’s January 2025 release […]

Sierra Valley wolves are back, efforts to not have a repeat of last year

From 2 News Nevada: Last year, Sierra Valley ranchers were dealt one of the worst hands imaginable. “Last year was terrible,”  said Rick Roberti, Sierra Valley rancher. “I relate it to COVID—when we went through COVID, everything was just confusing. Every day was hard, and people were getting hurt every day. And yet there weren’t any solutions. […]

Wolf reintroduction paused, legislation advances

From Wyoming Livestock Roundup: On Jan. 21, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announced a decision to pause gray wolf reintroduction efforts for the remainder of the current release season. Industry groups including the Colorado Cattlemen’s Association (CCA) and ranchers across the West have welcomed the pause while continuing to call for ongoing policy reform. Click […]

Wolves in Europe: From conservation icon to political flashpoint

From Belga News Agency: From Brussels to the forests of Belgium, Sweden, Italy and Poland, the wolf has been transformed from a conservation icon into a lightning rod in Europe’s culture wars, pitting city dwellers against rural communities, farmers against environmentalists, and fact against fear. Click here for the full article.