Entries by Carissa Winter

Gray wolves to remain on state endangered list after 5-4 vote

From Columbia Basin Herald: OLYMPIA — Gray wolves will remain on the endangered species list in Washington after a close 5-4 vote by the Washington State Fish and Wildlife Commission, according to a Washington Policy Center press release. Over the past 15 years, the gray wolf population has grown significantly, with the Washington Department of Fish […]

Colorado’s July wolf activity map includes update on hazing rumors, wolf pups

From The Aspen Times: Colorado’s collared wolves largely remained in Routt, Grand, Summit, and Jackson counties and somewhat withdrew from some areas like Eagle County over the past month, according to a map released by CPW on Wednesday. The map, posted on the agency’s website, uses Colorado watershed boundaries to indicate where wolves have been detected and reflects […]

Nationalpark administration: Wolf still on Norderney

From ASB Zeitung: More than one and a half months after the first sighting of a wolf on Norderney, the Niedersaächsisches Wattenmeer National Park Administration assumes that the animal is still on the North Sea island. In early and mid-July, there were four more recordings of the wolf from wildlife cameras, as Thea Hamm, biologist with […]

Effects of wolf reintroduction on Isle Royale are fleeting, impacted by humans

From The Daily Cardinal: University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers found in May 2024 the effects of wolf reintroduction on Isle Royale to be temporary and particularly impacted by human recreation, despite being one of the least visited National Parks. Mauriel Rodriguez Curras and UW-Madison ecology professor Jonathan Pauli collected DNA from foxes’ and martens’ scat and hair to […]

Colorado’s July wolf activity map includes update on hazing rumors, wolf pups

From the Aspen Times: Colorado’s collared wolves largely remained in Routt, Grand, Summit, and Jackson counties and somewhat withdrew from some areas like Eagle County over the past month, according to a map released by CPW on Wednesday. The map, posted on the agency’s website, uses Colorado watershed boundaries to indicate where wolves have been detected and reflects […]