Entries by Carissa Winter

TRACKING THE U.P. WOLF

From Northern Express: The term “unforgettable” has lost some of its significance due to overuse in a modern-day culture where corporate advertising labels everything from a new automobile to body wash as “unforgettable.” But unforgettable moments in life do still happen. For Denise Amo, a retired 32-year resident of Brimley who lives on the shores […]

Yellowstone’s 11-Year-Old 1-Eyed Wolf Just Had Another Litter Of Pups

From Cowboy State Daily: By rights, Yellowstone National Park’s Wolf 907F shouldn’t even be alive, much less have a new litter of pups. Then again, the 11-year-old, one-eyed wolf matriarch has been surprising wildlife researchers for years. “Any day, I kind of expect we’ll hear her tracking collar signal a mortality. But I’ve thought that […]

Wolf or coyote? Wildlife mystery in Nevada solved with DNA testing

From CBS: Three wolves roaming the mountains in northeastern Nevada would have been notable for a state without an established wolf population. But one recent sighting of a wolf-like animal trio in that area turned out to be a false alarm, after an investigation and a round of genetic tests revealed that the creatures are […]

Endangered red wolf pack welcomes new litter of pups

From BBC: In early May, a pack of endangered red wolves welcomed a special litter of pups. Biologists are working hard to raise the population of red wolves, which is down to around 20 in the wild. The eight pups were born when a male red wolf called Finch integrated with a wild wolf pack, […]

Red wolf pups signal hope for endangered species in NC

From Public News Service: Ahead of Endangered Species Day this Friday, conservation groups in North Carolina are celebrating the birth of eight red wolf pups at the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. Red wolves, once a dominant presence across the Southeastern United States, are now teetering on the brink of extinction, with only 30 confirmed adults living […]

The Ghost Wolves of Galveston vs. Margaritaville

From Texas Monthly: Bridgett vonHoldt was grabbing lunch at Viet Cajun, a restaurant on the Galveston Island Seawall, when a chatty local approached her. The man had pegged her and her group, correctly, as out-of-towners. Birders, he figured, if the binoculars they carried were any clue. “You know what you should do,” he told vonHoldt, “is […]

Idaho’s wolf killings decline as board advances private contracts

From Boise Public Radio: The number of wolves killed in Idaho this past year is down. Katie Oelrich with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game told members of the Wolf Depredation Control Board Thursday that 389 wolves have been killed in the state since last July. “This includes hunting, trapping, Wildlife Services removals, roadkill […]