Entries by Carissa Winter

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 […]

Bill targets gray wolf endangered status

From Quetico Superior Wilderness News: The current population in Minnesota stands relatively stable at around 2,900 wolves. Prime habitat lies within the Quetico Superior region, where they prefer forests and inland wetlands. If the bill passes into law, it means that management would shift from federal to state governance. While the Biden administration has expressed […]

Another confirmed wolf depredation in Grand County

From Sky-Hi News: Colorado Parks and Wildlife has confirmed that one yearling heifer was killed by a wolf or wolves in Grand County. CPW confirmed this most recent depredation on Saturday. CPW posted the incident on its Wolf Depredation Report webpage on its website on Sunday. CPW defines any depredation as physical trauma resulting in injury or […]

Suspected wolf pack sighting in NV turns out to be coyotes

From Nevada Current: Wildlife managers in Nevada confirmed Monday that a possible wolf pack sighting north of Elko months earlier was, in fact, a pack of coyotes. The Nevada Department of Wildlife reported the possible wolf pack sighting in March, prompting state biologists to collect DNA from two scats and hair samples nearby to confirm whether or […]

Idaho’s wolf killings decline as board advances private contracts

From Boise State 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, […]

Humans have substantially altered the relationship between wolves and deer

From Tri-County News: New research from the University of Minnesota’s Voyageurs Wolf Project found that human activities in northern Minnesota – logging, road and trail creation, and infrastructure development – have profoundly impacted where wolves hunt and kill deer fawns. By altering forest ecosystems, humans have created an environment that possibly favors the predators. This […]