Entries by Carissa Winter

One of Colorado’s released wolves found dead in Larimer County

From The Coloradoan: One of Colorado’s 10 released wolves has been found dead in Larimer County. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service told the Coloradoan on April 23 it was made aware of the deceased gray wolf April 18 and determined it was one of the wolves captured in Oregon and released in Grand or […]

CPW Confirms Wolf Predations

From Tri-State Livestock News: Four yearling cattle have been killed by wolves in Grand and Jackson counties according to confirmation given to the producer by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The four yearlings, weighing about 600 pounds, all came from the same ranch with three killed Monday night or Tuesday morning and a fourth on Wednesday. […]

Yellowstone Wolves Kill Elk, Drag Carcass onto High School Football Field

From Outdoor Life: Living in a gateway town to Yellowstone National Park comes with the usual perks and challenges, from abundant wildlife to summers flooded with tourists. But a new spectacle arose on April 12 for Gardiner Public School students and faculty when they discovered that a pack of wolves had killed a cow elk, […]

Washington Gray Wolf Conservation and Management 2023 Annual Report

From Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: Each year, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) submits a report to the federal government for Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 6 activities. This document details the results of its annual gray wolf (Canis lupus) population survey and summarizes wolf recovery and management activities from the previous year. […]

Wolf from Great Lakes population confirmed in Colorado

From Summit Daily: A rancher in Elbert County, Colorado, contacted Colorado Parks and Wildlife after discovering a dead wolf-like animal in a legal coyote trap on April 3 on a ranch in eastern Colorado. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed that this animal is a gray wolf from the Great Lakes wolf population. This is not a […]

Rage over a Wyoming wolf’s torment persists. But will it change anything?

From RIVERTON, Wyo. — From her home in the South Carolina countryside town of Six Mile, Lorraine Finazzo typically spends her weekdays managing construction projects for a New York City real estate developer. Because of an incident involving a Wyoming wolf over 1,500 miles away, her productivity has waned of late.   Click here for the full […]

Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?

From The Minnesota Daily: Last January, the University of Minnesota’s Voyageurs Wolf Project posted to its Facebook about the amount of tagged wolves illegally killed in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem, located near the Canadian border in Minnesota. According to the post, 37% of wolves with collars or ear tags killed by people are poached. If wolves killed […]