Entries by Carissa Winter
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 […]
Fate of Wyoming wolf policy reform in Legislature’s hands
From Jackson Hole News & Guide: RIVERTON — Keith Nelson pulled no punches. In his mind, an alleged incident of wolf abuse at a Daniel bar had blown a hole in Wyoming wolf policy. A rather large hole. “This guy drove a snow machine through the state statute,” Nelson told the Wyoming Game and Fish […]
Colorado’s reintroduced wolves have killed four more cattle in Grand County
From CPR News: It appears wolves have killed four cattle in Grand County over the last week, marking the largest cluster of livestock losses since Colorado reintroduced the species in the area last December. Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed the attacks in a statement on Thursday and a spokesperson said the predators likely came from […]
Controversial wolf killing appears to help caribou, but concerns persist
From Science.org: Since 2015, a slaughter has unfolded in the mountains of British Columbia, all in the name of saving southern mountain caribous, classified as threatened in Canada. Each winter, sharpshooters hired by the provincial government kill hundreds of wolves from low-flying helicopters, sometimes using a tracking collar attached to a “Judas wolf” that leads […]
Oregon’s Troubling 2023 Wolf Report
From Oregon Wild: Late last Friday afternoon, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) released its 2023 Wolf Report. The report, which was not directly linked to in the agency’s press release, update page, or email reveals a series of disturbing trends. ODFW attempted to present its data in the most positive light. This is […]
