From Time Magazine: The U.S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states. A handful of Democrats joined with Republicans in passing the bill. The measure now goes to the Senate, but it appears doomed after […]
From Huron Daily Tribune: Michigan lawmakers urge the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to allow the state to manage gray wolves because, without management, the population could reach numbers detrimental to other species, such as whitetail deer. Click here for the full story.
From Duluth News Tribune: ISLE ROYALE — Researchers counted 30 wolves and an estimated 840 moose on Lake Superior’s largest island last winter, with both predator and prey down a bit from last year but signifying that both populations have stabilized after years of big fluctuations. That’s the report released Tuesday from the 65th Isle […]
From Daily Montanan: Another coalition of conservation groups, including several from Montana, has given notice to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service it plans to sue to try and force the agency to give Endangered Species Act protections back to gray wolves in Montana and other states in the West. The group, which includes the Gallatin Wildlife Association and […]
From AP News: CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of the conservative ranching state over laws that give people wide leeway to kill gray wolves with little oversight. The social media accounts of Wyoming’s tourism agency are being […]
From Cap City News: Until a few weeks ago, Wayne Pacelle was undecided whether he’d join the fray of lawsuits challenging the federal government’s decision to allow western states to continue managing gray wolves. Then the news cycle spun toward Sublette County, where local resident Cody Roberts is accused of running down a wolf with a […]
From Capital Press: The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported nine new confirmed wolf depredations in Wallowa and Morrow counties. Wolves killed one ewe and six month-old lambs on private land in the Lostine area of Wallowa County. The investigation opened April 25. The wolf or pack responsible was unknown. Click here for […]
From Yahoo News: Rocky Mountain National Park has welcomed a new resident – gray wolves, which have been detected in the area for the first time in 80 years. Four months after 10 wolves were first released into the wild in the Centennial State, wolf activity has been detected in the state’s crown jewel. The wolves, which were […]
From Pagosa Daily Post: n the heels of the recent drawn-out torture of a captured and bound gray wolf, a coalition of organizations has filed their 60-day Notice of Intent to Sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) for their refusal to restore Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections to the Western gray wolf. The Notice of […]
From Field & Stream: A government-sponsored wolf-reduction program is playing a major role in the rebound of endangered woodland caribou populations in Canada, according to a recently published study in the journal of Ecological Applications. Authored by 32 researchers from Canada, the United States, and New Zealand, the study found that wildlife managers in British Columbia […]
