Entries by Carissa Winter

New bill introduced to delist gray wolves in Upper Midwest

From WDIO: Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin has introduced a new bill to delist the gray wolf population in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The Northern Great Lakes Wolf Recovery Act would create an advisory committee comprised of agriculture representatives, Native and Tribal communities, heads of impacted state agencies, and wolf management experts and scientists […]

Macron goes on a wolf hunt

From Le Monde diplomatique: Since the wolf returned to France in the 1990s, numbers have grown to nearly 1,000 animals. The public are overwhelmingly supportive, so why are so many wolves being shot? Wolves pose no danger to humans and have strict legal protection under the Bern Convention (1979) and the EU’s Habitats Directive (1992). Individual […]

Six endangered red wolf pups born at the Great Plains Zoo

From Dakota News Now: The red wolf is one of the most endangered animal species. It’s estimated there are only about two dozen red wolves surviving in the wild right now. The conservation team at the Great Plains Zoo is putting in a lot of work to save the species from going extinct. The red […]

News briefs: Yellowstone wolf increase; invasive mussels; bear killed

From Montana Public Radio: The wolf population inside Yellowstone National Park increased over the last year, largely thanks to a successful breeding season. The Wyoming Fish & Game Department reported that there were at least 108 wolves in 10 packs as of the end of December 2022. In total, the population increased by at least 11 wolves from the […]

Idahoans react to Fish and Game’s new wolf management plan

From KTVB: Idaho’s Fish and Game Commission unanimously passed a new wolf management plan in early May, hoping to gradually cut the state’s wolf population by about 60%. Currently, about 1,300 wolves live around the Gem State. Roger Phillips, Fish and Game spokesperson, said they are trying to bring that number down to 500 based on […]

Two new groups of wolves confirmed in Northern California

Form Lake County News: The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reported this week that two new groups of wolves have been confirmed in Northern California — one in Tehama County and the other in western Lassen County. If the department designates each as a pack, they would become the fifth and sixth confirmed wolf […]