Entries by Carissa Winter

Gray wolf conservation classification open for public comment

From Washington Policy Center: Gray wolves returned to our landscape in 2007. Since then, they have settled into the Northeast portion of the state with 30 of the 37 recognized packs in Washington residing there. This week the Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife announced the opening of a rulemaking regarding gray wolves. The […]

RODENTICIDES WIDESPREAD IN ITALIAN WOLF CARCASSES

From The Wildlife Society: Anticoagulant rodenticides are pervasive in the carcasses of dead wolves analyzed by researchers in central and northern Italy. The ubiquitous presence of these chemicals widely used for rodent control is unique among large carnivores in Europe, say the researchers of a recent study published in Science of the Total Environment.   Click here for […]

Wolf captured on camera near road in Colorado

From The Gazette: Another wolf sighting has been captured on camera in Colorado, about a month and a half after the species was formally reintroduced to the state. An article from 9News reports that the wolf was spotted last Thursday near Kremmling, with a rancher capturing footage from the road.   Click here for the full story.

Washington House committee passes tribal wolf bill

From Capital Press: OLYMPIA — A House committee unanimously endorsed a bill intended to increase the Colville tribe’s influence over how wolves are managed on 1.5 million acres north of the tribe’s reservation in northeast Washington. Northern Ferry County and parts of northern Okanogan and Stevens counties fall within the region. It was the northern […]

Petitions to re-list gray wolf denied

From Powell Tribune: After a peer-reviewed assessment, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Friday announced two petitions to re-list gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in the Northern Rocky Mountains and the Western United States were “not warranted.” The legal status of gray wolves does not change as a result of this […]