Entries by Carissa Winter

$10M spent on B.C. wolf cull, FOI documents reveal alongside details of shootings

From CBC: The British Columbia government has spent more than $10 million on a controversial wolf cull launched in 2015, according to documents obtained through a freedom of information request filed by CBC News. The province’s “aerial wolf reduction program” involves shooting wild animals from a helicopter, which the province describes as the most effective and humane way […]

Oregon wolves expected to spread west and south

From Oregon Capital Chronicle: State biologists say Oregon’s gray wolf population may have reached its ecological limit in the eastern third of the state and that packs will probably spread out to the west and south in greater numbers. Those comments, made at a meeting of the state Fish and Wildlife Commission, came as Colorado released […]

Commission proposes to change international status of wolves from ‘strictly protected’ to ‘protected’ based on new data on increased populations and impacts

From The Delegation of European Union to Montenegro: The Commission is tabling a proposal for a Council Decision to adapt the protection status of the wolf under the international Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, to which the EU and its Member States are parties. The wolf’s protection status under the Convention was established […]

10 wolves make history as they’re released into the Western wild

From The Washington Post: BOULDER — Colorado’s most highly anticipated new residents, two groups of lushly furred gray wolves, arrived this week on private planes from Oregon and within hours had disappeared into Rocky Mountain woods abundant with elk and other prey. How the 10 wolves’ lives unfold is likely to be the subject of […]

Five wolves successfully released in CO

From the Sopris Sun: On Monday, Dec. 18, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) released five gray wolves from Oregon onto public land in Grand County. It was a historic moment, putting into motion a ballot measure that voters in the Centennial State decided on back in 2020, with a narrow margin. Much support came from […]

Minnesota Deer Hunters Association wants public to report wolf sightings

From Duluth News Tribune: GRAND RAPIDS — The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association has announced a partnership with Wolf.Report , a new online platform for reporting wolf sightings, and they want the public to log on with their personal wolf experiences. Association officials said the joint effort “aims to provide deer hunters and outdoor enthusiasts with a unique […]

Commission proposes to change international status of wolves from ‘strictly protected’ to ‘protected’ based on new data on increased populations and impacts

From European Commission: Today, the Commission is tabling a proposal for a Council Decision to adapt the protection status of the wolf under the international Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, to which the EU and its Member States are parties. The wolf’s protection status under the Convention was established based on the available […]

Paws on the ground: How Colorado got its wolves back

From High Country News: This week has surely been a strange one for the wolf known as 2302-OR. A lean 68-pound yearling with shaggy black fur and amber eyes, she had been a member of the Five Points Pack, which makes its home in the mountains of northeastern Oregon. But on Sunday, Dec. 17, her […]

Wolf hate on the rise in the West, with ranchers often in driver’s seat

From The Oregon Capital Chronicle: The wolf issue continues to heat up across the West, with states like Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and now Colorado, all getting a chance to show their preferred flavor of wolf management. Here in “progressive” Oregon, wolves are continuously being slaughtered by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, often with the help […]

Wolf hunting could return to western Europe under EU plan

From The Guardian: Wolves could be hunted again across western Europe after the European Commission proposed to reduce their protection, in what lawyers said was an ominous move against effective environmental laws. The commission has proposed that EU member states downgrade the wolf’s status under the Berne convention from “strictly protected” to “protected” after two decades in which the […]