From Valley Courier: COLORADO — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) experts on Dec. 22 completed capture work in Oregon, finishing their work in the state. As a result of the CPW team’s work in Oregon, the agency released a total of 10 gray wolves onto state-owned public land in Summit and Grand counties, continuing the […]
From ABC7 News: Of the many animals protected by the Endangered Species Act, there may be no other species more American than red wolf. Known as “America’s wolf,” red wolves are the only species of wolf that live in the United States and nowhere else on Earth. These uniquely American mammals are featured in National Geographic Kids’ January […]
From Drovers: One might think Colorado Governor Jared Polis would scale back his anti-agriculture campaign – at least publicly – after his tone-deaf proclamation of Meat-Out Day on the first day of spring in 2021. But despite that PR fiasco, the governor has again thumbed his nose at Colorado ranchers with last week’s covert wolf reintroduction. Colorado […]
From University of Montana: MISSOULA – If not for its small size, distinguishing between the 3D-printed replica of Wolf 302M’s skull and the actual animal it imitates would be nearly impossible. The near-perfect printed artifact is part of a passion project spearheaded by Maddy Jackson, a wildlife biology graduate student at the University of Montana, who […]
From the Coloradoan: Colorado ranchers claim that Colorado Parks and Wildlife has reneged on its promise to avoid bringing wolves into the state that have been confirmed to have killed livestock in Oregon. CPW this week released 10 wolves captured in Oregon into Grand and Summit counties, completing this year’s reintroduction releases. Oregon was the only state willing […]
From Down to Earth: Europe’s “wolf problem” is fast becoming a source of social and political tension. Relative conservation success across the continent has led to calls for action from worried politicians and farming and hunting groups. And the European Commission has now proposed a change in their international status, from “strictly protected” to “protected”, which could allow […]
From National World: Protections which stop wolves from being hunted in much of Europe may soon be lost, with some conservation groups slamming the move as a backwards step for both biodiversity – and coexistence with wildlife. The European Commission, which makes up part of the European Union’s executive, has this week proposed changing the […]
From Montana Public Radio: Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission passed several changes to wolf and grizzly management in their recent end of year meeting. Montana Public Radio’s Austin Amestoy sat down with Ellis Juhlin to discuss how the state is managing one large mammal species and what that can tell us about how it plans […]
From Western Slope Now: DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado has released 10 gray wolves so far in its ongoing effort to reintroduce the animals into the state. State wildlife officials have been capturing the wolves in Oregon to release in Colorado as part of the mandate voters approved in 2020. The capture work finished on Friday, according to Colorado […]
From Drovers: Five gray wolves were released into a remote area of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains on Monday, marking the start of the most ambitious wolf reintroduction effort in the U.S. in almost three decades. The wolf release was the result of a voter-approved reintroduction program embraced by the state’s urban Democratic voters but opposed in […]
