Entries by Carissa Winter

Research shows humans alter wolf-deer relationships

From The Mining Journal: MARQUETTE — New research from the Voyageurs Wolf Project in northern Minnesota — a collaborative team that includes a Northern Michigan University professor and two alumni — sheds light on how humans are having a profound impact on wolf-deer relationships by altering forest ecosystems.   Click here for the full story.

The controversial truth of Colorado wolf reintroduction

From Western Slope Now: GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Underneath the trees on top of the mountains overlooking us, lies a delicate dance of life. An ecosystem housing squirrels, deer, elk, bears, and more have coexisted together for centuries. But an ancient predator not seen on the western slope since the nineteen forties is about […]

Hunters press von der Leyen to revise rules for shooting wolves

From Politico: European hunters want Ursula von der Leyen to do more to protect farmers from wolves and speed up the ongoing review of the large carnivore’s protection status. In a letter sent to the European Commission president Wednesday, the European Federation for Hunting and Conservation asked von der Leyen to engage in “swift action to establish […]

MOOSE GRAVITATE TOWARD SEISMIC LINES

From the Wildlife Society: Efforts to restore seismic survey lines, which cut through huge swaths of western Canadian land, to their more natural state may improve caribou habitat. But these restoration efforts may also make moose less likely to use some areas. The oil and gas industry cuts seismic lines through the boreal forest while […]

Michigan wolf population “stable” at about 630 animals

From Michigan Radio: Michigan’s wolf population remains stable at about 630 wolves, and there are no plans for a harvest season for wolves in the state. These were some of the conclusions drawn by Michigan’s Natural Resources Commission and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wildlife biologists at a recent meeting in Lansing to discuss Michigan’s […]