From MPR News: Research published in the past month by scientists with the Voyageurs Wolf Project reveals further insights into how and where wolves in far northern Minnesota hunt for their prey, and how in some cases that hunting can have a profound impact on the region’s forests. One study builds on past research that demonstrated how […]
From CBC News: Anyone using walking trails north of Yellowknife is being asked to exercise “extreme caution” after wildlife officers reported a pack of nine wolves stalking a hiker and their dogs on Saturday. In a public service announcement posted to Facebook on Saturday, the Department of Environment and Climate Change said that people should […]
From KFYR TV: HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge in Montana has significantly shortened the state’s wolf trapping season to protect grizzly bears that have not yet begun hibernating from being injured by traps. U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy in Missoula granted a preliminary injunction Tuesday saying Montana’s wolf trapping season can only run […]
From CBC News: Anyone using walking trails north of Yellowknife is being asked to exercise “extreme caution” after wildlife officers reported a pack of nine wolves stalking a hiker and their dogs on Saturday. In a public service announcement posted to Facebook on Saturday, the Department of Environment and Climate Change said that people should […]
From Missoula Current: HELENA (KPAX) – Montana’s trapping season for wolves was set to open on Monday in many areas, but it’s now on hold in much of the state, after a federal judge’s order. Earlier this year, two environmental groups filed suit over Montana’s wolf trapping regulations, claiming they were “reasonably certain” to cause […]
From Fox31: DENVER (KDVR) — Three lambs on a ranch in Jackson County were found dead after what appeared to be a wolf attack, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said. On Nov. 17, CPW responded to a report of a possible depredation incident when a rancher found the dead lambs. Click here for the full […]
From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: A wildlife protection group has filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources alleging the agency infringed on constitutional due process and equal protections as well as violated various statutes as it formulated an update to the state’s gray wolf management plan. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in Dane […]
From The Detroit News: The state’s Natural Resources Commission wants to know more before deciding whether to allow the hunting of gray wolves — if Michigan’s largest predator is taken off the federal endangered species list. Although protected nationally, the state’s wolf population has stayed stable for the past 12 years. The number ranges between […]
From Elko Daily Free Press: In 2017, a gray wolf was spotted in Nevada for the first time in nearly 100 years. It was at Fox Mountain, west of the Black Rock Desert and probably wandered east from California’s Shasta pack. The last Nevada sighting before that was in 1922, near Elko County’s Gold Creek. […]
From Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is on track to begin releasing gray wolves in Colorado by Dec. 31, according to agency spokesperson Travis Duncan. The timeline makes good on a mandate approved by Colorado voters in a 2021 ballot question, Proposition 114, and comes after the state’s wildlife agency entered into an agreement with […]
