From CBC News: A wolf suspected of attacking a dog earlier this month in Dawson City, Yukon, has been trapped and euthanized, according to conservation officers. In a social media post on Friday, conservation officers said the animal was caught within a kilometre of where the dog was attacked. Click here for the full […]
From Wisconsin Public Radio: Amid leadership turnover at Wisconsin’s environmental agency and distrust in drinking water, a Northwoods legislator says the state should take incremental policy steps to address concerns like toxic PFAS chemicals. State Rep. Jeff Mursau, R-Crivitz, leads the state Assembly’s Committee on Forestry, Parks and Outdoor Recreation. During a recent appearance on WPR’s “The Morning […]
From Herald Review Media: ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It’s been a long journey for one lone Mexican gray wolf — from the forests of southeastern Arizona, across the dusty high desert of central New Mexico to the edge of what is known as the Yellowstone of the Southwest. Her paws have seen hundreds of miles […]
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.
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 […]
From Phys.org: The return of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) to Germany, which began 23 years ago in the region of Lusatia in Eastern Germany, is a process of great ecological and social significance. Therefore, a precise understanding of the recolonization of the original habitat by the gray wolf and a reliable prediction of its […]
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 […]
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 […]
From EuroGreen News: Estonia has, once again, begun culling its wolf population. A specified number of wolves are killed in the Baltic country every year, though this time around conservationists are worried. Estonia’s Environmental Agency has set the cull quota at 144, claiming there are more wolves in the country than conservation plans permit. […]
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 […]
