From Bridge Michigan: LANSING — The state’s Natural Resources Commission wants to know more before deciding whether to allow the hunting of 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 Big Country News: This report provides an overview of gray wolf conservation and management activities in Washington during October 2023. Click here for the full story.
From Steamboat Pilot & Today: Members of the U.S. House of Representatives last week passed a bill sponsored by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert proposing to delist gray wolves from the the nation’s endangered species list. The bill, called The Trust the Science Act, was included in the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for the […]
From Nonprofit Quarterly: Colorado plans to reintroduce wolves by the end of 2023. The proposal was tentatively given the green light by the US Fish and Wildlife Service, which issued a draft statement of approval. In their draft decision, the US Fish and Wildlife Service wrote that Colorado can establish what’s called a “nonessential experimental population”—a designation for […]
From Vail Daily: A U.S. Fish and Wildlife document finalized Tuesday will allow for the harassing and killing of wolves that are predating livestock in Colorado, something currently illegal under the Endangered Species Act. But the provision, known as the 10(j) rule, could become moot in the coming years as appeals to an overturned effort to delist wolves […]
From The Daily Sentinel: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife has finalized a rule designating a nonessential, experimental population of gray wolves in Colorado, meaning it will be in place in time to provide the state more flexibility in managing the species as it begins reintroducing them, which it plans to do before year’s end. The […]
From The New York Times: Beavers are influential. By cutting trees and damming streams, these rodents change the world around them, raising water levels and creating habitats for diverse plants, insects, fish and more. They are some of the world’s best-known ecosystem engineers, a term for species that produce outsize effects on their environments. Wolves are powerful. As […]
From CBS News Bay Area: OAKLAND — The Oakland Zoo announced the death of the matriarch of its six-member gray wolf on Wednesday. The zoo said, “We are broken hearted to share the news that Siskiyou, beloved mother of Oakland Zoo’s gray wolf pack of six, was humanely euthanized today after our vet team discovered […]
From Albuquerque Journal: During a visit to the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, one might run across any number of members of the canid family. The Ramah-based sanctuary is currently home to 78 animals, which includes wolves, wolfdogs, New Guinea singing dogs, coyotes and red foxes. While that is essentially maximum capacity, it’s also par for the […]
From Buckrail: JACKSON, Wyo. — As highlighted in the 2023 Jackson Hole Wildlife Symposium, now is the time to talk about coexistence, particularly with large carnivores. However, experts suggest conversations about conflict are more rooted in the “cultural and social baggage” placed on predators than they are in the ecological considerations of coexistence. According to Aaron […]
