Entries by Carissa Winter

U of M study suggests humans have impacted how wolves hunt deer

From KARE 11: ST PAUL, Minn. — Humans may be unwittingly impacting the health of the deer herd in northern Minnesota by allowing wolves to hunt more efficiently. That is the early conclusion of new research carried out by the University of Minnesota’s College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, in conjunction with partners […]

FWP Releases Draft of New Wolf Conservation and Management Plan

From Flathead Beacon: Despite their generally shy and elusive nature, in recent years gray wolves have frequently found themselves at the center of controversy and litigation in Montana. As conflicts about species conservation and management fuel politicized debate, stakeholders have vastly different visions about what proper wolf population management should look like in the state. Montana […]

Perceptions vary as Colorado prepares for wolf reintroduction

From Vial Daily: Tony Prendergast’s XK Bar Ranch sits slightly south of Crawford, Colorado, near the Smith Fork of the North Fork of the Gunnison River on the southern edge of the agriculturally rich North Fork Valley. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison lies to the southwest. The 260-acre ranch butts up against the West […]

Meet the leader of Yellowstone’s wolf-watching pack

From 9News: YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. — The search for wolves in Yellowstone National Park starts by spotting a different kind of pack — the human kind. Wolf spotters line the road whenever they spot an animal. And then more people join. And a few more. Until what seems like half the park’s visitors are […]

Dan Stahler: Yellowstone Wolf Project’s New Alpha

From Mountain Journal: For biologist Dan Stahler, flying over Yellowstone National Park in search of wildlife never gets old. Recently, as he helicoptered over a land painted with aspen yellows and whortleberry reds, he spied an animal moving through the trees: cougar. With a start, Stahler realized he knew the big cat. A car had […]

FARM BUREAU CRITICAL OF WISCONSIN’S WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN

From Brownfield: A Wisconsin farm organization is not pleased with the state’s new wolf management plan.  Kevin Krentz with Wisconsin Farm Bureau tells Brownfield farmer members are disappointed the DNR got away from its numerical goal for the wolf population. “In the past, we’ve had plans with managing wolves to the 350 population, and two […]

Fish and Wildlife Commission subject to new transparency measures

From Montana Free Press: Newly bound by a settlement between a wolf advocacy group and Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the seven-member Fish and Wildlife Commission charged with “wise management” of the state’s fish and wildlife resources conducted its business with a particular eye toward transparency when it met Oct. 19.   Click here for […]

Wildlife symposium returns

From Jackson Hole News and Guide: One of Jackson’s oldest multidisciplinary summits, where conservation meets the local ecosystem, returns to full in-person programming for the first time since 2019. The Northern Rockies Conservation Cooperative’s Jackson Hole Wildlife Symposium will present projects, panels, data and novel mindsets to combat pressing environmental questions while finding the answers […]

US zoo saving endangered red wolf, one dental checkup at a time

From Reuters: EATONVILLE, Washington, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The endangered red wolf, the lone wolf species native only to the United States, is slowly coming back thanks to a breeding and reintroduction program that also takes special care of the wolves’ teeth. The Tacoma-based Point Defiance Zoo is conducting dental exams and teeth-cleaning in its […]