Entries by Carissa Winter

FWP accepting public comment on wolf conservation plan

From NBC Montana: MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are seeking public comment on the 2023 Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan. The plan will incorporate 20 years of wolf-related research for long-term management and conservation of wolves across Montana. The deadline to comment is Dec. 19 at 5 p.m. and you can […]

Wolf report highlights growing numbers and continued cattle kills

From Payson Roundup: The nearly 20-year effort to return Mexican gray wolves to the wild has struggled, thanks to fierce debates, lawsuits, poaching, genetic bottlenecks and high death rates among the reintroduced wolves, often due to hunters, federal trappers, poachers, cars and other human causes. However, the year-end census in 2022 put the wolf numbers […]

Wolves to return to Colorado

From the Mountain Mail: Ten gray wolves will be making the long journey from Oregon to Colorado this year as part of the wolf reintroduction effort. Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced in a press releaseOct. 6 a one-year agreement that detailed the sourcing of wolves from Oregon to […]

Saving the elusive and endangered Ethiopian wolf

From Geographical: As the first rays of morning light streak across the frozen gorse and heather, and in the heavens, 100,000 stars fade from view, a sudden movement catches my eye. A large creature with a reputation as dark as the moorland night moves with unnerving speed and silence over this bleak, high-altitude landscape. Pausing […]

Conservationists fearful of what Three Sisters developments mean for wildlife

From Rocky Mountain Outlook: BANFF – Twenty-five years ago, Canmore wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer embarked on an epic 3,400-kilometre journey from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to Watson Lake in the Yukon, following the path of wide-ranging species like wolves and grizzly bears. Taking a break from his job at Parks Canada, Heuer plotted the […]

Here are your stories about seeing wolves and mountain lions in Maine

From the Piscataquis Observer: A video from northern Maine submitted to the BDN of a probable male wolf and four of his pups stirred up some discussion. The Maine Wolf Coalition has submitted photographic evidence of individual animals that could be wolves, but biologists consistently say there are no breeding wolf populations in the state.   Click here […]