From Wisconsin Examiner: The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board voted unanimously Wednesday to implement a new wolf management plan, approving the Department of Natural Resources’ decision not to include a numerical population goal over the objections of Republican lawmakers and pro-hunting groups. The board is now entirely made up of appointees of Gov. Tony Evers, including four […]
From For The Win: Yellowstone National Park on Wednesday cautioned tourists to postpone travel to and inside the park because of a “significant winter storm” that created hazardous driving conditions. At the same time, researcher Taylor Rabe was afield in the park studying the Lupine Creek wolf pack. “Yellowstone’s Northern range had its first very […]
From The Daily News: Devotees of the island’s “ghost wolves” say they’ll pack a city council meeting Thursday in protest of a housing development planned for land that’s home to some of those genetically unique and scientifically important canids. At issue is rare coyotes carrying genetic echoes of red wolves and might hold the key […]
From WNCT9: SALISBURY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A small zoo in Salisbury is currently fighting an uphill battle: trying to save the state’s red wolf population. Rowan County is currently accepting bids for Rowan Wild’s new red wolf building, which will double the size of the current structure and add an additional side yard. […]
From Wyoming Public Media: The Little Snake River crosses the Wyoming-Colorado border at least a dozen times on its westward journey. The river valley is agricultural, with goats, sheep and cattle grazing next to tiny school houses and churches. “We don’t notice that there’s a border between Wyoming and Colorado here. We’re neighbors up and […]
From Elkhorn Media Group: BAKER AND WALLOWA COUNTIES – Following recent depredations, ODFW have authorized the lethal removal of two wolves from the Keating Pack located in Baker County and have issued the following release: “ODFW has authorized lethal removal of up to two wolves from the chronically depredating Keating Pack in Baker County. A producer […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
