From Outdoor Life: Harrowing footage of wolf 1276F from Yellowstone’s Junction Butte pack emerged on Instagram on Oct. 4. In the video, captured by Yellowstone wildlife photographer Peggy Peregrine-Spear, the collared female wolf walks across a field sporting a brutal injury that claimed her lower jaw, leaving nothing but a thin piece of flesh behind. “Her […]
From Smokey Mountain News: A final recovery plan for the red wolf, a document from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that will guide recovery efforts for an imperiled native species, is now complete. “The final revised plan underscores the service’s commitment to working with others to conserve the red wolf while also maintaining a […]
From the Wildlife Society: Gray wolf (Canis lupus) conservation has switched from trying to recover the species in the U.S. three decades ago, to trying to manage conflicts that arise as the predators’ populations and ranges expand. “From a strictly biological standpoint, they’ve clearly recovered across the Lower 48 states,” said David Mech, a senior […]
From Adirondak Explorer: With a brown satchel slung over his shoulder and eyes scanning the ground, Joe Butera walked down a logging road in a remote section of the northern Adirondacks. He was looking for canid tracks and scat, like he’d seen this past winter and spring. “This is where I found three individual scats […]
From My Edmonds News: Eleven conservation groups are asking Washington state to tighten its guidelines for when wolves that attack livestock can be killed. The groups are concerned too many wolves are dying needlessly under the current system. Their petition to Washington’s Fish and Wildlife Commission describes the existing standards the state uses to authorize […]
From Tacoma Weekly: At Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, it’s a big “howl yes!” for American red wolf conservation. The Tacoma zoo has been a national leader in bringing this critically endangered species back from the brink of extinction since the 1970s. And decades later, 2023 has been one of the most successful years in […]
From The Country Today: As a Washburn farmer, Larry Ekholm is concerned about livestock and the threat wolves pose to his animals. Wolves haven’t killed any of his cattle so far this year, but he knows fellow farmers who have been victim and has heard horror stories. He credits his own safeguards with keeping his […]
From Bertie Ledger-Advance: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is releasing the final revision of the Red Wolf Recovery Plan to guide recovery efforts for “America’s Red Wolf.” The original recovery plan for the Red Wolf was approved in 1982 and was revised in 1984 and 1990. The Service published a draft revised recovery plan […]
From the Denver Post: The wolf population in northeastern Oregon is resilient and will not suffer long-term impacts from the captures, according to the news release. State officials plan to release the wolves on Colorado Parks and Wildlife land between Glenwood Springs, Vail and the Roaring Fork Valley. Although Oregon wildlife officials will help by […]
From Fox9: The Voyageurs Wolf Project shared the first video of the Bug Creek Pack pups on social media this week. Click here for the full story.
