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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
