From Yahoo.com:
A Mexican gray wolf named Cedar has accomplished something no radio-collared wolf has done in decades: He crossed from the United States into Mexico on his own, slipping through a rare unfenced stretch of the border in New Mexico’s remote Bootheel region, Taos News reported.
From Denver7.com:
Denver7 was invited to join a training for the Colorado Range Rider Program in Mesa County to see first-hand the many complex puzzles the riders must solve to protect livestock.
From YelmOnline.com:
Gray wolves are gaining numbers in Washington, continuing a trend that began nearly 20 years ago.
The newest official gray wolf population lists at least 270 wolves in 49 packs based on surveys from state and tribal wildlife managers.
From CompleteColorado.com:
DENVER–The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is requesting public comment and information regarding Colorado’s gray wolf importation program. This request comes just months after the federal agency threatened to take over wolf management in Colorado due to ongoing problems.
From CoeurD’AlenePress.com:
COUER d’ALENE— Locals sounded off to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday, and foremost on their minds were wolves and elk.
Larry Hatter said he believes the stark increase in tags and hunts could seriously affect elk populations. “Elk are an iconic piece of the West,” he said, “it has a serious effect on something so valued and treasured for the vast majority of rural residents.”
From County17.com:
A flare up of a disease that’s especially lethal to wolf pups took a toll on Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park wolf numbers in 2025, reducing biologists’ counts to a level last seen when wolves were still reestablishing following the species’ historic 1995-96 reintroduction.
From DurangoHerald.com:
It’s been more than two years since Gov. Jared Polis opened metal crates in northwest Colorado, kicking off a voter-mandated effort to restore wolves almost a century after hunters and trappers eradicated the species from the state.
So how’s it going so far?
From GJSentinel.com:
The recovery of gray wolves in Colorado is in a precarious state after further releases of wolves was halted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff said at a Thursday meeting of the CPW Commission in Grand Junction.
From IndianDefenseReview.com:
Trail cameras in northern Minnesota have filmed what researchers had not documented in more than 100 years, a wild cougar raising three kittens. The sighting was made possible by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, a research initiative that deploys hundreds of trail cameras across northeastern Minnesota to study wolves and the broader ecosystem.
Those same cameras had detected lone cougars on eight separate occasions since 2023, but nothing remotely close to what they captured this time.
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From DenverGazette.com:
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