Earth Month dialogues: Protecting the world’s last red wolves

From SELC.org:

The red wolf’s only remaining wild population survives in a small corner of eastern North Carolina. Its future hangs in a delicate balance shaped by conservation efforts, public policy decisions, and the complex relationship between people and the environments they share.

This is the story that Lindsey Liles tells in her Garden & Gun article, “Inside the Fight to Save the World’s Most Endangered Wolf,” which won the 2026 Reed Environmental Writing Award in the journalism category.

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Wildlife Officials Say Colorado Wolves Aren’t Wandering Because Pups Expected Soon

From CowboyStateDaily.com:

Colorado’s wolves are wandering less as of late; some say it could be because the most far-ranging wolves have left the state. But wildlife officials think it’s because packs are hunkering down close to dens, waiting for a new crop of pups this spring.

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Isle Royale Wolf Population Nears Historic High as Moose Numbers Plummet

From MTU.edu:

Near-record highs for the number of wolves and near-record lows for the number of moose characterized the 2026 Isle Royale Winter Study, a population survey led by Michigan Tech researchers on Isle Royale National Park.

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New Colorado wolf depredation confirmed for Pitkin County, fourth incident in 2026

From KOAA.com:

PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. (KOAA) — One of the introduced Colorado gray wolves is responsible for a Pitkin County depredation on April 23, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s online database. The CPW report said one calf was killed, and no claim has been submitted. It’s the first kill of the wolf’s biological year, which CPW will track from April 2026 to March 2027.

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A Powerful Victory For Wolves & Wildlife: H.R. 1897 Pulled From House Vote On Earth Day

From WAN.com:

In a major victory for wildlife, H.R. 1897, the ESA Amendments Act of 2025, was pulled from consideration during a House vote yesterday on Earth Day following widespread public opposition.

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[California] CDFW works to authorize more wolf hazing tools

From PlumasSun.org:

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that Director Meghan Hertel recently spent several days in Northern California meeting with local officials, sheriffs, ranchers and community groups to hear directly about the impacts of gray wolves and the realities facing rural California.

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Montana wolf harvest decreased in 2025-26 season

From WesternNews.com:

Hiking near Gardiner, Montana, on a recent balmy February day, I hit slushy snow and came across the tracks of one other human, and then some deer and elk.

Soon, I encountered something more surprising: canine tracks that dwarfed my dog’s paws, and lots of them. Wolves.

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Wolves set record state-wide growth rate; ‘Someday there will be more’ in western Washington, biologist says

FromKING5.com:

CONCRETE, Wash. — Washington state’s wolf population is at its highest level to date since its decimation in the early 20th century, but packs remain primarily concentrated in eastern Washington, raising questions about when — or if — they will return to the western side of the Cascade Range.

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Wild wolf pups face tough first year

From WTIP.org:

It’s pup season for the region’s wild wolves. Interpretive Center Director Krista Woerheide of the International Wolf Center in Ely told WTIP that raising pups is no easy feat, and it is a hard time for the entire pack.

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Second Suspected Mass Wolf Poisoning Prompts Officials to Discourage ‘Do-It-Yourself Justice’ Against the Animals

From People.com:

National Park, Parco Nazionale d’Abruzzo Lazio e Molise, in Italy, reported that the wolves are a danger to the beloved Marsican brown bear population.

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