From RTL TODAY:
In December, two sheep were found dead in a meadow in the Dahl region, killed by a predator. The Nature and Forest Agency (ANF) has now confirmed that the predator was a wolf.
At the end of December, the ANF issued a press release stating that, based on an initial assessment, a wolf could not be ruled out as the culprit. To confirm the predator’s identity, samples were taken from bite marks on one of the sheep in hopes of extracting sufficient saliva containing usable DNA.
From NBCMontana.com:
HELENA, Mont. — In front of a packed house, the Montana House’s Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee convened for well over four hours on Tuesday evening, hearing bills that deal directly with the controversial issue of wolf hunting throughout Montana.
House Bill 176 requires an unlimited quota if there are more than 450 wolves in the state, rather than the current quotas by region. The bill keeps the current season structure in place.
From BringMeTheNews.com:
The Voyageurs Wolf Project isn’t just conducting important research on ecosystems in northern Minnesota, it also entertains from time to time.
This week, the University of Minnesota research project shared trail camera footage of moose tussling in the snowy north. “Cool footage of 2 bull moose sparring from just 2 weeks ago,” it shared to social media.
It isn’t just a wildly impressive angle of the head-to-head match, but a third bull joins in at the end.
From CBSNews.com:
Colorado has released another wave of wolves in a program mandated by voters through Proposition 113 in 2020. Fifteen wolves were moved from central British Columbia to Colorado’s Western Slope, where the releases are mandated. In addition, five members of the so-called, “Copper Creek Pack,” of wolves were captured last year after predation. The male of the pack died of what was later determined to be an illegal gunshot wound. That was a female and four cubs.
From CBSNews.com:
Officials said the department completed a capture and release Saturday for the second Gray Wolf reintroduction season as part of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. Five wolves from the original Copper Creek Pack were also released Saturday. The department said all of the wolves were released in Eagle and Pitkin Counties.
From OregonLive.com:
By Joanna Lambert, Professor of Environmental Studies and Faculty in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
Gray wolves from Oregon were reintroduced to Colorado in December 2023, the latest attempt in a decadeslong effort to build up wolf populations in the Rocky Mountain states. SciLine interviewed Joanna Lambert, professor of wildlife ecology and director of the American Canid Project at the University of Colorado Boulder, who discussed how and why gray wolf populations declined in the U.S. and the value of reintroducing them to ecosystems in the West.
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From MontanaOutdoor.com:
In response to a widely condemned incident in Daniel, Wyoming, where a wolf was reportedly tortured after being run over with a snowmobile, a coalition of Wyoming hunters is advocating for the “Clean Kill Bill.”
The proposed legislation aims to establish felony penalties for individuals who intentionally torture wildlife in Wyoming. The initiative is led by Wyoming Sportsmanship, a newly formed group including prominent figures such as outdoorsman Paul Ulrich, former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Marilyn Kite, and Muley Fanatic Foundation President Josh Coursey.
From The Guardian:
Alaska is set to resume the aerial gunning of bears and wolves as a population control measure aimed at boosting caribou and moose herd numbers, even as the state’s own evaluation of the practice cast doubt on its effectiveness.
The renewed program would allow hunters to eliminate up to 80% of the animals on 20,000 acres (8,000 hectares) of state land. Environmental groups opposed to what they label a “barbaric” practice of shooting wildlife from helicopters is more about sport than scientific practice in part because hunters want caribou populations to increase because they are trophy animals.
From TheHindu.com:
From The Aspen Times:
A storm of wolf-release misinformation struck the Western Slope over the past three weeks, culminating in an erroneous article claiming a batch of wolves was released on a Pitkin County ranch.
Colorado Politics published “First batch of Canadian wolves released on private land in Colorado’s Pitkin County, sources say,” on Tuesday, naming the family members of the ranch, according to a Lost Marbles Ranch owner.
The owner wished to remain anonymous.
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