DNR: U.P. wolf population likely at ‘carrying capacity’

From WoodTV8:

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The latest survey from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources estimates that the state’s wolf population is the highest it has been since the start of its semiannual surveys.

The 2024 winter wolf population survey estimates at least 762 wolves across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, up from 631 in 2022 and fairly consistent with the estimates over the last several years.

“This year’s survey findings are statistically consistent with our wolf population surveys for the past 14 years,” DNR large carnivore specialist Brian Roell said in a statement.

 

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Officials confirm another wolf depredation in Jackson County

From The Aspen Times:

Another calf was killed by a wolf or wolves in Jackson County. This latest depredation occurred June 9.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently updated the wolf depredation page on its website to reflect this information. Since the beginning of 2024, CPW has confirmed that 11 cattle have been killed by wolves. These depredations all occurred in Grand or Jackson counties.

 

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Idaho advocates worry about politicization of endangered species

From KTVB:

IDAHO, USA — This story originally appeared in The Idaho Press.

Snakes. Bears. Fish. Wolves. Whatever they may be, almost every state’s endangered species work is done by an independent state department.

But in Idaho, the Idaho Governor’s Office of Species Conservation (OSC) is a subsidiary in Gov. Brad Little’s office — squarely in the hands of the governor.

 

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Backhaus proposes restricted protection for wolves.

From ASB Zeitung:

Germany has seen an increase in wolf population as per Mecklenburg-Vorpommern’s Environment Minister, Till Backhaus (SPD). As a result, these wolves no longer require the highest level of protection everywhere. According to Backhaus, “We need to consider regional variations and develop joint solutions for the ‘favourable conservation status’.”

 

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Michigan refers wolf killing case to prosecutors for possible charges

From Bridge Michigan:

State wildlife officials have ended their investigation into the January killing of an endangered wolf in southern Michigan and are referring the case for possible criminal charges.

In a statement to Bridge Michigan, Department of Natural Resources spokesperson Ed Golder said the agency has turned over investigative materials to the Calhoun County prosecutor.

 

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Colorado hunts for co-existence between people and wolves

From KLXH Helena:

At the Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center near the town of Divide, CEO and founder Darlene Kobobel points out her furry permanent residents.

“This here is Nanook. That’s Raven,” she says, approaching an enclosure with two gray wolves.

 

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Capturing the hidden moments of Wyoming wildlife management

From Wyoming Tribune Eagle:

JACKSON — For years, Susan Patla tried to find funding to tag harlequin ducks, migratory sea birds that migrate from the West Coast to summer in Jackson Hole, the farthest eastern edge of their range.

Patla spent decades working as the Wyoming Game and Fish Department’s non-game biologist and studied the species people couldn’t hunt.

She knew the ducks wintered on the west coast of Washington. But there was no data showing whether they had multiple migratory paths and winter ranges or one. Patla worried about an oil spill wiping out their breeding population. When the Meg and Bert Raynes Wildlife Fund eventually funded her research, Mark Gocke captured the resulting field work on camera, documenting Patla’s joy as she released a duck into the wild.

 

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AGING ONE-EYED WOLF HAS 10TH LITTER

From The Wildlife Society:

At 11 years old, it’s unusual enough that Yellowstone’s one-eyed wolf known as 907F is still alive. But she recently gave birth to her 10th litter—a feat not previously documented in the park.

“Every day, I expect that she might die just because she is so elderly, but I’ve been thinking that for the last few years, and she keeps going,” Kira Cassidy, a research associate at the Yellowstone Wolf Project, told Live Science.

 

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Useful advice and fence robots for guarding against wolves

From ASB Zietung:

Can fences effectively shield grazing animals from wolf attacks? This question is set to be addressed by professionals hailing from ten federal states, 18 animal keeper organizations, and representatives of nearly 30 companies on the inaugural Fence Day this coming Friday. The Chamber of Agriculture in Lower Saxony (LWK) is collaborating with experts from Schleswig-Holstein to organize this exchange, which is primarily intended for grazing animal keepers and those engaged in the occupation of grazing animal care.

 

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Investigation into gray wolf killed in Calhoun County headed to prosecutor for review

From Yahoo News:

A hunter may soon face criminal charges after killing a gray wolf earlier this year in Calhoun County.

The animal was reportedly killed in January during a guided coyote hunt in the county, hundreds of miles from Michigan’s known wolf population in the Upper Peninsula. The hunter believed the animal to be a large coyote, but genetic testing by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources later revealed the animal to be a gray wolf.

 

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