From Montana Public Radio:
In Ravalli County, trappers no longer have to set their snares and traps a certain distance away from roads that are closed during the winter — except for four roads identified as major recreation areas, including Skalkaho Pass Road.
Region 2 Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jeff Burrows, proposed the changes. In Tuesday’s commission meeting, he said trappers in the Bitterroot needed more opportunities to set traps to make up for the now shorter season.
From dtnpf.com:
REDFIELD, Iowa (DTN) — Awareness has elevated at Silver Spur Ranch Kiowa Creek division, as a wolf caught by a licensed trapper on their ranch this spring makes them even more aware of what lurks in the woods.
This wolf, of the Great Lakes population, has different genetics than those which were released in late 2023 in north-central Colorado following the passage of Proposition 114 in November 2020.
From denver7.com:
UPDATE | Nov. 14 — Colorado Parks and Wildlife updated its list of potential counties to release wolves this winter as part of the voter-mandated reintroduction process. The counties currently being considered are Garfield County, Eagle County, and Pitkin County.
From thefencepost.com:
Middle Park Stockgrowers Association president Tim Ritschard is on the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission agenda on Thursday, Nov. 14 at 11:10 a.m. with a request for citizen petition for rulemaking. The petition is signed by 26 of the state’s agriculture organizations, including Colorado Cattlemen’s Association, Colorado Farm Bureau, Club 20, and Colorado Wool Growers Association as well as several local livestock and stockgrowers associations. The petition seeks to delay any further introductions of gray wolves into the state until Colorado’s wolf management program can adequately address the conflicts between wolves and livestock producers. CPW has announced its intention to introduce wolves this coming winter in the same northwest Colorado location as the December 2023 introduction.
From krbd.org:
Barley’s professional title is “canine conservationist.” This summer, the former shelter Border Collie was searching the woods on the outskirts of Craig, Alaska, for wolf poop.
“Biologists love poop. It’s a huge part of our job,” said Barley’s owner, Kayla Fratt.
Fratt is a dog trainer and Ph.D. student at Oregon State University. She trains dogs, like Barley, to help solve mysteries – less like Scooby Doo and more like conservation mysteries. Fratt said that before they came up to Alaska, she and Barley had hunted jaguar scat in Guatemala and, more recently, tracked down bird and bat carcasses on wind farms in the Midwest.
From missoulian.com:
From timesnownews.com:
Kolkata: A detailed study on the elusive Indian wolf population in South Bengal has revealed the presence of approximately 15-24 wolves near the industrial town of Durgapur, less than 200 km from Kolkata, in West Burdwan. According to a Times of India report, these wolves, distributed across three packs of approximately five to eight members each, have been studied through camera traps set in forests within a 5-20 km radius of the town.
From Dutch News:
The number of attacks by wolves on sheep and other farm animals reached 491 in the first nine months of this year compared with 399 in 2023 as a whole, according to figures from registration agency BIJ12.
The actual number of attacks is likely to be higher because farmers are not required to register them with the agency. The figures only include attacks that have been proven to be the work of a wolf.
From: Montana News
A fifth wolf was found to have been shot and killed in Wolf Management Unit 313 earlier this month, the unit just north of Yellowstone National Park where the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission had put a quota of three wolves in place for this season,in part to keep from further disrupting packs from the national park.
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From wboi.org:
There’s a common problem in wildlife management – to know how many animals you can hunt, you need to know how many animals you have. You’d think that problem might be easier to solve in an enclosed environment like an island, but on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, getting an accurate count of wolves has been a huge challenge. This week, wolf trapping season will start amidst concerns that the population is getting dangerously low and a new effort to get a better count. Jack Darrell from KRBD reports.
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