A Tale of Two Revivals: How Yellowstone Helped Return Wolves to Colorado

From Mountain Journal:

Since late last December, 10 wolves, captured in eastern Oregon and transported to Grand and Summit counties by plane, have roamed western Colorado. They’re among the first of their kind to inhabit the Centennial State since the 1940s, when wolves were exterminated to make room for livestock. All wear satellite collars, which broadly tell biologists where the animals have been headed since their release: west into Moffat County, and north toward Wyoming. Sightings have been scant, but presumably they’ve been chasing elk through snowdrifts, scrounging rodents and other small prey, howling across sagebrush steppes and pinyon forests. In short, they’re being wolves.

 

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Here’s where Colorado’s new wolves roamed in March as they expanded their territory

From Canon City Daily Record:

Colorado’s reintroduced wolves continue to roam widely across the state in the last month, though wildlife officials who released a tracking map said the geolocating collar for one of the canines was no longer working.

The 12 wolves known to live in Colorado, including 10 released in December, spent time in a large swath of the state, according to a new map of wolf activity released Wednesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

 

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UMN experts say wolves are not cause of decrease in deer population

From The Minnesota Daily:

A hunter lobbying group is pushing for gray wolves to be delisted from the Endangered Species Act after a poor deer hunting season, though experts at the University of Minnesota say other factors are to blame.

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the 2023 deer hunting season saw around 158,600 deer killed by hunters, an 8 percent decrease from the previous season and a 14 percent decrease from the five-year average.

 

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Wildlife managers report first possible wolf pack sighting in NV in over 100 years

From Nevada Current:

State wildlife managers reported a possible wolf pack sighting in Nevada for the first time in over 100 years on Wednesday.

Last week, a helicopter crew conducting an aerial moose survey spotted three suspected wolves traveling together in northeast Nevada near Merritt Mountain, north of Elko. State wildlife biologists are now working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to confirm the sighting of one of Nevada’s most iconic native carnivores.

 

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GPS collars on 2 wolves in Colorado are not functioning properly, but they are still alive, CPW says

From Denver 7 News:

DENVER — A collar on a released gray wolf in Colorado is no longer providing a signal and another collar is partially functioning and may fail soon, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a Wednesday update about the animals’ activity.

CPW said its biologists are no longer seeing a signal from one of the collars placed on a wolf transplanted from Oregon, however they can tell that it is traveling with a second wolf, which does have a functioning collar. CPW officials have seen the wolf with the malfunctioning collar from an airplane, so they have confirmed it is still alive, the agency said.

 

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New ruling pares down wolf trapping season in Sawtooths, northern Idaho

From Idaho Mountain Express:

A federal court ruling issued Tuesday, March 19, considerably shortened wolf trapping and snaring seasons in four of seven regions of Idaho over concerns that more grizzly bears could be maimed or killed by wolf snares.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale’s summary judgment last week came in response to a lawsuit initially filed by Hailey-based Western Watersheds Project and a dozen other conservation and animal welfare groups in December 2021.

 

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Idaho to discuss wolf trapping changes in wake of court ruling for grizzlies

From Boise State Public Radio:

Idaho will have to change its rules for wolf trapping to avoid harming federally-protected grizzly bears, according to a federal court decision.

The case was filed by 13 conservation groups after Idaho greatly expanded opportunities to hunt and trap wolves in 2021. The ruling, issued by U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy W. Dale last week, said Idaho’s wolf trapping laws make it “reasonably likely” that a grizzly bear will get caught.

 

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Wolf seen in Hungarian forest

From Daily News Hungary:

There are relatively few wolves in Hungary, but this time, a hunter managed to film a wolf far from its usual habitat. On the morning of 23 March, a local sports hunter was confronted by a wolf at the edge of the forest near Ács, Kemma news site reported. The wolf was chasing first rabbits and then deer, while the presence of the hunter did not really bother him. The local sports hunter also took a video of the animal, but the encounter was so unbelievable that he had to convince himself that he was not dealing with a giant jackal.

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Northern Colorado ranchers reflect on the arrival of the wolves who migrated down from Wyoming

From Aspen Public Radio:

A recent decision to reintroduce wolves has created division between rural and urban Coloradoans. But wolves have actually been there a while. A few years ago, a couple migrated down from Wyoming to settle in the mountain valley of North Park, southwest of Laramie. It’s given the ranchers there a headstart on adjusting to a new reality.

 

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Idaho wolf trapping halted. Court cites potential deaths of protected grizzlies

From East Idaho News:

BOISE (Idaho Statesman) – A federal court ruling will cut back Idaho’s wolf trapping and snaring season in large swaths of the state in response to claims that grizzly bears, which are protected under the Endangered Species Act, could be killed or injured by trapping or snaring devices.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale issued the summary judgment Tuesday as part of a 2021 lawsuit filed by environmental activist groups over the Idaho Legislature’s expansion of trapping seasons.

 

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