From MPRNews.org:
Early one morning last week, before visitors arrived at the International Wolf Center in Ely, staff members released two small, black, fuzzy wolf pups into a fenced outdoor yard — the site of an unusual science experiment.
From MLive.com:
ISLE ROYALE, MI – How many new litters of wolf pups were born on Isle Royale in the last year? And are moose numbers continuing to decline in this national park wilderness? We won’t have those answers this year. The longtime Wolf and Moose Study group said it was unable to do its winter flyovers that collect that data because of an unexpected issue with the survey flights.
From Jackson Hole News & Guide:
The Wyoming Game and Fish Commission will discuss hunting seasons for wolves and cougars at a Wednesday meeting in Casper.
From KUNC.org:
Colorado’s wolf population grew this spring with the formation of three new packs.
The state designated the new wolf families as the One Ear Pack in Jackson County, the King Mountain Pack in Routt County and the Three Creeks Pack in Rio Blanco county.
They join the Copper Creek pack, which formed in Grand County last year.
From BrainerdDispatch.com:
Crow Wing County commissioners agreed to a request by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow its staff to access county-owned lands to “address issues involving wolves, coyotes and beavers.”
Board members approved an agreement Tuesday, July 8.
From NRDC.org:
The gray wolf is an iconic keystone species that was nearly decimated in the United States by widespread predator control programs and habitat and prey loss. While wolves have begun to make a comeback since receiving Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections in the 1970s, they are still a long way from recovered. And yet, over the last two decades, the federal government has made repeated, failed attempts to prematurely strip wolves of protections and remove them from the list of endangered species.
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From Newsbreak.com:
A newly proposed bill would remove the Mexican gray wolf from the federal endangered species list. If approved, the bill would reverse years of protection and recovery efforts for this vulnerable species.
From KUNC.org:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners during a special meeting on Monday declined to direct the agency to kill or relocate a reintroduced gray wolf pack that has caused controversy in Pitkin County.
From EastIdahoNews.com:
LEMHI– A Lemhi man has been criminally charged after he allegedly lied about where he killed wolves so he could receive larger bounties on them.
Brock Oliver has been charged with four counts of grand theft by deception. If found guilty, Oliver could spend up to 56 years in prison and pay a fine of up to $20,000.
From SCDailyPress.com:
A large portion of Tuesday’s Grant County Commission work session was devoted to what one commissioner called an anti-wolf resolution on Thursday’s meeting agenda. Catron and Socorro counties have each declared a disaster based on the incursion of reintroduced Mexican gray wolves in their territory, and have asked other counties to pass resolutions urging intervention from a variety of state and federal agencies on their behalf.
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