From ColoradoSun.com:
A former congressman and 2026 Republican gubernatorial candidate is continuing to claim Colorado Parks and Wildlife broke federal laws when the agency transported wolves from Canada into the United States last winter, and that officials who participated in the effort could face “enforcement action” if they don’t provide permits proving the federal government authorized the imports.
From Reuters.com:
From CBSNews.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is moving forward with their wolf reintroduction plan even as they face additional challenges around where the wolves will come from.
This comes after a former U.S. representative for Colorado who, along with other stakeholders, raised concerns that CPW may have violated state law by importing wolves from Canada.
From AlphaNews.org:
A recent wolf sighting on Nov. 7, 2025 on the Ely School District grounds while kids were in class has one Minnesota lawmaker renewing his call for delisting the gray wolf from the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) list.
U.S. Rep. Pete Stauber, who represents the Eighth Congressional District in northern Minnesota, said, “The science is clear—the gray wolf has recovered and must be delisted under the Endangered Species Act. Failing to do so threatens the safety and livelihood of our farmers with the loss of their livestock, and safety of the countless individuals across Northern Minnesota—including students in Ely where a wolf was recently spotted roaming school grounds in the middle of the school day.
From news.jrn.msu.edu:
LANSING – New research published in Nature Scientific Reports reveals how gray wolves in Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem.
Isle Royale is a remote national park in Lake Superior between Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and Minnesota and home to a plethora of animal species, including one of nature’s renowned architects, the American beaver.
From SourceNM.com:
Conservation groups this week criticized New Mexico wildlife officials for the recent capture and relocation of “Taylor,” a wandering male Mexican gray wolf, back to a protected zone in the Gila National Forest.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish caught Taylor on Nov. 7 near Gallina, a small, unincorporated community in Rio Arriba County. He was captured by helicopter and returned to the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area, which includes most of the state below I-40.
From JacksonHoleNews&Guide:
POWELL — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reported last week it will not prepare plans for recovering the gray wolf because the species no longer requires Endangered Species Act protections.
The agency found recovery plans will not promote conservation of the gray wolf because “listing them is no longer appropriate under the Endangered Species Act and measures provided pursuant to the Act are no longer necessary,” the agency said in the decision last week.
From AlaskaPublic.org:
Emily Freitas has lived on the border of Far North Bicentennial Park for a decade, but it wasn’t until late August when she first saw a pack of wolves in the city. She was walking her three dogs on a trail less than a half-mile from her East Anchorage home.
“The first wolf came out of the woods, and then the dogs just froze, and then the rest came out. It just stood there and stayed. They all just stared at each other for five [or] 10 minutes,” she said. It was around 9 p.m. when she saw the six wolves. They were about 50 yards away – close enough that Freitas snapped a picture of the pack staring directly back at her.
From Yahoo.com:
Nov. 11—New Mexico’s Department of Game and Fish relocated an endangered Mexican gray wolf on Friday after it strayed from is boundary a second time, drawing criticism from advocacy groups. Male wolf 3065, nicknamed Taylor by conservationists, was captured north of Gallina by helicopter and then released in the Gila National Forest in Grant County, according to a Game and Fish news release. Since late October, the wolf has made significant movements north, showing no signs of returning to the recovery area.
From ColoradoSun.com:
Colorado’s wolf restoration program is struggling amid federal roadblocks over where the state can source new wolves for reintroduction and the death of a 10th translocated wolf.
The latest wolf fatality, announced Friday, puts the survival rate for the reintroduced wolves at 60%. That’s well below the anticipated survival rate of 70% to 85% for the early years of Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program, according to the Colorado Wolf Management Plan. CPW released 10 wolves in December 2023 and another 15 in January 2025.
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