Montana vs. the Wolves–Legal Battles Over Apex Predators

From MontanaOutdoor.com:

The Outdoor Heritage Coalition, which is an outdoors group that has hunter, angler, trapper, and rancher interests in mind and is pro-responsible consumptive use of natural resources, recently made a statement about a lawsuit that has been filed. Here is what they posted:

A pair of Montana lawmakers and the Outdoor Heritage Coalition last week filed a lawsuit alleging the state is failing to carry out several Republican-sponsored laws that sought to reduce the number of wolves in the state.

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[Idaho] Wolf Project keeps tabs on wolves to reduce livestock predation

From MTExpress.com:

The Sun Valley region is a refuge for the gray wolf thanks to wildlife conservation organizations, ranchers and state and county officials who have promoted nonlethal wolf-deterrence methods in the area to protect sheep.

Central to that collaboration is the Wood River Wolf Project, a program of the nonprofit International Wildlife Coexistence Network.

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Wolves, Science, and the Logic of Montana Ranching

From MontanaOutdoor.com:

Freelance writer Katie Jackson’s favorite animal is a wolf, while her rancher parents feel the opposite about the canines. She ended up writing an article about how she took them wolf-watching at Yellowstone National Park. Here’s how it goes:

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Livestock guardian dogs bred in Colorado could be the nonlethal deterrent the USDA has been looking for

From ColoradoSun.com:

Pat and Jan Stanko raise 180-pound Turkish Boz Shepherds, known for loving kids, lambs, calves and tiny chicks. They’re also fierce defenders of livestock against wolves, and a nonlethal coexistence group hopes to build a team they can deploy to ranchers on short notice.

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What’s It Like to Speak for Wolves? A Conversation with Ethicist and Wolf Trustee Bill Lynn

From PanWorks.Medium.com:

In January, I participated in the National Wolf Conversation, an event that brought together 25 people with a wide variety of perspectives on wolf recovery. Supported by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and convened by the independent organization Constructive Conflict, it sought to build lasting relationships among parties on all sides of the wolf issue.

I’ve covered the arguments over wolf recovery in the U.S. West for many years now, and watching those involved in this entrenched conflict begin to work together toward common ground was a profound experience; journalist Callie Hanson, who also participated in the conversation, and I wrote more about it here.

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The Newsfeed: ‘Wolf Land’ documentary premieres Oct. 4 on Cascade PBS

From CascadePBS.org:

The film explores the relationship between a cowboy in Eastern Washington working to protect wolves and a rancher trying to protect his cattle.

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When Is It Right to Kill a Wolf?

From NewRepublic.com:

In France, wolves have become a crucible for political tensions. Royal wolf-catchers—whose job dates back to the 800s—are feeling the pressure.

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Book explores citizen scientists and the Isle Royale wolf-moose project

From IronMountainDailyNews.com:

LANSING — Jeffrey Holden spends his summers knee-deep in dead moose. In his new book “Dead Moose on Isle Royale: Off Trail with the Citizen Scientists of the Wolf-Moose Project” (Michigan State University Press, $24.95), Holden turns decades of volunteer field notes and short essays into an off-trail narrative about the people who sustain one of ecology’s longest-running studies.

The Wolf-Moose Project at Isle Royale National Park started with scientists from Purdue University, Durward Allen and L. David Mech, in 1958. Since then, volunteers have collected data through on-the-ground fieldwork and built a six-decade record that reveals how climate, disease and food availability shape population cycles.

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Wolf Returns to Tervuren [Belgium] After Centuries

From EUToday.net:

After centuries, the wolf is making a long-awaited return. For years, only the Wolvenweg served as a possible reminder of the apex predator’s former presence in Tervuren. Now, change is on the horizon.“They’ve been here before. And they’ll show up again,” Jan Loos told Tervuren+.

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Uttar Pradesh: ‘Shoot on sight’ orders for wolves in Bahraich

From IndiaTimes.com:

Uttar Pradesh’s forest department issued “shoot on sight” orders for aggressive wolves in Bahraich district following six deaths and recent injuries. While fresh attacks occurred, one animal killed by villagers was identified as a jackal, not a wolf, adding confusion. Authorities are taking measures to neutralize threats, and a state minister has pledged aid to affected families.

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