From The CoastlandTimes.com:
RALEIGH – Nearly 40 years after the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service launched an innovative program to save the eastern red wolf from extinction, a nonprofit conservation group is challenging the agency’s prior decision to not upgrade to a more protective management designation, despite its outsized importance to the species’ survival.
From WRAL.com:
The Red Wolf Recovery Program on the North Carolina coast has confirmed the birth of four wild litters of red wolf pups on the Albemarle Peninsula.
From KUNC.org:
While Colorado’s wolf restoration has now seen 25 wolves released and four packs formed, one group in particular has dominated the discourse: the Copper Creek pack. The Vail Daily recently sat down with Jeff Davis, the director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, to discuss all things wolves, including what’s been going on with the Copper Creek wolf pack.
From BrusselsTimes.com:
A so-called ‘problem wolf’ has attacked a six-year-old boy in the Netherlands, sparking safety concerns for ramblers. The boy was walking with his mother and younger brother in Den Treek nature reserve in Utrecht province when the incident happened.
From DailyMontanan.com:
A federal judge in Missoula on Tuesday vacated the federal government’s determination that gray wolves in the Western United States do not need increased federal protections under the Endangered Species Act.
Several coalitions of conservation groups, including several from Montana, filed lawsuits in federal district court last year against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, in an attempt to force the agency to reapply ESA protections to the species.
The groups praised the decision from the federal district court in Montana as a step forward towards providing greater protection for the iconic species.
From CentralOregonDaily.com:
SISTERS, Ore. — Oregon’s annual wolf report was published last week, documenting the ongoing presence of a pack of wolves in the Metolius River basin. The wolves are near Camp Sherman, on Green Ridge and around Black Butte. It’s something to keep in mind when you are out there camping, fishing and hiking.
From CBS17.com:
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – A pair of U.S. representatives from North Carolina are advocating for the federal government to continue to protect the small population of red wolves.
Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Congressman Greg Murphy (NC-03) joined together to propose a bipartisan resolution for continued red wolf repopulation and recovery effort support, including building wildlife corridors.
FRom UtahNewsDispatch.com:
A coalition of outdoor sporting groups intend to appeal the decision by a federal judge in Montana that directed the federal government to reconsider whether gray wolves in the Rocky Mountains require additional protections under the Endangered Species Act.
From WyoFile.com:
Scientific research has long assumed gray wolves are non-migratory during springtime, staying anchored to tend to litters of nearly helpless pups. For the first weeks of life, after all, pups are blind, deaf and extremely vulnerable.
From Spokane Public Radio:
Although conservationists are celebrating a legal victory this week in their fight to restore protections for wolves in the West, wolves remain under state control in Idaho, where hunting and trapping remain legal, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials said Thursday.
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