From KRCTV.com:
NORTHSTATE, Calif. — The 2025 state budget has been signed, with some funds aiming to address concerns in rural communities. Under the 2025 State Budget, $2 million will be available for the Wolf-Livestock Compensation Program.
A UC Davis study released in April 2025 showed that one wolf can lead to anywhere from $69,000 to $162,000 in direct and indirect losses.
From Extenstion.OregonState.edu:
CORVALLIS, Ore. — Cows that have experienced wolf attacks display physical signs associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study by Oregon State University.
From CowboyStateDaily.com:
Montana is considering setting a wolf kill quota of 500 for the 2025-2026 wolf seasons, allowing hunters and trappers to take as many as 15 wolves each.
If hunters and trappers fill the quota, it would cut Montana’s wolf population roughly in half, leaving about 550 of the predators, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) reports.
From 9News.com:
CPW staff has been trying to kill a wolf for several days, due to the pack repeatedly killing livestock, according to a letter obtained by 9NEWS Investigates.
From Coloradoan.com:
PITKIN COUNTY — Distrust of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s implementation of the wolf recovery plan runs as deep as the Capital and Sopris creek drainages where longtime ranching neighbors Mike Cerveny and Brad Day run around 700 cattle combined.
From WorldAnimalNews.com:
A young Mexican gray wolf named “Taylor” is once again at risk of being recaptured by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), sparking urgent calls from 35 conservation organizations to let him remain free. Taylor recently made the 150-mile journey back to the Mount Taylor area in New Mexico, where he had been previously trapped and removed in May.
From BBC.com:
Two women from Italy and the US tell Datshiane Navanayagam about following the movements of growing wolf packs in Yellowstone National Park and the Italian Alps.
From SteamboatRadio.com:
Range Riders have been employed throughout Colorado to help with non-lethal mitigation of wolves. Colorado Parks and Wildlife has ten range riders. The Colorado Department of Agriculture employs three range riders, one of whom is Shelby Neiberger, who grew up in Rangely. She is 30 years old.
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From NewsFromTheStates:
As Idaho changes to a totally new method for counting wolves, officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game have increased the state’s 2023 wolf population estimate they reported publicly last year.
From KUNC.org:
As Colorado’s gray wolf population increases with four new groups of pups, the reintroduced animals continue to stick to familiar watersheds across the Western Slope.
In the latest map from Colorado Parks and Wildlife — which shows activity between June 24 and July 22 — the wolves were active in watersheds across many northwest counties, including Eagle, Pitkin, Garfield, Routt, Jackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Summit and Grand counties.
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