From University of Montana:
MISSOULA – If not for its small size, distinguishing between the 3D-printed replica of Wolf 302M’s skull and the actual animal it imitates would be nearly impossible.
The near-perfect printed artifact is part of a passion project spearheaded by Maddy Jackson, a wildlife biology graduate student at the University of Montana, who is casting new light on the treasures hidden within a special wolf skull collection in Yellowstone National Park.
From the Coloradoan:
Colorado ranchers claim that Colorado Parks and Wildlife has reneged on its promise to avoid bringing wolves into the state that have been confirmed to have killed livestock in Oregon.
CPW this week released 10 wolves captured in Oregon into Grand and Summit counties, completing this year’s reintroduction releases. Oregon was the only state willing to give wolves to Colorado.
From Down to Earth:
Europe’s “wolf problem” is fast becoming a source of social and political tension. Relative conservation success across the continent has led to calls for action from worried politicians and farming and hunting groups.
And the European Commission has now proposed a change in their international status, from “strictly protected” to “protected”, which could allow people to hunt wolves.
From National World:
Protections which stop wolves from being hunted in much of Europe may soon be lost, with some conservation groups slamming the move as a backwards step for both biodiversity – and coexistence with wildlife.
The European Commission, which makes up part of the European Union’s executive, has this week proposed changing the international status of wolves from ‘strictly protected’ to just ‘protected’ under the Bern Convention – based on new data suggesting their population has increased to more than 20,000 animals across 23 countries. The strictly protected status means that animals can only be hunted in exceptional circumstances, such as when they pose a risk to human life or safety.
From Montana Public Radio:
Montana’s Fish and Wildlife Commission passed several changes to wolf and grizzly management in their recent end of year meeting.
Montana Public Radio’s Austin Amestoy sat down with Ellis Juhlin to discuss how the state is managing one large mammal species and what that can tell us about how it plans to manage another.
From Western Slope Now:
DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado has released 10 gray wolves so far in its ongoing effort to reintroduce the animals into the state.
State wildlife officials have been capturing the wolves in Oregon to release in Colorado as part of the mandate voters approved in 2020. The capture work finished on Friday, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
From Drovers:
Five gray wolves were released into a remote area of Colorado’s Rocky Mountains on Monday, marking the start of the most ambitious wolf reintroduction effort in the U.S. in almost three decades.
The wolf release was the result of a voter-approved reintroduction program embraced by the state’s urban Democratic voters but opposed in conservative rural areas. The wolves were set free from crates in a Grand County location that state officials kept undisclosed to protect the predators.
From Politico:
Brussels is on a mission to make wolves fair game for hunters. Campaigners and legal experts say it’s making a huge mistake.
The European Commission on Wednesday said it wants to change the conservation status of wolves from “strictly protected” to “protected.” If it get its way, wolf-hunting will be authorized in the EU.
From Bozeman Daily Chronicle:
Among the moves made by the Montana Fish and Wildlife Commission during its last meeting of the year was removing reference to the 2003 Grey Wolf Conservation and Management Plan from the guidelines for managing the species.
This change to the administrative rules for wolf management by the commission is tied the larger context of the state’s currently-in-progress new Wolf Plan and its usage of the controversial iPOM method to measure the state’s wolf population, which some say overestimates wolf numbers.
From Yahoo News:
Nearly two months ago, John Faulkner and members of the Peavey family, which owns Flat Top Ranch in the Wood River Valley, learned that an application with their names attached for state dollars to kill wolves would move ahead. But they never knew about the application and had no interest in the program.
The proposal was brought to Idaho’s Wolf Depredation Control Board by a predator control company without the ranchers’ knowledge. Last week, the board announced it will not move forward with the application or two others it received from Predator Control Corp. owner Trevor Walch.
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