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.
From ColoradoPolitics.com:
While the COVID-19 pandemic became the defining issue of Gov. Jared Polis’ first term, the reintroduction of wolves on the Western Slope is likely to cement his legacy — however history ultimately judges his time in the executive office — in his final four years, particularly for rural residents.
From OutdoorLife.com:
Colorado has implemented a statewide suspension on the issue of 30-day trapping permits. The decision coincides with the Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s announcement that a female gray wolf died in May “due to an apparent secondary trauma from a lawful foothold trap used for coyote control.”
From Yahoo.com:
A secretly recorded cellphone conversation between ranchers and a Colorado Parks and Wildlife wolf depredation investigator exposed how agency investigations receive top-down influence to alter the number of confirmed wolf depredations.
The Coloradoan on July 20 was provided a copy of the nearly 20-minute recording by Merrilee Ellis of Coberly Creek Ranch that included a conversation between her husband, Mike Neelis; son-in-law, Adam Edwards; and state wildlife damage specialist Rhea Ebel-Childs on April 23.
From Outdoors.com:
The Voyageurs Wolf Project is dedicated to better understanding the ecology of wolves in the greater Voyageurs National Park ecosystem of Minnesota. The organization uses trail-cam footage to study wildlife like wolves, bears, and more in the remote wilderness, where humans rarely go. Voyageurs Wolf Project recently shared a video on YouTube that shows a mash-up of 10 months’ worth of footage from their trail cameras, and there are some real treats.
From NewsObserver.com:
A national conservation group asked a federal judge Wednesday for stronger protections to keep the red wolf population in Eastern North Carolina from becoming extinct. It’s the latest legal move in a years-long effort to force the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, which reintroduced red wolves to North Carolina in 1987 and manages the animals across a five-county area, to do everything it can to help the species survive and recover.
From ColoradoSun.com:
Legal foothold trap in northwestern Colorado killed wolf released in January.
From YahooNews.com:
A mountain lion was the apparent cause of death of a Colorado reintroduced wolf in Rocky Mountain National Park, while another reintroduced wolf died from injuries suffered after being caught in a lawful leghold trap, according to state wildlife officials.
From USAToday.com:
Wildlife officials in Colorado have reported three new gray wolf packs as part of the state’s plan to rebuild populations in the area, and shared footage of three pups captured on a trail camera.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife made the announcement on Thursday, July 17, sharing video of three gray wolf pups in Routt County, part of northwestern Colorado. In the footage, the pups appear to scratch their ears, rest a bit and playfully bite one another.
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