From KOVA.com:
BISBEE, Ariz. (KVOA) – Cochise County has adopted a resolution opposing the current implementation of the Mexican Gray Wolf reintroduction program.
The resolution passed unanimously with a 3-0 vote on Tuesday and calls for reforms to the program, mainly that ranchers be fully compensated when their livestock is killed by wolves.
From 9News.com:
PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) confirmed a wolf or wolves killed a calf in Pitkin County on July 18. The state believes the Copper Creek Pack was involved, a CPW spokesperson told 9NEWS.
“The producers in this area have been working constructively with CPW’s wildlife damage specialists on the deployment of all available and appropriate non-lethal conflict mitigation efforts,” said Luke Perkins, a CPW spokesperson.
From SecondWaveMedia.com:
It’s not likely Michigan Tech biologist Rolf Peterson has had a chance to bask in the congratulatory comments pouring in on the university’s social media posts following his selection last month as one of 2025’s Michiganians of the year.
From LewistonTribune.com:
Idaho’s wolf population has stabilized following a downward trend and is expected to grow in the coming year.
Whether either of those things is good or bad depends on your perspective.
From XLCountry.com:
Montana wildlife officials are eyeing some big changes when it comes to managing wolves for the 2025-26 season. The goal? Reduce wolf numbers to what they call a “sustainable level.”
Right now, there are an estimated 1,091 wolves roaming the state, with about half of them living in Region 1 (Flathead, Lake, Lincoln, and Sanders counties). Which is only 12 fewer then the previous year and still considered well over recovery thresholds. For some lawmakers, that’s still considered a red flag.
From ColoradoPolitics.com:
Colorado has now spent more than $8 million over five years on the wolf restoration program, according to a presentation made at Thursday’s Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting in Grand Junction.
From TheHill.com:
The restoration of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park has helped revive an aspen tree population unique to the region, a new study has found.
Quaking aspen, one of the few deciduous tree species in the northern Rocky Mountain ecosystem, is once again thriving, after suffering severe decline during the 20th century, according to the study, published on Tuesday in Forest Ecology and Management.
From LADailyPost.com:
SANTA FE – A male Mexican wolf (M3065) has been documented crossing out of the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area (MWEPA) north of Interstate 40 in New Mexico.
From SkyHiNews.com:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife released its second annual report on wolves, providing an overview of the agency’s management, monitoring, conflict mitigation, and research as it reintroduces the animal in Colorado.
The report covers the second biological wolf year, only including activities between April 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025. This means the document does not include recent livestock attacks, new denning activity, and five additional wolf deaths, including Parks and Wildlife’s lethal removal of a Copper Creek yearling after chronic depredation activity in Pitkin County.
From IdahoCapitalSun.com:
After years of reporting wolf population as of Aug. 1, state officials switched their estimate to May this year when population will be highest due to birth of pups.
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