From Salon:

Andrea Zaccardi had just moved to Idaho Falls, a city of roughly 70,000 people not far from Yellowstone National Park, when she was startled by the shadowy creature that darted in front of her. This was roughly a decade ago and Zaccardi was up early in the morning to drive to her new job. Suddenly a “black figure” ran in front of her car, “so quick it was just a flash,” she said. Zaccardi stopped the car, looked to her left and saw it: A large, majestic gray wolf, staring at her from the top of a nearby hill.

 

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From BNN:

In a significant stride towards biodiversity conservation, Ukraine is taking steps to establish its first reserve specifically aimed at protecting the breeding grounds of wolves, a species currently facing neglect under the nation’s environmental policies. Despite being a signatory to the Bern Convention, which mandates the protection of various wildlife species, Ukraine has been an outlier in Europe by not extending these protections to wolves. This pioneering effort is led by the Kyiv Ecological and Cultural Center, spotlighting a crucial turning point in the nation’s approach to wildlife conservation.

 

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From Outdoor Life:

Game wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks are investigating a suspected wolf poaching that took place near Yellowstone in late January. The agency is offering a $1,000 cash reward for any information about the incident.

Wildlife officers found the dead wolf northwest of Gardiner near Mol Heron and Cinnabar Creeks on Jan. 27, according to a press release from the agency. With a year-round population of less than 1,000 people, the small town of Gardiner sits just outside the Yellowstone National Park boundary, and it’s where the North Entrance to the park is located.

 

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From CBS News:

To help communities adjust to living with wolves, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has started an educational presentation for wolf reintroduction and started in Silverthorne, just south of where a pack of wolves was released late last year. A packed house in Silverthorne Tuesday night brought fans and opponents of wolves alike with questions.

Both the director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife Jeff Davis and Wolf Conservation Program Manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife Eric Odell were in attendance to help answer questions that folks in Summit County had regarding the new wildlife.

 

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From 5280:

It’s been a whirlwind for Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) since the public voted to reintroduce wolves to the Centennial State in 2020—including negotiating a deal with Oregon to obtain canids and navigating an 11th-hour lawsuit from local ranchers seeking (unsuccessfully) to stall the effort. But while CPW released 10 wolves into Grand, Summit, and Eagle counties this past December, that’s only the first step toward a successful reintroduction. Here’s what we can expect in the years ahead.

 

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From The Daily Montanan:

Game wardens with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are investigating the suspected poaching of a wolf in late January near Gardiner, a spokesperson for the department said Wednesday.

The wolf was found dead in late January near Mol Heron and Cinnabar creeks, FWP spokesperson Morgan Jacobsen said. He said game wardens suspected the wolf was poached in an incident that happened around noon on Jan. 27.

 

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From Wisconsin Examiner:

A former Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) warden who served on the agency’s committee to create a new wolf management plan for the state is under investigation by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for killing a wolf in his yard in December. He has claimed self-defense, but he posted on Facebook in November that he was baiting the animals with doughnuts and rice crispy cereal.

The warden, Patrick Quaintance, also sits on the Wisconsin Conservation Congress where he holds positions on the body’s fur harvest and bear committees. The conservation congress serves as an important pathway between residents in Wisconsin and environmental policy makers. In the past, conservation groups have complained that the body is controlled by pro-hunting interests.

 

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From Boise State Public Radio:

Ranchers whose livestock are killed by grizzly bears and wolves could get more financial support from the state of Idaho under a bill making its way through the statehouse.

The bill would set up a $225,000 annual fund to reimburse ranchers for livestock losses. It would be managed by the Idaho State Department of Agriculture.

 

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From Vial Daily:

Colorado Parks and Wildlife released its latest wolf activity map on Wednesday, depicting where collared wolves have been in Colorado over the past 35 days.

The map shows where wolves traveled between Jan. 23 and Feb. 27 and is part of an effort from CPW to inform the public where wolves have been without revealing where they are at any current point in time.

 

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From The Times of India:

The State Forest Research Institute (SFRI) has initiated the first ever long-term survey to assess the current ecological status and the distribution of wolves inside the Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary following the reintroduction of tigers during 2018.

 

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