From WNCT9:
SALISBURY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — A small zoo in Salisbury is currently fighting an uphill battle: trying to save the state’s red wolf population.
Rowan County is currently accepting bids for Rowan Wild’s new red wolf building, which will double the size of the current structure and add an additional side yard.
From Wyoming Public Media:
The Little Snake River crosses the Wyoming-Colorado border at least a dozen times on its westward journey. The river valley is agricultural, with goats, sheep and cattle grazing next to tiny school houses and churches.
“We don’t notice that there’s a border between Wyoming and Colorado here. We’re neighbors up and down this border,” said Bob Davis, a local rancher and Wyoming state lawmaker.
No matter what state you’re in, Davis said stock growers need to be prepared to handle predators, including gray wolves. His son recently bought some 190-pound dogs to protect a herd of sheep.
From Elkhorn Media Group:
BAKER AND WALLOWA COUNTIES – Following recent depredations, ODFW have authorized the lethal removal of two wolves from the Keating Pack located in Baker County and have issued the following release:
“ODFW has authorized lethal removal of up to two wolves from the chronically depredating Keating Pack in Baker County. A producer requested lethal removal after four confirmed depredation events in the AKWA in October, including three separate events confirmed on Oct. 15. The authorization allows removal by USDA Wildlife Services and the producer or their agent through a limited duration permit on private land pastures where their livestock are present. The authorization is valid until Dec. 31, 2023, while livestock are present or until two wolves are removed, whichever comes first. The producer impacted by recent wolf depredations has been using guardian animals (dogs and donkeys), fencing, regular human presence, and fox lights to reduce conflict. The Keating Pack is currently estimated to include at least 6 wolves (including at least 3 juveniles). All Wolf Plan rules regarding lethal removal are in effect for this authorization and permit, including that ODFW did not identify any wolf attractants on the property. Another update about the authorization will be posted if the two wolves are removed, after Dec. 31 if less than two wolves are removed, or the authorization is extended.”
From NBC Montana:
MISSOULA, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks are seeking public comment on the 2023 Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan.
The plan will incorporate 20 years of wolf-related research for long-term management and conservation of wolves across Montana.
The deadline to comment is Dec. 19 at 5 p.m. and you can submit a comment here.
From Payson Roundup:
The nearly 20-year effort to return Mexican gray wolves to the wild has struggled, thanks to fierce debates, lawsuits, poaching, genetic bottlenecks and high death rates among the reintroduced wolves, often due to hunters, federal trappers, poachers, cars and other human causes.
However, the year-end census in 2022 put the wolf numbers at 242, up 23% over the same time in 2021, including 105 in Arizona’s White Mountains and another 137 in neighboring New Mexico. The 59 established packs included 19 in Arizona and 40 in New Mexico.
Living anywhere near humans definitely remains hard on wolves.
From the Mountain Mail:
Ten gray wolves will be making the long journey from Oregon to Colorado this year as part of the wolf reintroduction effort.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced in a press releaseOct. 6 a one-year agreement that detailed the sourcing of wolves from Oregon to be brought to the Western Slope.
The relocation of the wolves comes after the 2020 vote to reintroduce wolves into Colorado by the end of 2023.
From Geographical:
As the first rays of morning light streak across the frozen gorse and heather, and in the heavens, 100,000 stars fade from view, a sudden movement catches my eye. A large creature with a reputation as dark as the moorland night moves with unnerving speed and silence over this bleak, high-altitude landscape. Pausing for just a second, it turns its head toward me and I catch a fleeting glimpse of sharp ears, hard eyes, and a bushy tail dipped in black, and then the ghost of the highlands turns and continues its silent race against the rising daylight. My encounter with a wolf is over.
From Rocky Mountain Outlook:
BANFF – Twenty-five years ago, Canmore wildlife biologist Karsten Heuer embarked on an epic 3,400-kilometre journey from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming to Watson Lake in the Yukon, following the path of wide-ranging species like wolves and grizzly bears.
Taking a break from his job at Parks Canada, Heuer plotted the wildest route he could, hiking, skiing and paddling between 1998 and 2000 to find out how realistic Yellowstone to Yukon (Y2Y) Conservation Initiative’s grand vision of a connected continental corridor was on the ground.
From The Guardian:
In the pre-dawn darkness of Sierra de la Culebra, Zamora, Spain, a sudden howl pierces the cold. More join in, until the baying chorus echoes all around. As the sky begins to lighten, their shapes emerge: first the alpha male, and then the rest of the wolf pack, appearing in the twilight where light and darkness merge.
In Europe, this large carnivore was hunted for centuries and almost exterminated, surviving only in inaccessible or sparsely populated areas. Now, thanks to changing attitudes and increased protection, Europe’s wolf population is slowly recovering, and the apex predators are gradually returning to their former territories.
From the Piscataquis Observer:
A video from northern Maine submitted to the BDN of a probable male wolf and four of his pups stirred up some discussion.
The Maine Wolf Coalition has submitted photographic evidence of individual animals that could be wolves, but biologists consistently say there are no breeding wolf populations in the state.
The International Wolf Center advances the survival of wolf populations by teaching about wolves, their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future.