How rare will wolf sightings be in Colorado?

From TheAspenTimes:

Colorado’s voter-initiated reintroduction of gray wolves has thrust a new predator into the High Country.

There are currently around 30 wolves in the state — a combination of reintroduced animals from Oregon and British Columbia, pups and those that have traveled from neighboring states. For the most part, wolf activity has been concentrated in the northwest counties of Grand, Summit, Routt, Eagle, Jackson and Pitkin — placing the animals in areas where Coloradans are living, ranching and recreating.

The Aspen Times spoke with Brenna Cassidy, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s expert wolf biologist, on what living alongside the predators will look like as the population continues to grow.

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Dutch told to keep dogs on lead or risk a wolf attack (and a fine)

From TheTimes.com:

From this weekend, dog owners in the Dutch Utrecht region face fines if they walk their pets without a leash in wooded areas where wolves are on the prowl.

It follows repeated incidents in which wolves have attacked dogs as the Netherlands, Europe’s most densely populated mainland country, struggles to deal with the predator.

The leash requirement, according to experts, means wolves will “see the dog and its owner as one” and significantly reduces the chance of an attack. Dog walkers will be given a six-week “adjustment” period before facing fines of €120 if their pets are not on a lead, with a maximum length of 10 metres.

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[Minnesota] Elected officials talk wolves at Hunters for Hunters meeting

From ElyEcho.com:

Steve Porter of Hunters for Hunters welcomed a crowd of around 100 people to the Babbitt Municipal Center on Feb. 22. He explained the organization started about a year and a half ago. The first meeting in Squaw Lake had 400 people in attendance along with six elected officials.

Porter said the audience was largely made up of deer hunters who had spent the season in the woods without seeing any deer.

“Minnesota is in a crisis with an epic failure of wolf management,” said Porter.

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Michigan lawmakers want gray wolf population control rights back

From WLNS.com:

LANSING, Mich.  — Some lawmakers in Michigan are pushing for Congress to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list—allowing population management to be returned to the states.

23 state representatives introduced a resolution Tuesday to urge Congress to reinstate the Department of Interior’s prior removal of the gray wolf from the endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service removed the gray wolf (excluding the Mexican wolf) from the list in 2020. However, a court order in February 2022 once again protected gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act.

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Wolves Becoming a Bigger Problem in Northern MN.

From WJON.com:

The wolf population in Minnesota is mostly in the northern portion of the state and those living there are seeing some negative affects from them.  Glen Schmitt from Outdoor News says wolf-related livestock depredation complaints are at a 10-year high in northern Minnesota.

He says there was a report of a wolf attacking a deer on someone’s front yard in town.  Schmitt says the lack of food in the woods for wolves have pushed them into towns.

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Wolf from Great Lakes died in Elbert County [Colorado] from getting trapped

From 9News.com:

ELBERT COUNTY, Colo. — A wolf died in Elbert County last year from getting caught in a trap, according to a federal death investigation obtained by 9NEWS Investigates.

This wolf was not one that Colorado Parks and Wildlife reintroduced.

“The Y-STR haplotypes obtained from LAB-4 was identical and unique to that of gray wolves (Canis lupus) from the western Great Lakes region of the United States,” the report says genetic testing concluded.

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Gray wolf resurgence in California sparks debate among ranchers and conservationists

From KRCR.com:

NORTHSTATE, Calif. — Fourteen years after the first gray wolf, known as OR-7, was spotted in California in a century, the population has grown to approximately 50 wolves across several packs. This resurgence has sparked mixed reactions among residents.

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Mexican gray wolf population continues to grow, but advocates aren’t satisfied with recovery plan

From ArizonaDaily Sun:

The number of endangered Mexican gray wolves living in the wild across Arizona and New Mexico has reached at least 286, officials with the two states’ Game and Fish departments announced, with 2024 being the ninth consecutive year of population growth.

The latest “minimum count” is based on a multimethod survey conducted between November 2024 and February 2025. The survey relies on remote cameras, scat collection and visual observations, and it is conducted annually each winter.

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[Montana] Public hearing to be held on wolf-hunting bill

From MontanaRightNow.com:

A bill to extend the wolf hunting season by three months to align with the closing of the black bear hunting season on June 15 will be discussed in the Senate Fish and Game Committee next Tuesday.

The bill’s sponsor, GOP Rep. Paul Fielder, has argued that extending the wolf hunting season is a wildlife management tool needed to bring the wolf population down to the level recommended by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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Nearly 50 wolves killed in eastern Switzerland over five-month period

From SwissInfo.ch:

Wildlife wardens in the eastern canton of Graubünden, together with hunters, shot 48 wolves between September 2024 and January 2025, in an effort to reduce attacks on livestock during the next grazing season, the canton said on Monday.

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