From outtherecolorado.com:
According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the first draft of the ‘Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan’ will be available for public viewing in a virtual meeting on December 9. The plan will be presented in this first meeting before being discussed with public feedback heard at five upcoming meetings set to take place around the state of Colorado.
From the Jackson Hole News and Guide:
Doug Smith, the human face of Yellowstone National Park’s wolf research and management program, is retiring.
The park announced Smith’s imminent departure Monday afternoon. His last day in the office is Tuesday.
From WFIN.com:
A Montana judge has temporarily restricted wolf hunting and trapping near Yellowstone and Glacier national parks and imposed tighter statewide limits on killing the predators, over concerns that looser hunting rules adopted last year in the Republican-controlled state could harm their population.
State officials authorized the killing of 450 wolves during the winter of 2021-22, but ended up shutting down hunting near Yellowstone National Park after 23 wolves from the park were killed, most of them in Montana.
From The Economist:
The next battle in America’s wolf wars is beginning. In 2020, Coloradans voted to reintroduce grey wolves to their state by the end of 2023.
From CPR.org:
It appears there may not be a mystery pack of wolves living in northwestern Colorado and killing local livestock after all.
Last month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials dispatched a news release acknowledging it was investigating the possibility that wolves were responsible for killing cattle in the White River National Forest.
From the Ely Echo:
For the second straight year, the International Wolf Center welcomed new pups.
Rieka’s arrival in 2021, which coincided with the easing of Covid-19 restrictions and resulted in attendance more than doubling at the local museum, was only the beginning.
From GreatLakesNow.org:
After the latest change to gray wolves’ status under the federal Endangered Species Act, it’s illegal to hunt the iconic predators in Michigan.
But following the release of a state plan that opens the door to the possibility of future hunts, the animal’s friends and foes are already lobbying state species managers about whether Michigan should launch a hunt if wolves lose federal protections.
From the Tucson Sentinel:
Mexican wolves nearly vanished from the Southwest in the early 1900s, but reintroduction efforts begun nearly 25 years ago have brought them back from the brink of extinction.
An updated recovery plan aims to further protect the endangered wolves through increased law enforcement, education and outreach to communities near where the wolves live. But the update has critics, who say it doesn’t go far enough.
From Big Country News:
COLVILLE – For the past eight months, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police have been investigating six wolf deaths within the Wedge Pack territory in Stevens County, near Colville in northeast Washington state. Toxicology results revealed all six wolves died from ingesting poison.
Initially, investigators found four animals in late February, and within a month during searches of the area, WDFW found two additional wolves.
From SwissInfo.ch:
The number of attacks on livestock in Switzerland, home to an estimated 200 wolves, has been rising owing to the increase in the number of wolves and packs roaming mainly in the Alps.
“Within just a few years, wolf populations have increased massively across Switzerland. While there was just one pack in 2012, there are now 20,” Christian Stauffer, managing director of the Swiss-based Kora Foundation told Blick newspaper on Monday.
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.