From MountainJournal.org:
Before government-sanctioned bounties for gray wolves unraveled at the turn of the 20th century, as many as 2 million individuals roamed freely throughout North America. Hunted nearly to extinction as westward expansion ensued, population estimates for one of America’s top carnivores dropped to below 700 wolves by 1960.
Federal conservation initiatives driven by the Endangered Species Act have protected wolves, driving their population to an estimated 3,000 individuals today. But a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last year argued that gray wolves in the western U.S. no longer required federal protection.
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Full Of Grizzlies, Wolves And Cougars, Yellowstone’s Top Apex Predator Is A Bug
From CowboyStateDaily.com:
Yellowstone National Park is full of grizzlies, wolves and elusive mountain lions. But the apex predators of the park might be those tiny tiger beetles that thrive around thermal pools — and hunt and kill everything else.
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Wolf activity closes Wick Beach between Tofino and Ucluelet [Canada]
From WesterlyNews.ca:
Aggressive wolf activity shut down Wickanninish Beach on Thursday. Pacific Rim National Park Reserve officials have temporarily closed the beach and the BC Conservation Service is investigating a wolf attack on a dog in the area, according to Parks spokesperson Laura Judson.
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CPW releases this year’s Colorado Gray Wolf Annual Report
From SteamboatRadio.com:
The Colorado Gray Wolf Annual Report has been released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. It is for the biological year of April 1, 2024, through the end of March this year. Here’s what was released from Colorado Parks and Wildlife today (Friday, June 27, 2025).
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CPW map shows gray wolf may have neared Denver, but biologist says its misleading
From KDVR.com:
DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s latest wolf activity map shows a wolf may have strayed close to the Denver metro area in the last couple of months, but a wildlife biologist says the map can be misleading.
Gary Skiba says CPW uses watersheds to track wolf activity in the state, one just highlighted on CPW’s latest wolf activity map stretching into Jefferson and Denver counties. But that same watershed also extends far to the west into the mountains and the map doesn’t give an exact location.
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Two Republican senators attempt to kill bipartisan proposal to raise lodging tax for wildlife
From OregonCapitalChronicle.org:
Raising the state hotel tax by 1.25 percentage points could send millions to the Fish and Wildlife Department, but the Republican senators say it will hurt the tourism industry.
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Birth of 4 Mexican wolf pups brings hope for the endangered canines
From MexicoNewsDaily.com:
Four Mexican wolf pups, two males and two females, were recently born at the San Juan de Aragón Wildlife Conservation Center in Mexico City, according to the city Environment Ministry (Sedema).
The birth of the pups represent a key advance in the conservation of the Mexican wolf, a subspecies of gray wolf, which virtually disappeared from the American landscape during the 1970s.
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Montana Releases Final Wolf Management Plan
From GrandViewOutdoors.com:
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks released its 2025 Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan this spring. The process ended an extensive public process to capture updates to wolf management strategies and research into a new plan.
The final 2025 Montana Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan (2025 Wolf Plan) incorporates updates in wolf-related research, more than 20 years of management experience, evolution in conflict management, new laws, social perspectives and public input.
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Sweden’s wolves in hunters’ sights as government eases protection
From Euractiv.com:
Following the recent downgrade of the wolf’s protection status across Europe, Sweden is almost halving the number of individuals that must remain protected. The Swedish government announced today that it will reduce from 300 to just 170 the population size that must be maintained to meet the criteria for ‘favourable conservation status’ under EU rules.
“A first interim goal is for the wolf population to be reduced to 270 individuals by the next licensed hunt in 2026,” Swedish Minister of Rural Affairs Peter Kullgren said. The decision has been communicated to the European Commission and will apply across the country for the next six years, unless the EU executive decides to challenge it.
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Return of the ghost wolf: Saving the Mexican gray wolf
From OneEarth.org:
One Earth’s “Species of the Week” series highlights an iconic species that represents the unique biogeography of each of the 185 bioregions of the Earth.
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Conservation Groups Sue Feds for Alleged ESA Violations in Wolf Decision
From MountainJournal.org:
Before government-sanctioned bounties for gray wolves unraveled at the turn of the 20th century, as many as 2 million individuals roamed freely throughout North America. Hunted nearly to extinction as westward expansion ensued, population estimates for one of America’s top carnivores dropped to below 700 wolves by 1960.
Federal conservation initiatives driven by the Endangered Species Act have protected wolves, driving their population to an estimated 3,000 individuals today. But a decision by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last year argued that gray wolves in the western U.S. no longer required federal protection.
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