From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold a virtual informational meeting to update the public on the Red Wolf Recovery Program, including revitalized recovery efforts for the species, the status of recovery efforts in the eastern North Carolina Red Wolf Population area, coyote management strategies, and future planning efforts for the recovery of the species. With interest in the Red Wolf Recovery Program spanning areas across the historic range of the species, we invite all to attend this virtual informational meeting.
The virtual informational meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. EST. The Service encourages the submission of questions in advance during the registration process as this will assist us with planning our presentation. Questions will also be taken live online.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to Hold Virtual Informational Meeting on Red Wolf Recovery Program
From U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold a virtual informational meeting to update the public on the Red Wolf Recovery Program, including revitalized recovery efforts for the species, the status of recovery efforts in the eastern North Carolina Red Wolf Population area, coyote management strategies, and future planning efforts for the recovery of the species. With interest in the Red Wolf Recovery Program spanning areas across the historic range of the species, we invite all to attend this virtual informational meeting.
The virtual informational meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. EST. The Service encourages the submission of questions in advance during the registration process as this will assist us with planning our presentation. Questions will also be taken live online.
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Red wolf pups die after father killed by vehicle; push for wildlife crossings
From WCTI News 12:
Eastern North Carolina — Endangered red wolf pups have died after their father was struck by a vehicle in North Carolina earlier this year, according to a recent release by wildlife officials.
This past spring, a 2-year-old female red wolf named Chance gave birth to five red wolf pups. Shortly after the birth of the pups the male red wolf was hit and killed by a vehicle along Highway 64 in the last remaining refuge.
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Former Yellowstone resource chief seeks ‘audacious acts’
From Jackson Hole News & Guide:
Tom Olliff was leaving the Thorofare, the most remote region in the lower 48 states, and walking toward Yellowstone National Park’s southern entrance when he noticed something unsettling.
A dry, brown grass had spread across the landscape.
“I was shocked to see fields and fields of cheatgrass,” Olliff said. “I know cheatgrass is invading in a lot of places, and I know to expect cheatgrass in the Northern Range. I certainly did not expect to see it there.”
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Feds seek court OK for ending gray wolf federal protections
From E&E News by Politco:
The Fish and Wildlife Service maintains that the gray wolf has recovered throughout the continental United States and no longer requires Endangered Species Act protections, a new court filing shows.
In a legal brief filed on its behalf Friday, the agency declared the gray wolf to be “one of the ESA’s biggest success stories” and asserted that the “best available science” showed wolves were not endangered or threatened even though the species no longer inhabits part of its historical range.
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Operation Bhediya reveals gaps in human-wildlife conflict mitigation
From Mongabay.com:
The forest officials of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district breathed a sigh of relief when they captured five wolves from a pack of six, which has been under scrutiny for recent animal attacks on people, mostly children. “The good news is that there haven’t been any attacks reported in the past week,” Shaheer Khan, a conservation biologist from the Wildlife Institute of India in Dehradun, who is currently stationed in Bahraich to assist the forest department in identifying and capturing the wolves, informed Mongabay India earlier this week.
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U.S. House of Reps bill prohibits killing predators with snowmobile
From Buckrail:
UNITED STATES — National outcry after Daniel, Wyoming resident Cody Roberts ran over and possessed an injured female wolf on Feb. 29, has led to federal lawmakers pursuing new legislation that would prohibit the intentional killing of wolves, coyotes and other wildlife with a snowmobile on federal lands.
The Snowmobiles Aren’t Weapons (SAW) Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Nancy Mace, R-S.C., Don Davis, D-N.C., Matt Gaetz, R-Fla. and Troy Carter, D-La on Thursday, Sept. 12.
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The Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves
From AP News:
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S.
If successful, the move would put the predators under state oversight nationwide and open the door for hunting to resume in the Great Lakes region after it was halted two years ago under court order.
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Colorado’s new source for gray wolves is outside the U.S.
From 9News:
DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) went outside the United States to secure a new source for gray wolves in its second year of reintroduction efforts, the agency said on Friday.
Colorado will get up to 15 wolves from the B.C. Ministry of Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship in British Columbia, Canada. The wolves will be captured and released in Colorado between December and March, CPW said in a news release.
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Tribal wildlife grants awarded
From Char-koosta News:
POLSON – The Department of the Interior recently announced the recipients of Tribal Wildlife Grants. The Tribal Wildlife Grants Program is administered by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the program annually solicits project proposals from tribal fish and wildlife programs for funding consideration. The proposals are competitively reviewed by the Service, and funding is allocated based on the reviews.
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Colorado wolf dies in Grand County, the 2nd mortality in one week from reintroduced species
From Sky-Hi News:
Another of the male wolves reintroduced to Colorado has died in Grand County.
This marks the third wolf death since Colorado Parks and Wildlife released 10 gray wolves in December 2023 and the second mortality this month.
The wildlife agency received a mortality signal from the GPS collar on wolf 2307 on Monday, Sept. 9, and confirmed the death on Tuesday.
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