From Nature:
One summer evening in 2004, around the campfire during a rock climbing trip to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky, Doug Benn, a glaciologist at the University of St Andrews, UK, shared a photo with Jason Gulley. It was a picture of a 6-metre-deep hole, shaped like an upside down ‘L’ in the walls of the Khumbu Glacier, the highest glacier in the world at an altitude of 7,600 m on the southwestern slopes of Mount Everest in Nepal. Then a final-year undergraduate geology student at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Gulley thought that the hole’s shape looked like the result of meltwater drainage, which hinted that long, intricate caves can form and melt in glaciers. But, it would be impossible to work out exactly how those processes happen without getting inside these voids.
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Vail Pass camera captures one of Colorado’s new wolves
From Vail Daily:
The Colorado Corridors Project in June captured its first photo of a wolf on Vail Pass.
The photo features the wolf staring directly into the camera and was taken by a remote-triggered camera on the north side of East Vail pass
The photo tracks with information provided in Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s June activity map detailing the collared wolves’ movements across the state. In June, the map showed that the wolves were moving deeper into Eagle and Summit counties.
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Europe’s wolves once again under threat as protections lift
From ABC News:
European governments appear to be fighting against conservation protections for grey wolves after populations began to rebound from the brink of extinction in the 20th century.
Grey wolves became a “strictly protected” species under 1979’s Bern Convention, by which time they were already extinct in France.
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2 more wolf kills confirmed in Northwest Colorado
From The Aspen Times:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has confirmed two more wolf attacks on livestock in Routt County this month.
The fatal depredations involved the killing of a calf July 7 and another calf killing on July 10, according to CPW employees who completed a necropsy report confirming the incidents.
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‘Saint or devil’: return of wolf stirs debate in Europe
From: France 24:
Grey wolves were virtually exterminated in Europe a century ago but now, thanks to conservation efforts, numbers have rebounded.
The predator’s population growth has triggered howls of protest from farmers and concern from conservationists.
In 2023, there were breeding packs of grey wolves in 23 countries of the European Union, with a total population estimated at around 20,300 animals, bringing the elusive creatures into more frequent contact with humans.
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Gray Wolf Activity and Updates
From Statesman Examiner:
The following report was presented by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) during the monthly wolf report, and provides an overview of gray wolf conservation and management activities in Washington during June 2024.
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Gray wolves could fall off Washington state endangered list
From Axios Seattle:
Gray wolves are making a recovery in Washington, according to the state Department of Fish & Wildlife (WDFW), and a vote slated for Friday could see members of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission downlisting wolves from an “endangered” to a “sensitive” species.
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Washington wolf pack attacks cattle; one wolf shot
From Capital Press:
The Couse wolf pack in southeast Washington has attacked two calves and one cow and probably attacked another cow, pushing the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to consider killing one or two wolves.
An adult male in the pack in Asotin County was killed July 8 while reportedly chasing livestock. The department is investigating. Under the state’s caught-in-the-act law, ranchers can shoot wolves threatening livestock.
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Wolf hazing, electric fencing: Isle Royale issues new rules to reduce visitors’ contact with wolves
From MLive:
ISLE ROYALE, MI – The National Park Service has announced new food storage guidelines for Isle Royale’s visitors and overnight campers to try to solve an issue with the island’s wolves accessing human food and garbage.
This activity is happening around the island’s Rock Harbor, where the visitor center is located, and in campgrounds on the east end of the island, park staff said Saturday. The new guidelines – meant to ensure safety for people as well as wildlife – come about a month after rangers cautioned the public that more frequent wolf sightings were taking place in those areas.
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Wolf that attacked dog is not a problem wolf, province sees it as “natural behavior”
From NL Times:
The wolf that attacked a leashed dog on an estate in Leusden last Saturday has shown natural behavior, according to experts. The province of Utrecht says that there is no question of a so-called problem wolf. The province assumes that the dog was attacked by one of the parents of wolf cubs.
“There was natural predatory behavior in which wolves see dogs as a threat and humans in principle not,” according to the answers of the provincial executive board to written questions from the VVD and BBB. “However, it is incredibly sad for the owner and anyone concerned about the wolf’s presence. According to experts, the wolf in the incident on July 6 displayed natural behavior.”
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Science on the edge: how extreme outdoor skills enhanced our fieldwork
From Nature:
One summer evening in 2004, around the campfire during a rock climbing trip to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky, Doug Benn, a glaciologist at the University of St Andrews, UK, shared a photo with Jason Gulley. It was a picture of a 6-metre-deep hole, shaped like an upside down ‘L’ in the walls of the Khumbu Glacier, the highest glacier in the world at an altitude of 7,600 m on the southwestern slopes of Mount Everest in Nepal. Then a final-year undergraduate geology student at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Gulley thought that the hole’s shape looked like the result of meltwater drainage, which hinted that long, intricate caves can form and melt in glaciers. But, it would be impossible to work out exactly how those processes happen without getting inside these voids.
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