From nltimes.nl in the Netherlands:
The construction of a fence intended to protect livestock from wolves has started in Friesland. Former Queen’s Commissioner and VVD member Hans Wiegel drove the ceremonial first pile into the ground near Boijl, on the border of Friesland and Drenthe. At the same time, numerous experts have voiced concerns over the initiative, NOS reported.
One of the initiators was a sheep farmer Jehan Bouma. Together with three other livestock farmers, he advocated for the wolf fence, which is to be placed along the entire 150-kilometer long outer border between Friesland and Drenthe. Bouma and his partners raised 30,000 euros for the first piece of the fence through crowdfunding.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife partners with CSU to study wolf reintroduction process
From CBS 4 in Denver:
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife continues to research the reintroduction of gray wolves into the state. Wildlife officials announced a new partnership with Colorado State University on Thursday.
While CSU is known for its agriculture and animal studies, this time the university is helping with public engagement. Together, CPW and CSU will analyze the public and stakeholder engagement process associated with the wolf reintroduction. The research will be funded by a RAPID National Science Foundation grant.
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One wolf was poached in WA. Here’s why it’s a big deal
From Crosscut.com:
When wolf biologist Trent Roussin first saw the gray wolf on May 26 in the Sheep Creek area of Washington’s Stevens County, it wasn’t immediately apparent that she had been shot. The wolf was lying on the ground miles behind a locked gate; it was quiet, Roussin says, and not particularly messy or bloody. When he and his colleagues realized she had been poached, he wasn’t surprised. But he was disappointed.
“It’s really a bummer, is the first thing you think,” says Roussin, who works at the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. State-endangered gray wolves, once extirpated from the area, started recovering in Washington in 2008.
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Public comment runs 10-1 against Montana’s new wolf hunting, trapping regs
From the Missoula Current:
In a meeting to get the public’s comments on proposed changes to a wolf hunting season, opponents outnumbered supporters by a margin of nearly 10-to-1, with many criticizing night-hunting, snaring, baiting traps and some threatening to cancel vacation plans to the Treasure State.
On June 24, the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commissioners put out a matrix with different wolf hunting proposals and management tools, including the addition of measures endorsed by the 2021 Legislature, which included much of what drew public criticism on Wednesday night.
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Netherlands: Despite serious objections, “Wolf fence” introduced to protect livestock in Friesland
From nltimes.nl in the Netherlands:
The construction of a fence intended to protect livestock from wolves has started in Friesland. Former Queen’s Commissioner and VVD member Hans Wiegel drove the ceremonial first pile into the ground near Boijl, on the border of Friesland and Drenthe. At the same time, numerous experts have voiced concerns over the initiative, NOS reported.
One of the initiators was a sheep farmer Jehan Bouma. Together with three other livestock farmers, he advocated for the wolf fence, which is to be placed along the entire 150-kilometer long outer border between Friesland and Drenthe. Bouma and his partners raised 30,000 euros for the first piece of the fence through crowdfunding.
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California is home to a new pack of wolves
From the Sierra Nevada Ally:
Since 2017, the Lassen pack of wolves, as they’re known, has been the only documented pack of wolves in California until last Friday when the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) updated their known wolves document and added the Beckwourth pack.
“According to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, field efforts are ongoing. And it’s not yet known whether the pack has reproduced this year,” said Pamela Flick, California program director for Defenders of Wildlife. “But they did some preliminary DNA analysis, and at least one of the wolves is a Lassen pack pup from 2019. And it’s a female.
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Campaign Launched to Overhaul Oregon Management of Wolves
From The Bandon Western World:
A new set of planning guides and resources was released today by conservation groups working to improve state management of gray wolves and move agencies across the country away from traditional practices that largely focus on killing wolves.
States have long relied on public advisory groups to help develop initial wolf plans and update existing plans. But livestock and hunting representatives on these panels outnumber and overpower scientists and organizations that are advocating for the full recovery and welfare of wolves.
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Cull conundrum as ‘plague’ of wolves massacre Croatian livestock
From CGTN:
Croatians in the southern Dalmatia region say they are suffering from increased wolf attacks on their livestock. But are humans actually to blame?
Ivan Tesija is a farmer, and organizer for the Croatian farmer’s union. He described recent events as a “plague.”
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DNR committee at odds on fall wolf hunt in Wisconsin
From The Daily News in Iron Mountain, Michigan:
SUPERIOR, Wis. — As emotions run high around wolf management in Wisconsin, members of the state’s wolf harvest advisory committee failed to reach a consensus last week over a recommended harvest level for the fall’s hunt.
The committee is made up of various interests representing state wildlife managers, tribes, agriculture, hunting and environmental groups, among others. Department of Natural Resources Deputy Secretary Todd Ambs said the committee’s input would serve as a starting point for the agency to come up with a proposed harvest target.
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Gray wolf pack makes its home in northern California
From The Guardian:
A new gray wolf pack has established itself in northern California, retaking a part of the vast territory that the species used to inhabit.
The fledgling Beckwourth pack has set down roots in Plumas county, near the California-Nevada border, the California department of fish and wildlife (CDFW) reported Wednesday. Its three members include LAS12F, a two-year-old female wolf born in California, and two others. Wildlife officials are tracking and analyzing the feces of wolves in the region in an effort to identify the lineage of these wolves.
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Montana wolf seasons amended to comply with law
From The Lewiston Tribune in Montana:
During a conference call last week, Idaho Fish and Game commissioners amended wolf trapping and hunting seasons in response to a newly passed law.
Meanwhile, the majority of Idahoans who commented on the proposal did not support the changes.
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