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In 1958, as part of a research project on wolves, David Mech, a graduate student in wildlife ecology at Purdue, was flying over Isle Royale National Park, on Lake Superior. From above, he saw a wolf pack capture and kill a moose. This was rare. More than nine times out of ten, he had witnessed the wolves’ prey escape. “I wanted to see how old this moose was, and to see if it was ill,” Mech told me recently. He had the pilot drop him off some distance away, and snowshoed in. “I remember arriving to the edge of this clearing, and there were these fifteen wolves feeding on this moose,” he said.
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From the newyorker.com
In 1958, as part of a research project on wolves, David Mech, a graduate student in wildlife ecology at Purdue, was flying over Isle Royale National Park, on Lake Superior. From above, he saw a wolf pack capture and kill a moose. This was rare. More than nine times out of ten, he had witnessed the wolves’ prey escape. “I wanted to see how old this moose was, and to see if it was ill,” Mech told me recently. He had the pilot drop him off some distance away, and snowshoed in. “I remember arriving to the edge of this clearing, and there were these fifteen wolves feeding on this moose,” he said.
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Also check out the following article:
Alpha wolf: What does it mean, and should it still be used?
USFWS delays publication of final revised red wolf recovery plan
From The Coastland Times:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced it is delaying the publication of the final revised red wolf recovery plan to ensure it has adequate time to use the results of a forthcoming population viability analysis (PVA) for informing the final revised recovery plan for the red wolf. The original, court-ordered publication date of Feb. 28, 2023 will now be extended to Sept. 29, 2023.
Read more at: https://www.thecoastlandtimes.com/2023/03/20/usfws-delays-publication-of-final-revised-red-wolf-recovery-plan/
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Yampa Valley ranchers unite in effort to inform wolf recovery rules including lethal take
From the Steamboat Pilot & Today in Colorado:
Ranchers and other residents across Northwest Colorado are focused on obtaining what they see as the most favorable regulations possible when Colorado reintroduces gray wolves in the state, likely before the end of this year.
Last week, a group of about two dozen Moffat County residents, including everyone from county commissioners to local livestock producers and those whose livelihoods depend on the local hunting industry, welcomed an expert in the field of wolf recovery to pick his brain before a series of public meetings this week, including one Wednesday, March 15, in Craig.
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Colorado: Packed house at Wheeler for a Q&A with wolf experts ahead of state’s reintroduction
From the Aspen Times:
Wheeler Opera House was packed Wednesday evening for Aspen Center for Environmental Sciences’ “Living with Wolves: Coexistence in Colorado” event. This sold out show began with a collection of short films and a presentation from keynote speaker Joanna E. Lambert, PhD.
Lambert is a professor of environmental studies and faculty of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder who has a deep passion for the wild and natural world, resulting in a career spent publishing and teaching about the evolution, ecology and conservation of wild animals.
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Wolves back in Belgium after 100 years, sparking controversy
From the BBC:
The researcher from the Flemish Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO) walks us along a countryside track in Belgium’s eastern province of Limburg.
It’s not long before he spots a wolf print that most of us would never notice. The front paw track, lightly pressed into the mud, is probably just a few days old.
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Another Wild Wolf Killed in New York, Radio-Isotope Test Confirms
From the Center for Biological Diversity:
ALBANY, N.Y.— Conservation groups announced today that testing by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York State Museum revealed that a wolf killed in upstate New York in 2021 was eating a wild diet and was a wild wolf.
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British Columbia: Kootenay student starts petition to end wolf culling
From TheSaxon.org:
A student from the Kootenays in the southeastern British Columbia, launched a petition that has already garnered more than 43,000 signatures calling on the province to stop killing wolves to save caribou.
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The Usual Suspects: In Colorado, Wolves Blamed For Losses They Didn’t Cause
From MountainJournal.org:
How does Idaho count wolves? Critics say state uses ‘smoke and mirrors,’ misleads public
From the Idaho Statesman:
As a scruffy gray-and-brown wolf stood in a grassy Idaho clearing, it fixed its gaze straight ahead. Another dark wolf trotted down a muddy dirt road. A third stepped over gravelly terrain, its mouth open as it panted in the sun. Motion-triggered cameras, placed by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, snapped photos of the wild animals along trails. Later, the agency would use those photos to help determine the number of wolves residing in Idaho.
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Wisconsin: GOP legislators ready bill calling for wolf population goal
From SpectrumNews1.com in Wisconsion:
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A pair of Republican legislators circulated a bill Friday that would require Wisconsin wildlife officials to establish a new population goal for wolves in the state in their next management plan.
The state Department of Natural Resources has operated since 1999 under a wolf management plan that limits the statewide population to 350 animals.
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