From komonews.com:
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A wolf pack in Washington recolonized the south Cascades for the first time this winter as the state’s wolf population continues to grow.
On Friday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) released its 2022 annual Washington Gray Wolf Conservation and Management report. The report found a 5% increase in wolf population growth from the previous count in 2021. The WDFW said it is the 14th consecutive year that the state’s wolf population has grown.
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Smith: Changes are coming to Wisconsin’s wolf plan with calls for sustainable, long-term management
From jsonline.com:
Adam Payne has been secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for less than four months.
But he was probably on the job for less than four hours before he had discussions with staff about two of the leading challenges facing the agency. In the environmental realm, there is PFAS in water. And in wildlife management, there is the pending update to the state’s wolf management plan.
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Wolf population up in Washington, but there’s disagreement about how many is enough
From Spokane Public Radio:
The state says wolves are filling in as expected in Washington, but conservation groups think there should be more.
Washington wildlife officials say the state’s wolf population continues to increase. They say they are seeing the animals move into new recovery zones, something they have planned for some time.
The latest report by the Department of Fish and Wildlife indicates the wolf population in Washington has increased by at least 5%, to 216 wolves in 37 packs, 26 have successful breeding pairs.
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Debunking the Alpha Wolf: Why We Need to Rethink Our Understanding of Wolf Packs
From One Green Planet:
The alpha wolf idea comes from outdated terminology from research on captive wolf packs in the mid-20th century. Wildlife biologists, like L. David Mech, once used terms such as alpha and beta to describe the pecking order in wolf packs. In the 1970s, Mech used the alpha wolf nomenclature in a classic book of wolf biology, The Wolf: Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species. However, as new research has come to light, Mech has pushed back against the term, and The Wolf was taken out of print in 2022.
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Washington’s wolf population continues to grow with 8 new packs in 2022
From komonews.com:
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A wolf pack in Washington recolonized the south Cascades for the first time this winter as the state’s wolf population continues to grow.
On Friday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) released its 2022 annual Washington Gray Wolf Conservation and Management report. The report found a 5% increase in wolf population growth from the previous count in 2021. The WDFW said it is the 14th consecutive year that the state’s wolf population has grown.
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Gray wolves caught on camera in Tehama County
From actionnewsnow.com:
TEHAMA COUNTY, Calif. – A pack of wolves was caught on camera in Tehama County last week.
Brian Baty shared photos from his trail camera on private property on March 27 around 6 a.m.
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A booming population of feral dogs becoming major threat to wolves in Pune district
From hindustantimes.com:
Increasing stray dog population in Pune district is threatening the ancient Indian wolf species. The wolf population is decreasing from their natural habitat due to fights and transmission of infectious diseases like rabies. The Grassland trust is working on a project for wolf conservation, and the forest department is taking measures like dog testing and awareness programmes to protect the wolf population.
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Wolf depredation: Utah wants Colorado to pay for future losses
From 9news.com
Colorado received thousands of public comments about its wolf management plan. Only one came from another state government: Utah.
Thursday, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission meets to put final touches on its wolf management plan.
The state has to reintroduce wolves by the end of this year, because that’s what voters decided in 2020.
Before the plan is finalized, CPW has to review thousands of public comments.
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Wolf killing and the consequences of disturbing pack dynamics
From Wyofile.com
New research shows killing wolves changes pack dynamics, and those changes matter.
The last few years have been tough for gray wolves. Idaho passed a law to kill up to 90% of the state’s wolves. Montana killed 270 in one season. Wisconsin killed about 220 before the species went back on the Endangered Species List. Some 25 wolves killed in the Yellowstone National Park area in 2022 came from the park itself.
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Did A Hunter Shoot A Wolf In New York?!
From Bittel Me This:
One DNA test said ‘coyote’, while another said ‘wolf’. An expert explains what the heck is going on here.
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Wolf population growing with packs and pairs
From NBCRightnow.com
The wolf population showed a five percent increase compared to 2021’s count. The study also found Washington’s first recolonized wolf pack in the south Cascades.
The study is the 14th in a row to show an increase.
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Tribes found 37 packs of 216 wolves throughout the state. Breeding pairs increase by seven to now have 26 successful pairs. The last study showed 206 total wolves among 33 packs and 19 breeding pairs.
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