From The-Independent.com:
Alaska wildlife agents have been given the green light to resume shooting black and brown bears, including from helicopters, as part of a controversial programme aimed at restoring a vital caribou herd.
A judge ruled on Wednesday against two conservation groups, the Alaska Wildlife Alliance and Center for Biological Diversity, who sought to halt the cull. Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman stated the groups failed to demonstrate the state lacked a reasonable basis for the plan.
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Elk, wolves top [Idaho] worry list
From CoeurD’AlenePress.com:
COUER d’ALENE— Locals sounded off to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission on Wednesday, and foremost on their minds were wolves and elk.
Larry Hatter said he believes the stark increase in tags and hunts could seriously affect elk populations. “Elk are an iconic piece of the West,” he said, “it has a serious effect on something so valued and treasured for the vast majority of rural residents.”
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Disease outbreak cuts Wyoming, Yellowstone wolf numbers to lowest level since reintroduction era
From County17.com:
A flare up of a disease that’s especially lethal to wolf pups took a toll on Wyoming and Yellowstone National Park wolf numbers in 2025, reducing biologists’ counts to a level last seen when wolves were still reestablishing following the species’ historic 1995-96 reintroduction.
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Colorado wolf restoration at a ‘tenuous time’ amid high mortality rate, federal pressure
From DurangoHerald.com:
It’s been more than two years since Gov. Jared Polis opened metal crates in northwest Colorado, kicking off a voter-mandated effort to restore wolves almost a century after hunters and trappers eradicated the species from the state.
So how’s it going so far?
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Wolf numbers were up last year but recovery remains uncertain, CPW staff say
From GJSentinel.com:
The recovery of gray wolves in Colorado is in a precarious state after further releases of wolves was halted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff said at a Thursday meeting of the CPW Commission in Grand Junction.
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Scientists Set Up Trail Cameras to Study Wolves in Minnesota, Instead They Caught Something No One Had Seen in Over a Century
From IndianDefenseReview.com:
Trail cameras in northern Minnesota have filmed what researchers had not documented in more than 100 years, a wild cougar raising three kittens. The sighting was made possible by the Voyageurs Wolf Project, a research initiative that deploys hundreds of trail cameras across northeastern Minnesota to study wolves and the broader ecosystem.
Those same cameras had detected lone cougars on eight separate occasions since 2023, but nothing remotely close to what they captured this time.
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35 takeaways from Colorado’s annual wolf report: Population grows, high death rate, livestock killings, and more
From DenverGazette.com:
Here are a few key takeaways related to population numbers, wolf deaths, distribution of wolves, depredation, and management:
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Hunters in Alaska are allowed to kill bears from helicopters again – but only to save caribou
From The-Independent.com:
Alaska wildlife agents have been given the green light to resume shooting black and brown bears, including from helicopters, as part of a controversial programme aimed at restoring a vital caribou herd.
A judge ruled on Wednesday against two conservation groups, the Alaska Wildlife Alliance and Center for Biological Diversity, who sought to halt the cull. Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman stated the groups failed to demonstrate the state lacked a reasonable basis for the plan.
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Colorado’s wolf reintroduction hits “inflection point” as program leader steps down, population dwindles and conflicts increase
From ColoradoSun.com:
GRAND JUNCTION — Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program is entering its most precarious stretch yet, as the program’s top administrator publicly announced his retirement Thursday — but not before telling commissioners he could not provide them with an estimate of when, if ever, wolves would be fully reestablished in the state.
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Research confirms Galveston red wolf DNA link
From GalvNews.com:
Coyotes slipping through Galveston Island’s marshes are carrying more than invasive nutria in their jaws — they are also carrying traces of a wolf that once roamed the Texas coast.
New research shows that coyotes along the Gulf Coast, including those on Galveston Island, retain genetic ancestry from the red wolf, a species long extirpated from the region. Scientists say the persistence of those genes is tied not to genetics alone, but to unusually high survival rates in remote coastal wetlands where human access is limited.
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Plans to Manage [California] Wolf and Mountain Lion Predators
From MyMotherLode.com:
Sacramento, CA — What to do about wolves and mountain lions in rural areas has been addressed recently by government agencies and local law enforcement.
The recent Calaveras Cattlemen’s Association Dinner, attended by Calaveras County Sheriff Rachelle Whiting, included several speakers and a discussion of the topic of grey wolves.
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