From SierraNevadaAlly.org:
Just south of Highway 70, about 40 miles northwest of Reno, Nev., sits Sierra Valley, a nearly 600-square-mile alpine basin. Once a vast lake, Sierra Valley–dotted with wetlands, sagebrush, and surrounded by mountains–is home to numerous ranching and farming outfits. Over the past five years, a growing gray wolf population has also returned to this rural area, reigniting long-standing tensions between ranchers and predators.
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Idaho Bans Cellular Trail Cameras on Public Land, Hunting Deer and Elk with Thermals, and More
From OutdoorLife.com:
Idaho is the latest state to ban trail cameras for certain hunting applications, thanks to a new law that goes into effect this summer. Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 939 on April 2, marking the first regulation changes in a years-long effort to address the rise of hunting technology and its role in ethical hunting.
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Researchers collar wolf pups on Fond du Lac Reservation to study survival rates
From NorthernNewsNow.com:
A team of researchers visited a wolf den near Cloquet on Wednesday to collar and measure a litter of pups as part of an ongoing research on wolf populations. Teams from the Fond du Lac Band and the 1854 Treaty Authority worked in partnership with the help of local high school students.
“It’s so close to home that it just feels really more important because this is the community that I live in and this is the wildlife around me,” said Cloquet High School student Melanie Buhls.
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Canis Lupis comeback: Wolf numbers growing in Oregon
From KLCC.org:
For millennia, wolves played a critical role in the Oregon environment, but then due to mankind, they were gone. Yet somehow, nature found a way, and slowly, wolves moved back into the state from neighboring Idaho. It’s been a difficult, often contentious rebound where the outcome has often been in doubt.
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[Colorado] State expanding range rider program to reduce wolf conflicts with livestock
From GJSentinel.com:
Last year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Colorado Department of Agriculture started a new range rider program that deployed state employees to help reduce conflict between wolves and livestock.
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In Wisconsin, the Fates of Wolves and Humans Are Intertwined
From NewLinesMag.com:
The Ojibwe people of the Great Lakes have invoked treaty rights to preserve their land, culture and ‘spiritual siblings,’ the gray wolves, yet new legislation poses a further threat.
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The Indian wolf is a test case for India’s conservation policy
From DowntoEarth.org:
Can the Indian wolf help India meet its global biodiversity commitments? If OECMs are to move beyond rhetoric, the wolf may be the country’s most honest test — an overlooked and misunderstood carnivore that could redefine conservation in shared, non-protected landscapes.
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I spent 7 years tracking an elusive wolf pack through the snowy wilds of Canada. My encounters were mind-blowing
From BBCWildlife.com:
I looked down at my hands, shielded in red mittens, and flexed my fingers. They were badly blistered from frostnip, and I winced. It was early March and, despite the azure sky above, it was a bone-chilling -50°C.
Beside me stood wildlife guide Adam Reimer. Born and bred in the Canadian bush, this willow-slip of a 20-something had a seemingly genetic indifference to the temperatures and an intrinsic understanding of tracking.
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[Canada’s] Wild About Wolves research project
From Parks.Canad.ca:
When you visit Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, you are in qʷayac̓iik (wolf) territory. Wolves are a natural and important part of this coastal ecosystem.
To better understand local wolf populations, and how people and wolves can safely coexist, Parks Canada undertook a six year Wild About Wolves research project. While the study is now complete, ongoing monitoring and education continue to help support safe, respectful coexistence between people and wolves.
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With wolves back in California, can coexistence with humans be possible?
From SierraNevadaAlly.org:
Just south of Highway 70, about 40 miles northwest of Reno, Nev., sits Sierra Valley, a nearly 600-square-mile alpine basin. Once a vast lake, Sierra Valley–dotted with wetlands, sagebrush, and surrounded by mountains–is home to numerous ranching and farming outfits. Over the past five years, a growing gray wolf population has also returned to this rural area, reigniting long-standing tensions between ranchers and predators.
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Earth Month dialogues: Protecting the world’s last red wolves
From SELC.org:
The red wolf’s only remaining wild population survives in a small corner of eastern North Carolina. Its future hangs in a delicate balance shaped by conservation efforts, public policy decisions, and the complex relationship between people and the environments they share.
This is the story that Lindsey Liles tells in her Garden & Gun article, “Inside the Fight to Save the World’s Most Endangered Wolf,” which won the 2026 Reed Environmental Writing Award in the journalism category.
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