From AspenPublicRadio.org:
(NEW CASTLE, Colo.) — Bouncing up a dry dirt road this fall in western Colorado, Mike Tornes is searching for his cattle. He drives unfazed through deep ruts in the path, passing broad green, orange, and yellow valleys as birds of prey sweep in front of his windshield.
Every spring, Tornes releases between 120 and 140 cows on these 7,000 acres of private land, but it’s inherently risky. “It takes a … certain kind of dumb, I guess, to be able to throw several hundred thousand dollars out in the woods and say, ‘Come on home when you want to.’”
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Mexican wolves are rebounding, but are they ready for delisting?
From HighCountryNews.org:
2025 has been an eventful year for Mexican wolves. The imperiled predators — a subspecies of gray wolf reintroduced to the Southwest in 1998 — appeared to be bounding toward recovery: According to the latest census, released in March, about 286 wolves roam Arizona and New Mexico, marking a nine-year growth streak. In response, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., introduced a bill in July to remove them from the list of federally endangered species.
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[Oregon] Rep. Bentz cites livestock losses in push to delist wolves
From RogueValleyTimes.com:
Rep. Cliff Bentz, who represents Eastern Oregon and Jackson and Josephine counties in Congress, warned that the growing population of gray wolves is an increasing threat to livestock and the meat industry and called for their removal from federal endangered species protections. Speaking on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives last week, Bentz said the protections for wolves are restricting livestock owners’ ability to defend their herds. The compensation they receive from lost cattle is inadequate, he added.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife is attempting to clarify the process for ranchers seeking compensation for wolf-related losses
From SummitDaily.com:
When Colorado voters passed Proposition 114 in 2020, it not only initiated the state’s reintroduction of gray wolves but also required Colorado Parks and Wildlife to help producers prevent wolf conflict and pay ranchers fair compensation for livestock losses.
With the creation of a wolf plan, the state wildlife agency also stood up a new model and process for compensating ranchers for wolf-related livestock losses. Now, taking knowledge from the first two years of reintroduction and a stakeholder group convened this year, the agency is seeking to improve and clarify the process.
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German Government Backs Wolf Hunting To Manage Wild Packs
From Barron’s.com:
The German government on Wednesday backed legislation that would allow regular hunting of wolves in order to manage populations in areas with large packs.
Rising livestock losses to wolves in recent years have provoked intense debate in Germany, pitting farmers against conservation advocates who hailed the resurgence of wolves in parts of the country as an environmental victory.
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Court stops Swedish wolf hunt in 2026 – had been criticized by the EU
From EuropeanNewsroom.com:
Stockholm – A Swedish court is stopping all planned licensed wolf hunting in 2026. The decision applies to all five counties where hunting was to have begun on January 2.
Among others, Sweden’s largest environmental organization, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation, had appealed the county administrative boards’ decision on licensed hunting, arguing that “the government has opened the door to extensive and illegal licensed hunting of a protected and severely threatened species.”
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House To Vote On Delisting Gray Wolves From Endangered Species Act
From NationalParksTraveler.org:
The House of Representatives is expected to vote on ending gray wolf protections on Thursday. The vote will specifically be related to H.R. 845, introduced by Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-CO, and named the Pet and Livestock Protection Act. If signed into law, the bill would delist gray wolves from the Endangered Species Act and eliminate the ability to challenge the delisting in court.
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California curtails effort to find young wolves whose parents were euthanized
From theSacramentoBee:
Wildlife managers have significantly pared back their efforts to find three juvenile gray wolves who are the last remaining members of a pack that had established itself in the Sierra Valley ranch lands north of Truckee, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday.
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[Washington] Officials make controversial decision on wolves in US: ‘I’m really torn on this issue’
From Yahoo.com:
The wildlife commission in Washington State voted against sending wolves to Colorado for a restoration project. Washington officials decided they needed to keep their own wolves to sustain the local population after recent declines. What’s happening?
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Hunters, locals address grey wolf sightings in J. Clark Salyer Wildlife Refuge [North Dakota]
From KFYRTV.com:
J. CLARK SALYER WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.D. (KMOT) — The J. Clark Salyer Wildlife Refuge spans just shy of 90 square miles in north central North Dakota. It’s home to hundreds of species of animals, including a new one that’s raising concerns of those who use the area.
Recent grey wolf sightings at the J. Clark Salyer Wildlife Refuge over the past few months have given some visitors quite the stories to tell.
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Colorado Enlists Range Riders to Deter Wolf Attacks; Ranchers are Skeptical
From AspenPublicRadio.org:
(NEW CASTLE, Colo.) — Bouncing up a dry dirt road this fall in western Colorado, Mike Tornes is searching for his cattle. He drives unfazed through deep ruts in the path, passing broad green, orange, and yellow valleys as birds of prey sweep in front of his windshield.
Every spring, Tornes releases between 120 and 140 cows on these 7,000 acres of private land, but it’s inherently risky. “It takes a … certain kind of dumb, I guess, to be able to throw several hundred thousand dollars out in the woods and say, ‘Come on home when you want to.’”
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