From OPB.org:
Gray wolves roaming parts of Oregon and Washington could lose federal protections as part of President Donald Trump’s attempt to pacify ranchers facing multiple economic challenges.
Last week, Trump called on wildlife agencies to review the wolves’ U.S. Endangered Species Act status and consider delisting them. While that could create more opportunities for some Oregon and Washington ranchers to kill the animals, gray wolves would still be protected by state policies.
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California Reaffirms Commitment To Gray Wolf Recovery As Federal Delisting Review Begins
From WorldAnimalNews.com:
California wildlife officials are standing by the state’s commitment to protecting endangered species following a new executive order calling for a review of protections for gray wolves and Mexican wolves under the Endangered Species Act.
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Montana’s old wolf population model estimated 1,094 animals, but a revised model released this year produced a preliminary estimate of 725, hundreds fewer than the old model.
From SpaceDaily.com:
Between one estimate and the next, roughly 369 wolves disappeared from Montana. Not from the landscape, from the spreadsheet. What changed was the math.
In its 2025 Annual Wolf Report, Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks (FWP) published two different numbers for the same wolves at the same moment in time.
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Famous Yellowstone wolf pack might have outsmarted Wyoming hunters
From Yahoo.com:
Wyoming hunters hoping to target the matriarch of a famous Yellowstone wolf pack, when hunting begins Tuesday, might be out of luck.
That’s because the Mollie’s Pack, which had been living outside of Yellowstone National Park since early summer, is “mostly” back within the protection of park boundaries.
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Trump’s removal of wolf protections would change little in the Pacific Northwest
From OPB.org:
Gray wolves roaming parts of Oregon and Washington could lose federal protections as part of President Donald Trump’s attempt to pacify ranchers facing multiple economic challenges.
Last week, Trump called on wildlife agencies to review the wolves’ U.S. Endangered Species Act status and consider delisting them. While that could create more opportunities for some Oregon and Washington ranchers to kill the animals, gray wolves would still be protected by state policies.
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Colorado reacts to Trump pushing to delist gray wolves
From Western Slope Now:
WESTERN SLOPE, Colo. (KREX) – President Donald Trump signed the “Supporting America’s Ranchers” executive order directing the U.S. Department of the Interior to assess whether gray wolves should lose their endangered species protections. The order aims to bring down domestic beef prices and address declines in cattle populations.
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Blueberry seeds pulled out of five wolf scats in northern Minnesota germinated at 96 percent against 69 percent for seeds taken straight from the fruit, and half of them had sprouted by day 19 rather than day 26
From ScienceBlog.com:
The difference is real and the size of it is not settled: measured against the best of the study’s three control batches, the advantage shrinks from 27 percentage points to five.
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Colorado wildlife officers kill another wolf, bringing the total to 3 in 3 days
From the Colorado Sun:
The yearling female was from the One Ear pack that state wildlife officials say has been preying on livestock in Grand and Jackson counties.
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Monthly [Washington] wolf report – August 2026
From the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife:
This update provides an overview of gray wolf conservation and management activities in Washington during August 2026.
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Trump’s Removal of Wolf Protections Seen as Ripe for Challenges
From Bloomberg Law:
President Donald Trump’s move to lift federal protections for the Mexican wolf and gray wolf is an unusual and possibly unprecedented move that’s expected to spark court challenges in part because attorneys and advocates say Trump suggested a predetermined investigation of wolf recovery.
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What Trump’s order to delist gray wolves means for Colorado’s reintroduction
From SummitDaily.com:
President Donald Trump ordered the federal government to look at delisting gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves over the next 90 days.
In Colorado, where voters mandated the reintroduction of gray wolves in 2020, the change in federal protections would have little impact on how the state manages the species.
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