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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‘The last … to truly roam freely’: Wolf makes rare crossing through US-Mexico border for first time in decades
From Yahoo.com:
A Mexican gray wolf named Cedar has accomplished something no radio-collared wolf has done in decades: He crossed from the United States into Mexico on his own, slipping through a rare unfenced stretch of the border in New Mexico’s remote Bootheel region, Taos News reported.
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Beyond just wolves: The Colorado Range Rider Program leans into learning the language of the land
From Denver7.com:
Denver7 was invited to join a training for the Colorado Range Rider Program in Mesa County to see first-hand the many complex puzzles the riders must solve to protect livestock.
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270 wolves and counting: Washington’s packs are poised to move south
From YelmOnline.com:
Gray wolves are gaining numbers in Washington, continuing a trend that began nearly 20 years ago.
The newest official gray wolf population lists at least 270 wolves in 49 packs based on surveys from state and tribal wildlife managers.
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Feds seeking public comment on Colorado’s wolf import program
From CompleteColorado.com:
DENVER–The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is requesting public comment and information regarding Colorado’s gray wolf importation program. This request comes just months after the federal agency threatened to take over wolf management in Colorado due to ongoing problems.
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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.
Click here for the full story.
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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