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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MoJo Book Club: Rick McIntyre’s ‘My Life With Wolves’
From MountainJournal.org:
‘How I Became the Storyteller for the Yellowstone Packs’ is at once scientific chronicle and witty memoir from the man Jane Goodall called the ‘ultimate guru of wolf behavior.’
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Wolves Are Thriving at Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park, Reaching Their Highest Numbers in Almost 50 Years, New Data Suggests
From SmithsonianMag.com:
Scientists estimate that 37 of the animals are now roaming the rugged archipelago, which has contributed to the dwindling moose population. But the predators and prey might be nearing a tipping point.
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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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