From WISBusiness:
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF), a nonpartisan independent nonprofit, reviewed the history and science behind the 350 goal in a newly published Conservation Bulletin report, “The 350 Wolf Goal in Wisconsin: An Assessment by Wisconsin’s Green Fire on Setting Population Goals for the State’s Gray Wolf Population.” The lead contributors on this WGF report include some of the original authors of the WDNR’s 1999 plan, such as wildlife biologist and WGF wildlife work group co-chair Adrian Wydeven.
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Idaho commission approves new wolf management plan
From Grandview Outdoors:
The Idaho Fish and Game Commission has unanimously approved a new wolf management plan, outlining goals and strategies to manage the population to fluctuate at about 500 wolves. The wolf plan drew roughly 2,500 comments during a 32-day public comment period, which will shape Idaho’s wolf management over the next six years. The plan was approved in the commission’s May 11 meeting.
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DNR: Hunting dog depredated by wolves in Lincoln County, WI
From Tomahawk Leader:
On Monday, July 24, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Wildlife Services verified that wolves killed a Redbone trailing hound in the Town of Merrill.
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What does the reintroduction of wolves mean for Colorado’s deer and elk herds?
From CPR News:
News of the worst winter for northwest Colorado big game animals in decades made Robert Fisher curious: How are wolves going to factor into all this?
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As decadeslong wolf debate rages on, advocates promise more field evidence
From Portland Press Herald:
State biologists in the Northeast uniformly say that the likelihood of wolf populations in Canada getting a foothold in the Eastern United States is unlikely, if not impossible. But advocates with the Maine Wolf Coalition Inc. say a series of videos they’ve collected in Aroostook County prove wolves are in Maine.
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Good news for North Carolina’s critically endangered red wolves
From PBS North Carolina:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Red Wolf Recovery Program reports that a new litter of wolf pups has been born to what is known as the Milltail family pack on the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina.
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Trap cameras spot wolves in Purulia forest
From My Kolkata:
“The pictures suggest a male and a female wolf. Wolves have been captured on cameras in Purulia before. We believe that there is a stable population of Indian wolves in Purulia,” said Asitava Chatterjee, the divisional forest officer of Kangsabati South forest division.
Conservation groups petition for rulemaking to limit state killing of wolves
From Washington Wildlife First:
Eleven conservation groups petitioned the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission yesterday to adopt rules requiring the state to meet certain standards before it uses taxpayer money to kill state endangered wolves.
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Wisconsin’s Green Fire: Announcing WGF’s newest conservation bulletin
From WISBusiness:
Wisconsin’s Green Fire (WGF), a nonpartisan independent nonprofit, reviewed the history and science behind the 350 goal in a newly published Conservation Bulletin report, “The 350 Wolf Goal in Wisconsin: An Assessment by Wisconsin’s Green Fire on Setting Population Goals for the State’s Gray Wolf Population.” The lead contributors on this WGF report include some of the original authors of the WDNR’s 1999 plan, such as wildlife biologist and WGF wildlife work group co-chair Adrian Wydeven.
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One tactic to protect livestock from wolves ahead of reintroduction in Colorado
From Out There Colorado:
A key element and required component of the state’s wolf reintroduction plan is to manage and minimize wolf-livestock conflicts and depredation incidents. According to the Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan that was finalized in May, livestock losses are anticipated as a result of reintroduction, but could be prevented with proactive conflict management techniques.
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Rare trail cam footage shows gray wolves hunting a beaver
From Outdoor Life:
Wolves and beavers occupy many of the same habitats in the North Woods, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the apex predators occasionally hunt and kill the large rodents. But according to researchers there, it’s rare to witness this—and even rarer to catch it on video. Which is why researchers with the Voyageurs Wolf Project were so excited to share the recent footage they captured inside Minnesota’s Voyageurs National Park.
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