From The Wildlife Society:
To reduce the number of wolves that prey on threatened woodland caribou in British Columbia and Alberta, one strategy could be keeping down populations of their primary prey—moose.
“Wolves can recover [from population control] extremely quickly, within a couple of years,” said Michelle McLellan, a postdoctoral researcher with the University of British Columbia Okanagan. “So, if you have a large moose population, it results in a higher number of wolves killed during control efforts.”
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JWM: How managing moose can stop wolf control in caribou ranges
From The Wildlife Society:
To reduce the number of wolves that prey on threatened woodland caribou in British Columbia and Alberta, one strategy could be keeping down populations of their primary prey—moose.
“Wolves can recover [from population control] extremely quickly, within a couple of years,” said Michelle McLellan, a postdoctoral researcher with the University of British Columbia Okanagan. “So, if you have a large moose population, it results in a higher number of wolves killed during control efforts.”
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Brave or bashful: How the threat of wolves changes beaver behavior
From KAXE.org:
University of Minnesota researcher Thomas Gabel discusses his research on ecosystem interactions between wolves and beavers in Minnesota. This is part of “The Iconic Beaver,” a series that investigates the influence of this keystone species in Minnesota. “The Iconic Beaver” is produced by Mark Jacobs.
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CPW and CDA Prepare for 2025 Gray Wolf Releases With Improved Livestock Conflict Minimization Program
From MorningAgClips.com:
DENVER — Operational planning is underway for the second capture and release season in support of the Colorado Gray Wolf Restoration and Management Plan. The operation is focused on translocating up to 15 gray wolves from British Columbia to Colorado between January and March, 2025, as announced by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) in September.
CPW has been listening to the concerns and recommendations of all stakeholders throughout the first year of gray wolf restoration. The agency has incorporated this feedback into an expanded and improved conflict minimization program for Colorado livestock producers.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife vows to do better job at round 2 of wolf reintroduction starting in January
From the Colorado Sun:
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is vowing to do a better job at wolf reintroduction ahead of the planned release of 15 gray wolves from British Columbia starting in January.
That’s according to a joint news release by CPW and the Colorado Department of Agriculture in which CPW director Jeff Davis said “staff and partners have been working hard, learning and adapting through the first year of restoration in Colorado” and that they’re “coming back with a stronger conflict minimization program” for the well-being of ranchers, their livestock and wolves.
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Canadian wildlife resort offers a night with wolves, experts warn against trend
From Straight Arrow News:
Parc Omega in Quebec, Canada, puts guests face-to-face with nature when they book a night at the park’s cabin. Some wildlife experts in Wyoming, meanwhile, say that such meetings between humans and wolves can cause negative impacts to the wild animals.
Imagine a pane of glass separating you from a pack of wolves. A wildlife preserve in Canada uses giant windows and sliding doors to give guests a look inside a wolves habitat.
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Colorado Range Rider program, which launches soon, seeks applicants to help keep wolves away from livestock
From Denver7.com:
The Colorado Range Rider program will launch in early 2025 and is seeking qualified applicants who can help ranchers keep gray wolves away from livestock.
Range riders support livestock producers by protecting herds from wolves, whether on horseback, foot or ATV. They can not only keep an eye out for wolves, but can deploy non-lethal deterrents to haze the wolves.
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Western New Mexico wolf sanctuary absorbs Colorado sanctuary
From DailyLobo.com:
Nestled in the grassy hills of western New Mexico in a community called Candy Kitchen is the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary, a nonprofit that houses wolves, wolfdogs, New Guinea singing dogs, foxes and coyotes.
Founded in 1991 as The Candy Kitchen Wolf and Wolfdog Rescue Ranch, Wild Spirit is now in the process of absorbing the Indigo Mountain Nature Center, a nonprofit wolf and wildlife sanctuary based in Lake George, Colorado.
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Polis blames ranchers for high cost of wolf restoration at CCI meeting
From TheFencePost.com:
The state of Colorado is facing a $1 billion deficit in the 2025-26 budget and as cuts are considered, Gov. Jared Polis placed the blame for the $5 million wolf restoration on ranchers.
Colorado Counties, Inc., is comprised of county commissioners from 63 of 64 counties, Denver being the exception. Gov. Polis spoke to the group at their meeting earlier this week and, when asked about pausing upcoming wolf releases until a more cost-effective route than sourcing from Canada could be identified, the governor pointed the finger at ranchers.
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Wolf-induced ‘landscape of fear’ doesn’t explain Yellowstone aspen regeneration, study says
From The Spokesman-Review:
BILLINGS – For more than a decade a passionate debate has reverberated within Yellowstone National Park’s scientific community regarding wolf reintroduction.
Did wolves improve aspen growth by helping to reduce elk populations, called a density-mediated indirect effect ?
Or did the mere presence of wolves make elk so nervous they didn’t eat as many aspen, or avoided areas where they may have encountered wolves, called a trait-mediated indirect effect ?
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Lodges That Let People “Sleep With The Wolves” A Bad Idea, Wyoming Wildlife Experts Say
From CowboyStateDaily:
A Canada wildlife preserve offers rental lodges where people can gawk at a pack of wolves just on the other side of giant ground-level picture windows and sliding glass doors. It’s billed as an up close and personal wildlife experience. While an intriguing tourism draw, Wyoming wildlife experts say trying it with Wyoming’s national parks would be a terrible idea.
“I get nervous that something like that would give people a false sense of security or an unnatural sense of how wolves behave in the wild,” Kristin Barker, a Wyoming wildlife researcher, told Cowboy State Daily.
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