From Red Lake Nation News:
(St. Paul, Minn.) – Today a bill removing wolf hunting and trapping from Minnesota statute was introduced in the Minnesota State Senate with bipartisan co-authors. Senate File 2062 is chief authored by Senator Mary Kunesh and co-authored by Senators Hawj, Abler, Marty, and Dibble. It was referred to the Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee.
The House companion bill, House File 2144, was introduced last week and is chief authored by Representative Peter Fischer and co-authored by Representatives Becker-Finn, Jordan, and Hornstein.
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Debate stirs over wolf compensation in Oregon
From the Capital Press:
SALEM — Environmental groups are calling on Oregon lawmakers to reform how the state compensates ranchers for livestock lost to wolves.
Under the Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance Block Grant Program, counties can apply to reimburse producers for confirmed wolf attacks on livestock and to help pay for non-lethal deterrents such as range riders.
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Bill introduced to remove wolf hunting from Minnesota state law
From Red Lake Nation News:
(St. Paul, Minn.) – Today a bill removing wolf hunting and trapping from Minnesota statute was introduced in the Minnesota State Senate with bipartisan co-authors. Senate File 2062 is chief authored by Senator Mary Kunesh and co-authored by Senators Hawj, Abler, Marty, and Dibble. It was referred to the Senate Environment, Climate, and Legacy Committee.
The House companion bill, House File 2144, was introduced last week and is chief authored by Representative Peter Fischer and co-authored by Representatives Becker-Finn, Jordan, and Hornstein.
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Idaho board will have $1 million to kill wolves
From The Lewiston Tribune:
BOISE — State officials on Wednesday requested $392,000 from the general fund to kill wolves in Idaho, and with other revenue sources will have just more than $1 million for that purpose starting this summer.
The Wolf Depredation Control Board made the request to the Legislature’s powerful budget setting committee.
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Make your voice heard on DNR wolf management plan, one that moves Wisconsin forward
From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
In November 2022, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources released a long overdue Draft Wolf Management Plan reflecting the remarkable recovery of wolves in our state, new science and field experience, and growing social acceptance of wolves by the public. The plan replaces a 1999 management plan written at a time when there were less than 200 wolves in Wisconsin.
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Wyoming: New wolf-kill compensation fund advances
From Buckrail.com:
CHEYENNE—Wyoming stockgrowers welcome relief for livestock killed by wolves in Wyoming’s unregulated “predator zone,” despite contradictions with the industry’s long-held stance.
The industry holds the position that because producers can legally take out cattle-killing wolves, there’s no expectation of compensation for losses.
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Oregon: ODFW traps a pair of wolves in Catherine Creek WMU
From The Observer:
LA GRANDE — Two wolves from a new group of wolves in Catherine Creek Wildlife Management Unit were trapped by USDA Wildlife Services Wednesday, Feb. 22, on private land in Union County.
According to a release from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, one wolf was lethally removed under a permit given to the landowner who has had four depredations on their property since Christmas Day.
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Canada: B.C. wolf allegedly found choking on tracking collar in rural Alberta
From MSN.com:
B.C.’s controversial wolf management program is under fire again with some troubling news from Alberta.
Shane Ramstead lives in the city of Spruce Grove, a bedroom community just west of Edmonton, and is a former fish and wildlife officer.
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Wisconsin: Wolf hearing draws questions on what is acceptable
From the Spooner Advocate in Wisconsin:
SOLON SPRINGS — There was a familiar thread to the comments from the 60-plus, primarily northern Wisconsin wolf country residents attending the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation’s (WWF) wolf hearing in Solon Springs Saturday, Feb. 18. They would accept wolves sharing their home ground, but not at a level above the 350 statewide goal established decades ago.
Wisconsin currently has the third-most wolves in the continental United States behind Minnesota and Idaho.
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Thérèse Coffey rules out reintroduction of wolves and lynx
From The Guardian:
Thérèse Coffey has told farmers she will not support the reintroduction of wolves and lynx, as she addressed this year’s NFU farming conference.
Wildlife reintroductions have been enormously popular in recent years, with some particularly successful examples, such as pine martens and sea eagles. But some farmers have raised concerns about how the reintroductions could affect their work.
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Why scientists are using helicopters to search for gray wolves in Northern California
From redding.com:
This week and next, biologists are looking for wolves and other wildlife from a bird’s perspective.
They’re using helicopters to spot the animals, then moving in to catch them and place tracking collars on them, hoping to learn more about where North State animals migrate and what they’re up to. They’ll also use data to warn ranchers if a wolf is migrating into their area.
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