Jan 27 2012
First the grizzlies started moving back out onto the high plains, now a young male wolf called “OR7″ has wandered into California. California being California, it’s a big deal. The New York Times has the story. It includes some pointed observations by Ed Bangs, the recently retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wolf recovery coordinator [...]
Nov 07 2011
From today’s Missoulian . . . With more than 150 wolves shot in the Northern Rockies so far this fall, a panel of federal judges on Tuesday is scheduled to consider an emergency halt to public hunts for the animals. Congress cleared the way for the hunts last spring, when lawmakers took the unprecedented step [...]
Oct 18 2011
Not unexpectedly, the request by a number of environmental groups for an emergency injunction against this year’s wolf hunt was denied . . . A federal appeals court has turned down an emergency request by wildlife advocates seeking to stop gray wolf hunts underway in the Northern Rockies. In a ruling Tuesday, the 9th U.S. [...]
Oct 17 2011
From today’s Missoulian . . . A group of wolf advocates have requested an emergency halt to wolf hunting in the Rocky Mountains, one week before the general rifle season begins in Montana. The Alliance for the Wild Rockies, Friends of the Clearwater and WildEarth Guardians want to return the gray wolf to federal Endangered [...]
Aug 05 2011
From the Missoulian . . . Wyoming ranchers and hunters fed up with wolves attacking livestock and other wildlife would be able to shoot the predators on sight in most of the state under a tentative agreement state and federal officials announced Wednesday. Gov. Matt Mead and U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said they’ve come [...]
Aug 05 2011
From the Missoulian . . . Strongly disagreeing with his own decision, U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy on Wednesday upheld a congressional rider removing gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection. Barring a successful appeal, the decision means wolves are delisted in Montana and Idaho, and those states may go ahead with their scheduled [...]
Jul 14 2011
From an AP article posted in today’s Flathead Beacon . . . Hunters will be able to shoot as many as 220 gray wolves in Montana this fall under rules adopted Thursday by state wildlife commissioners. The hunt is scheduled to begin in early September and is expected to reduce the predator’s Montana population by [...]
May 23 2011
A good summary of the science and opinion behind the debate on wolf recovery numbers from yesterday’s Missoulian . . . One of the biggest arguments left unresolved by last year’s wolf lawsuit was the most obvious: How many wolves are enough? The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took the gray wolf off the endangered [...]
May 05 2011
Here’s a short Associated Press article covering both of the two lawsuits filed today opposing congressional removal of gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection . . . Environmental groups asked a federal judge Thursday to put gray wolves back on the endangered species list in the Northern Rockies. Two lawsuits were filed in federal [...]
May 05 2011
As expected, a number of environmental groups filed suit in federal court today challenging congressional removal of gray wolves from Endangered Species Act protection. Here is the Missoulian’s write-up on one of the two suits . . . A trio of wolf advocates claim Congress violated the Separation of Powers Doctrine when it removed gray [...]
