Apr 27 2013
The U.S. Department of Interior has posted a draft rule proposing to remove federal wolf protections . . . Federal wildlife officials have drafted plans to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states, a move that could end a decades-long recovery effort that has restored the animals but only in parts of [...]
Apr 13 2013
Today’s news has information on drops in the wolf population in two areas of the U.S. Both declines are attributed to hunting pressures . . . Northern Rockies See Sharp Drop in Wolves – Aggressive gray wolf hunting and trapping took a toll in much of the Northern Rockies last year as the predator’s population [...]
Apr 06 2013
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a blanket delisting of wolves from the Endangered species List in all the lower 48 states . . . Western environmental groups say they’re alarmed that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a plan to end federal protections for gray wolves in vast areas where [...]
Mar 02 2013
Oregon has had a ban on killing wolves since September 2011 . . . As long as wolves have been making their comeback, biologists and ranchers have had a decidedly Old West option for dealing with those that develop a taste for beef: Shoot to kill. But for the past year, Oregon has been a [...]
Feb 15 2013
A couple of articles have surfaced over the last few days discussing wolves killing moose. You’d think wolves would choose an easier target, but apparently not. Here are the two write-ups . . . Moose study begins in Northwest Montana Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has begun a moose study in three areas across the [...]
Feb 11 2013
Brian Peck just submitted the following excellent op-ed to the Daily Inter Lake. It should appear in the paper later this week . . . Recently, the Montana Legislature, in its seemingly infinite lack of wisdom, passed HB 73, a measure to allow more people to kill more wolves more easily, cheaply, and in more [...]
Feb 08 2013
The headline pretty much says it all . . . A proposal to expand the state’s wolf hunt is being fast-tracked through the Legislature and shortly will be sent to the governor’s desk for his signature. The Montana Senate on Thursday suspended its rules so it could take initial and final votes on the same [...]
Dec 09 2012
Montana is considering limits on wolf trapping near Yellowstone National Park . . . Restrictions on gray wolf harvests around Yellowstone National Park are under consideration as the state prepares to kick off its inaugural wolf trapping season Dec. 15… Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commissioner Shane Colton says closing some areas to trapping or setting [...]
Sep 27 2012
Field and Stream magazine has an articel up on the impact wolves are having on deer populations in this corner of the country. Short version: Mountain lions and coyotes take far more deer than wolves, but the effects of all three are dwarfed by the impact of the weather. The North Fork gets a specific [...]
Sep 17 2012
The Washington Post put up a pretty good article on Wolves yesterday. Here’s the lead-in. (Thanks to the ever-alert Richard Wackrow for spotting this article.) . . . Most wolves in the continental United States soon will be off federal assistance. For more than 300 years, trappers and settlers did their best to exterminate wolves, [...]
