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Recently I received an alert from the Greater Yellowstone Coalition (GYC) asking me to send a letter to the Montana Dept of Fish, Wildlife and Parks (MDFWP) requesting a slight reduction in their wolf killing/trapping quota outside of Yellowstone Park. The main rationale of the alert was that wolves were important to the local economy [...]
Continue Reading →The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against the many wolf advocacy groups who held that Congressman Mike Simpson’s and Senator Jon Tester’s budget rider, which delisted wolves in Idaho, Montana, and parts of Oregon, Washington, and Utah, was unconstitutional. The panel of judges upheld Judge Donald Mollloy’s ruling that the rider was constitutional.
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Continue Reading →Tracks and remains of prey found-
The search for the four wolf-like animals spotted from the air in northeastern Utah has not found the animals, but it has found five pair of tracks. In addition remains of several wild animals possibly fed on and maybe killed by the canids, have been found. These dead wildlife [...]
Continue Reading →Over the weekend USDA Wildlife Services agents, while out flying around killing coyotes, observed what they think were four wolves or wolf dog hybrids near Springville, Utah. There have been reports of wolves there for the past year and a half. The Utah Division of Wildlife Resources plans to attempt to capture them in the [...]
Continue Reading →This one is from Utah
Department of Natural Resources Director Michael Styler told a legislative committee Tuesday that the return of the wolves is comparable to “the resurrection of the T. rex and turning him loose on the landscape.”
Natural Resources director compares wolf to ‘T. rex’ The Salt Lake Tribune.
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Continue Reading →Federal Government appeals the wolf ruling-
I missed this one but it is important. Everyone knew that the states and many other groups would appeal Judge Molloy’s ruling on wolves but no one was sure whether the Federal Government would appeal the ruling too. Now that question has been answered.
Continue Reading →Victory ! Wolves Relisted in the Northern Rockies !
Judge Molloy rules in wolf advocates’ favor !
Federal judge puts gray wolves back on endangered species list – AP
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Update: Here is the story [...]
While the headline is not accurate, it is gratifying to see a wolf in Franklin Basin-
A sheepherder killed a wolf in the Bear River Range, east of Franklin, Idaho. This is right on the Idaho/Utah border and is certainly good news for wolves traveling south. I have had reports of wolves in the Franklin [...]
Continue Reading →Opinion by Kirk Robinson. Western Wildlife Conservancy in Salt Lake City-
Why must Utah be kept free of wolves? Salt Lake Tribune.
Continue Reading →What you can do if you oppose Utah state senator Allen Christensen’s wolf killing bill-
Note I made a serious error in the original headline. The sponsor is Allen Christensen, not Kirk Robinson. Dr. Kirk Robinson is Director of Western Wildlife Conservancy, an organization that advocates for the full range of wildlife not just a [...]
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