State won’t say from which pack
This is bad news for Washington’s small wolf population but it sounds like the the case of a previous poaching incident from 2009 is still open and progressing. We’ve heard rumors that charges may be filed soon in the poaching of wolves from the Lookout Pack in north [...]
Continue Reading →During a talk in Spokane, Washington given by the director of the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department about how budget cuts were affecting the department the subject of wolves came up and then things got ugly.
A response blurted out from the middle of the room:
“Why don’t we shoot some legislators?” a man said.
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Continue Reading →Wolves continue to slowly reinhabit Washington state-
Excellent news!
Wildlife officials suspect third wolf pack.
Spokesman
Researchers can’t find Lookout Pack’s mother wolf
By K.C. Mehaffey
Wenatchee World staff writer
Numerous charges have been filed
This is in relation to a story that was first reported last year in March about someone who allegedly tried to send a package that was dripping blood and contained a wolf pelt.
Charges for killing the wolves have not been filed yet but charges for state game violations have [...]
Continue Reading →This is perhaps the most detailed article I have seen on the wolves of Washington State-
As the gray wolf recovers, who are its friends? By Daniel Jack Chasan. Crosscut.com
Continue Reading →Long awaited official USFWS report on wolves is released-
Here is a brief AP story on some of the report’s conclusions. Folks should note that with the larger wolf population figures of recent years and the effects of the hunting seasons, the population estimate, and the especially estimate of the number of breeding pairs [...]
Continue Reading →Is there a new pack of wolves near Lake Chelan?
By K.C. Mehaffey
World staff writer
Wolf management plan draws big crowd. By Diane Urbani de la Paz. Peninsula Daily News
Continue Reading →Most favored alternative 3 in the state’s wolf plan-
While there seems to be no newspaper story on-line, I have heard from someone who attended the Seattle meeting on the Washington wolf plan. Wolf supporters dominated the meeting. Most of them favored alternative three, which is generally thought to be the alternative most favorable to [...]
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