Wolves

  • Failure Of Conservation Groups To Criticize Tribal Wolf Slaughter

    George Wuerthner

    The state of Washington recently reported that its endangered wolf population had declined for the first time in 16 years. The state confirmed that it has 230 wolves, compared to 254 wolves in the previous year. According to figures released by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington’s overall wolf population in 2024 decreased…

  • Upper Green River Allotment Grizzly Mortality Sink

    George Wuerthner

    The Upper Green River headwaters are in the Wind River Range. Photo by George Wuerthner The 170,000-acre Upper Green River Allotment, located on the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, is the largest grazing allotment under Forest Service administration. It is also one of the best wildlife habitats in the West, and it is easily comparable…

  • The Livestock Industry Fights to Keep Killing Wildlife by Running Them Over Legal!

    Jonathan Ratner

    You probably remember this photo from last year when Cody Roberts brought a wolf he had run over with his snowmobile into the bar in Daniel, WY. The story and photo went around the world and generated nearly universal disgust. Now, more than a year later, it is still legal. The new legislative session has…

  • Yellowstone Wolf Reintroduction – 30 Years On

    Jonathan Ratner

    Thirty years ago, this month, wolves were reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park. The writers at WyoFile and Montana Free Press teamed up on an excellent review of the history of the event up through the present. The article has interviews with many of the people involved. Check it out at The Year of the Wolves.…

  • California Wolf Restoration: A Look Back, Today And The Future.

    George Wuerthner

    Back in 2000, I wrote a piece for California Wild about the prospects for wolf restoration in the state. At that time, there had not been any wolves reported in the Golden State in decades. Nevertheless, I felt the state could easily support a wolf populaiton. In my article, I pretended that it was 2020…

  • Wolf Stories – Part 6

    Jonathan Ratner

    Well, I will add one to the collections that Norman Bishop has put out about wolves and humans. This one is not quite so old. This one was from a bit before delisting, from 2006. For about 7 years, I lived on the closest piece of private land to the south east corner of Yellowstone…

  • Wolf Stories – Part 5 The Christmas Wolf

    Norman Bishop

    Wolves are often portrayed as a threat to humans, particularly little girls.  Here is a true story that brings that portrayal into question. THE CHRISTMAS WOLF by Tessie Lutz It was Christmas Eve, 1923, when the incident took place. It was back on our farm in Orange, Pennsylvania. I was a 7-year-old girl then. “We…

  • Wolf Stories – Part 4

    Norman Bishop

    Fears for the safety of our children in wolf country may be put in perspective by this true story. From the Duluth News-Tribune, October 4, 1906 CHILD FOUND IN WOLF’S DEN Lost Infant playing With Cubs When Discovered by Searchers A. M. – a commercial traveler from St. Cloud, was in the city yesterday coming…

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‎”At some point we must draw a line across the ground of our home and our being, drive a spear into the land and say to the bulldozers, earthmovers, government and corporations, “thus far and no further.” If we do not, we shall later feel, instead of pride, the regret of Thoreau, that good but overly-bookish man, who wrote, near the end of his life, “If I repent of anything it is likely to be my good behaviour.”

Edward Abbey

“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.”

Jim Fowler

“Our forests offer much more than just beautiful landscapes and wildlife. Each one has a different story to tell.”

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