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Washington state wolves

  • Anti-wolf dominates at Yakima Washington wolf plan meeting

    Ralph Maughan

    Some professed “hunters” at meeting fear they will be eaten- Another state; same fairy tales. Yakima, of course, isn’t the same as on the west side of the Cascades. Community voices wolf concerns at WDFW forum. Some residents say hunting animals might be necessary to preserve human safety. By Scott Sandsberry. Yakima Herald-Republic Someone just…

  • Washington State wolf plan out for public review*

    Ralph Maughan

    Plan contemplates a possible large state wolf population- Plan contemplates floor of 15 breeding pairs. Wolves to be distributed all around the state. AP The preferred alternative sounds like an advanced plan with a much better distribution pattern of wolves than we find in Idaho, and especially better than Montana or Wyoming. Currently the state…

  • USFWS Wolf news Oct. 5- 9

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is a smattering of official wolf news, mostly Wyoming, from Ed Bangs- WYOMING WOLF PROGRAM WEEKLY REPORT To: Regional Director, Region 6, Denver, Colorado From: USFWS Wyoming Wolf Recovery Project Leader, Jackson, WY Subject: Status of Gray Wolf Management in Wyoming and the NRM WYOMING WOLF WEEKLY- Oct 5 through Oct 9, 2009 Web…

  • Second Washington State wolf pack is radio collared

    Ralph Maughan

    The “Diamond Pack” is in the state’s NE corner, next to Idaho- “Biologists collar, tag 2nd Wash. wolf pack. Washington state biologists say they have made contact with the state’s second wolf pack and have collared the alpha male.” Seattle Times. Earlier we did a post on this pack, complete with photos taken by a…

  • Second wolf pack in Washington State.

    Ken Cole

    Genetic tests indicate wolves are from Alberta/Montana. Yet another pack of wolves may be present in Washington State. They are protected by Washington’s endangered species laws however they are not protected by the Federal Endangered Species Act in the eastern third of Washington. Signs of wolf pack found in Pend Oreille County By NICHOLAS K.…

  • Rare Washington wolf pack behaving itself

    Ralph Maughan

    According the human perceptions, wolves near Twisp, WA are not causing trouble- Rare Washington wolf pack behaving itself. By K.C. Mehaffey, The Wenatchee World. I haven’t heard any news about the prosecution of the local family that poached a couple of these wolves. Most of the comments in story are quite positive.

  • Okanogan-Wenatchee Forest Experiments with Lone Washington Wolf Pack

    Brian Ertz

    Friends,  We did our best, but these Foresters in Washington state are well-schooled in The Way of the Bureaucrat.  Despite the sole known Washington wolf pack’s rendezvous site being at the best, most available water source for public land cattle on the unit, livestock described by Don Johnson as looking feeble and “like bait”, the Okanogan-Wenatchee National…

  • Washington wolves and cows

    Brian Ertz

    For quite some time news of wolves moving into Washington state has excited many wolf supporters and Washington residents.  A couple photos of the Washington wolves. As is usually the case, news of Washington wolves has also prompted local ranchers’ to kick up controversy and concern that their livelihood won’t be able to compete with…

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