The 4th Annual Speak for Wolves will take place on July 27-29, 2017 in the Historic Union Pacific Dining Lodge in West Yellowstone, Montana. This annual wildlife advocacy conference in the heart of Yellowstone is a family-friendly event featuring guest speakers, live music, food, poetry, book readings, panel discussions and a field trip. […]
Continue Reading →Hope you can join us on August 7-9, 2015 at the historic Union Pacific Dining Lodge in West Yellowstone, Montana for Speak for Wolves! Friday August 7
6:00pm doors open with music by Neil Haverstick.
7:00pm Screening of OR-7 the Journey with filmmaker […]
This year marks the 2nd Annual Speak for Wolves near Yellowstone National Park. On August 7-9, 2015 people will gather in the Union Pacific Dining Lodge in West Yellowstone, Montana to hear about the need to reform wildlife management in America. The 3-day family-friendly event will feature speakers, panelists, […]
Continue Reading →Many hunter organizations like to promote the idea that hunters were the first and most important conservation advocates. They rest on their laurels of early hunter/wildlife activist like Teddy Roosevelt, and George Bird Grinnell who, among other things, were founding members of the Boone and Crocket Club. But in addition to being hunter advocates, these […]
Continue Reading →A year ago we wrote the story “Wolf fraud photography.” Hunting seasons this year have continued to produce some photos of wolves that look just huge. A number of photos this year have been of a “giant” wolf killed in the first Wisconsin hunt. The dead wolf poses […]
Continue Reading →Has a bloodfest been averted?
Madison. Plans to allow wolves to be hunted with dogs, as part of Wisconsin ‘s first wolf hunt, have been at least temporarily set aside by the ruling of Dane County Circuit Judge Peter Anderson.
No other state has permitted dog hunting of wolves, but the Wisconsin legislature directly inserted […]
Continue Reading →Minnesota talks about hunting season-
Hunting season bill introduced into Wisconsin legislature-
At long last, wolves are delisted in the Great Lakes. Now folks are looking to see if the wolf can be conserved by these states, or whether old attitudes from 19th century prevail as they have politically in Idaho and Montana.
While it should […]
Continue Reading →Massive success brings Minnesota, Michigan, Wisconsin wolf population far above Idaho, Montana and Wyoming-
It certainly is time to delist the wolves of the Great Lakes. Their populations are secure. They have a huge prey base, and as we have seen from the Idaho and Montana hunting seasons, even abusive hunts do not wipe out […]
Continue Reading →Folks thought it was reaching a natural carrying capacity-
Wisconsin wolf population surges. By Lee Bergquist and Paul A. Smith of the Journal Sentinel
I thought it was leveling off, but then population growth or decline of relatively small populations of any animal are subject to random events like favorable weather.
Continue Reading →Wolves in Northern Rockies and Great Lakes officially delisted May 4, 2009-
Will delisting be better the second time around?
Today for the second time in the Northern Rockies, wolves were delisted with all management decisions handed over to the states of Idaho and Montana, but not Wyoming where delisting will not take place under […]
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