Kathie Lynch’s latest report on observations of Yellowstone Park wolves- By Kathie Lynch July 9, 2013
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A silver fox slips into the forest by the light of the supermoon; river otter pups slide off a grassy log and chirp to their mother for a fish; a bighorn sheep lamb strikes a […]
Continue Reading →Loss of collared wolves has had a significant effect on research of wolves in Yellowstone National Park
According to a news article in the Jackson Hole News & Guide, the population of wolves in Yellowstone National Park has dropped by about 20-28% from the 2011 end-of-the-year estimate of 98 wolves.
Dan Stahler, a wildlife biologist […]
Continue Reading →Wolves now under Wyoming control and they are already being shot in state’s first wolf hunting season-
Mike Jimenez, who has managed wolves in Wyoming for U.S. government for years now with a slowly growing wolf population and minimal livestock depredations, has written his last wolf news report. Here it is converted to a PDF […]
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 →Dr. Franz Camenzind weighs in on wolf hunting and the population reduction it will bring. He asks what kind of country are we to recover a population of an animal only to promptly start killing large numbers of them.
Good question.
Wolf High: Is It Now All Downhill For Wolf Numbers In […]
Continue Reading →I recently attended the wolf hearings held by the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission in Helena.
The commission is considering initiation of a trapping season, as well as eliminating quotas on the number of wolves that may be killed. The goal is to significantly reduce the state’s wolf population which currently numbers […]
Continue Reading →Chairman of the State Fish, Wildlife and Parks Commission chair says Montana elk are 22,000 over state objectives-
Anti-wolf sentiment seems high in Montana, judging from the media, but mostly from the Republican Party. However, the chairman of Montana FWP Commission, Dr. Robert Ream, once a wolf researcher himself, told Bitterroot Valley residents that the […]
Continue Reading →Last week I sent a letter to Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commissioner Tony McDermott asking him to explain the assertions he made it the Commission meeting held in Boise on the 21st of March. I have still not heard back from him or anyone else other than a form email from the PR […]
Continue Reading →The Idaho Department of Fish and Game Commission will be taking public comment on all kinds of things on March 21, 2012 at their headquarters in Boise, Idaho. The public comment section starts their three day meeting where they will set rules for hunting and fishing in the upcoming year. One of the items on […]
Continue Reading →Famous wolf’s inability to find a mate in California is not surprising-
The West’s currently best known wolf, named “Journey” in a contest held by conservation groups, did not find a mate in California. Now mating season is over. The wolf, officially OR(7), has returned to SW Oregon, although his lack of a mate is […]
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