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  • Latest official Wyoming wolf report shows livestock losses continue to be trivial

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming wolf population is stable and depredations of livestock low- Mike Jimenez manages the wolves in Wyoming outside of Yellowstone National Park. He works for the federal government. This is because Wyoming wolves are not yet delisted from the protection of the endangered species act. Jimenez has just released the latest statistics and details of…

  • Northern Rockies wolf population has stopped growing

    Ralph Maughan

    Increased mortality brings an end to wolf population growth at about 1650 wolves- Sean Ellis of the Idaho State Journal deserves some credit for digging out the information. Wolves resilient: Total number in region stable despite hunting. By Sean Ellis. Now perhaps all sides should just call it even? Doesn’t look like it.

  • National media discover the decline of wolves in Yellowstone

    Ralph Maughan

    Although it is old news here, it is good to see these facts being widely disseminated- Wolves decline in Yellowstone. By Janice Lloyd.  USA Today As predicted, the remaining elk in the Park are tough critters that can beat up on the wolves.

  • 2008 Mexican wolf count official — 52 wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    2008 was a year of no growth. It ended with 2 breeding pairs of wolves- Update (2/6/09) Feds: Killings hamper Mexican wolf population – AP Update (2/6/09) CBD Press Release – Mexican Wolf Breeding Pairs Drop to Two in 2008: Federal Trapping and Shooting Brings Reintroduced Population of Endangered Species to Brink of Collapse ~ be Here is the…

  • Impacts have hunters howling

    Ralph Maughan

    Articles like this spread misperception- Impacts have hunters howling. Rapid growth of packs, observers say, mirror decline in deer numbers. By Jim Mann, Northwest Daily InterLake. In fact the number of wolves in Montana, including this area are down this year. The number of wolves in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming is no longer growing. For…

  • Wisconsin wolf population stops growing

    Ralph Maughan

    537 to 564 wolves at the end of 2007 versus 540 and 577 wolves at the end of 2006. Story in the Chicago Tribune. “DNR: Wis. wolf population could be leveling off.” By The Associated Press. It’s what everyone should expect. Every animal population reaches a peak. Idaho’s wolf population growth slowed greatly in 2007,…

  • Audio device uses howls to keep track of wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Audio device uses howls to keep track of wolves. By John Cramer of the Missoulian A lot of people don’t like radio collars on wolves. These “howlboxes” could eliminate much of the incentive to collar them. It ought to make photographers happy and elminate the impact a collar has on wolf behavior. On the other…

  • Craig's Fall May Benefit Salmon

    Ralph Maughan

    Craig’s Fall May Benefit Salmon. By Matthew Daily. Associated Press. Craig is the most hostile of any senator to conserving the salmon and steelhead runs, and with very little support he had held up many measures to assure these anadromous fish would continue to spawn in Idaho, migrate downstream as smolts to the ocean and…

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