Blaming wolves for poor elk management?
The US Fish and Wildlife Service has issued an Environmental Assessment for Montana Fish Wildlife and Park’s wolf reduction proposal for the Bitterroot hunting district HD250 just southeast of Hamilton, Montana. In the proposal to kill all but 12 wolves in the district, they claim that wolves are responsible […]
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Wolves and cougars, once driven to the edge of existence, are finding their way back — from the Yellowstone plateau to the canyons of Zion, from the farm country of northern Minnesota to the rugged […]
Continue Reading →What about willows?
One of the main criticisms I’ve heard is that the story fails to mention studies indicating measurable changes in willow growth. Willows, a riparian species, have really made a comeback in many areas where wolves are present and have increased the habitat for birds, beavers and fish.
Continue Reading →The classic studies of Isle Royale moose and wolves reveals more than predator/prey relationships.
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IDFG claims wolves are having “unacceptable impacts” in the Lolo Zone
Now that the US Fish and Wildlife calls the shots again on wolves, the Idaho Fish and Game is proposing to kill all but 20-30 wolves in the Lolo Zone for a period of 5 years. Of course the current 10j rule was weakened […]
Continue Reading →Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation issues a press release.
I don’t post links to anti-wolf websites or give much credence to their clams but the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has, as with their previous news release on wolves, issued another hyperbolic press release in response to Judge Malloy’s decision to relist wolves as an endangered […]
Continue Reading →Habitat and hunting play big role in declines
I don’t think this is news to many people here but wolves haven’t had the effect many people claim and their role in the ecosystem is much more complex than many would like you to believe.
The IDFG has issued a public report that explains that wolves […]
Continue Reading →2 of the 4 wolf packs have disappeared and the overall population has dropped from 24 to 19 wolves
The interactions of wolves and moose on Isle Royale National Park have been studied for decades. In recent years the wolves, due to their low genetic diversity, have exhibited malformed vertebra and other deformities related to […]
Continue Reading →Conservationists accuse each other of distorting elk and wolf data.
This article is about the recent public fight between the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Defenders of Wildlife.
I think part of the reason that the feud has heated up is because of the use of words like “annihilation” when referencing wolves and elk. I […]
Continue Reading →New study shows elk move into Yellowstone Park or unaccessible private lands.
We’ve all witnessed, or heard the stories about, how elk move to areas with less access or are closed to hunting, well this study basically demonstrates this. They do it more so in reaction to hunters than wolves.
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