Yellowstone’s Wolves 25 years after reintroduction: The effects on ranchers
March marked the 25th anniversary of wolf reintroduction. After a quarter-century, there are factual answers to lingering concerns, questions and fears. This is the third in a series that has…
Read More...Documentary: Sharing the Range
Check out this short film documenting the challenges of living with large carnivores and how the people of the Waterton Biosphere Reserve are meeting these challenges.
Read More...Guard dog program brings back tradition in Portugal as wolves expand
One of the oldest canine breeds on the Iberian Peninsula, Serra da Estrela dogs have been guarding livestock against attacks by Iberian wolves and stray dogs for centuries. While some…
Read More...USDA Wildlife Services to use $1.3 M to implement, evaluate nonlethal predation management tools
The USDA Wildlife Services (WS) program has identified 12 states where it will implement nonlethal strategies to reduce or prevent depredation on livestock by wildlife. The fiscal year 2020 budget…
Read More...Governors Grizzly Bear Advisory Council considers recommendations regarding hunting once delisted
When it comes to grizzly bears in Montana, hunting is more of a sociological and political tool rather than a biological one. “Whether or not there’s a hunting of grizzly…
Read More...Cattle conflicts prompt FWS to kill Mexican wolves
The killing of four Mexican gray wolves by U.S. wildlife officials has drawn the ire of environmentalists who say management of the species is undercutting efforts to restore the endangered…
Read More...Carcass removal available on Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front
In the ongoing effort to reduce conflicts between grizzly bears and livestock producers on the Rocky Mountain Front, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks…
Read More...Fact vs. fiction: The effect wolves have on Yellowstone’s game animals, ecology
This is the second in a series of articles looking at the impact of reintroducing wolves in Yellowstone National Park 25 years ago. In an effort to separate fact from…
Read More...Yellowstone’s wolves 25 years after reintroduction: Separating fact from fiction
A group of wolves from Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada, arrived at Yellowstone National Park on Jan. 12, 1995. The wolves were penned and given time to acclimate to…
Read More...Idaho board gets $400K to kill problem wolves
Legislation sending just under $400,000 to a state board to use to kill problem wolves in Idaho headed to the governor’s desk yesterday. The state Senate voted 26-4 to approve…
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