F&G Commission amends wolf hunting and trapping seasons to align with new state law
During a conference call on Thursday, June 17, Idaho Fish and Game Commissioners amended current wolf trapping and hunting seasons in response to recent legislative direction. The amended seasons take…
Read More...Fence down: Mule Deer Foundation volunteers remove miles of old fence
Mule Deer Foundation volunteers and staff from three states removed close to five miles of a rust-covered fence near Salmon, Idaho as part of a project to both improve wildlife…
Read More...Grizzly managers ponder complicated summer
In the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, expanding grizzly populations, burgeoning tourist activity and increasing conflicts with livestock producers have the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee rethinking its bear-management strategies for the coming…
Read More...Wolves kill more sheep in NE Oregon
Wolf numbers in the northern Blue Mountains of Oregon continue to increase, as does the risk to livestock and the dogs that protect and herd them. Just this month, wolves…
Read More...1st gray wolf pups since 1940s spotted in Colorado
Colorado has its first litter of gray wolf pups since the 1940s, state wildlife officials said Wednesday. A state biologist and district wildlife manager each spotted the litter of at…
Read More...Dispute over wolf cross-fostering in Catron County, New Mexico
A plan to place captive-bred mexican wolves in a den with wild wolves in New Mexico is receiving push-back due to potential for livestock conflicts with neighboring landowners. Wolves killed…
Read More...In the face of new laws trapping and killing wolves, groups vie for greater protections
Wildlife advocates asked the U.S. Forest Service to double-up on protections for wolves in Idaho and Montana following recent pushes to dramatically cut wolf populations. The petition, submitted to Agriculture…
Read More...CPW announces membership on wolf reintroduction advisory panels
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has announced representatives of the Stakeholder Advisory Group (SAG) and the Technical Working Group (TWG), which will help guide CPW staff and the Commission through the…
Read More...Montana’s Senators differ on details, but agree science is key to grizzly de-listing discussion
As grizzly bears reach and surpass recovery goals in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, Sen. Daines and Sen. Tester of Montana agree that science should guide decisions to de-list the species…
Read More...For Predators, Montana’s New Wildlife Laws Bring Cloudy Future
New laws allowing more liberal wolf trapping and hunting and creating leeway for citizens to retaliate to protect their property from grizzly bears are influencing debate over the relationships between…
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