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  • Is this story worth a story in Oregon’s largest paper?

    Ralph Maughan

    Is there any real news in this story, or is it speculation over a minor matter? There is a journalistic adage, “if it bleeds, it leads.”  And near Jospeph, Oregon, in the NE corner of the state, we learn from the Oregonian newspaper on the other side of the state that a mule might have bled.…

  • Corey Rossi, major Alaska wildlife official, resigns after 12 criminal bear hunting charges

    Ralph Maughan

    Narrow focused Chief of Alaska Fish and Game Wildlife Chief’s resignation cause for rejoicing among many- Corey Rossi is the kind of guy wildlife biologists don’t like. He had a narrow focus on big game hunting and what he thought would result in the maximum production of moose, caribou and a handful of other hunted…

  • Peer Review concludes that Wyoming Gray Wolf Management Plan is Deficient

    Ken Cole

    The final peer review report commissioned by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and conducted by Atkins, a global consulting firm, who enlisted 5 prominent biologists to review and comment on  Wyoming’s Gray Wolf Management Plan, has found that the Plan is deficient primarily because of its vagueness with regard to maintaining a buffer number…

  • USDA Wildlife Services Gets Some Oversight in Oregon

    Ken Cole

    Contained in the annual wolf report to be released later this week by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) are the findings  of  a panel formed to review livestock depredation investigations attributed to wolves.  In at least three cases ODFW found that there was insufficient evidence to support a conclusion that wolves killed…

  • Deer hunter may have first photo of wolf OR7 in the wild

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf is stealthy, but trail camera probably took his picture last fall- On Nov. 14, an Oregon deer hunter’s trail camera probably took the only photo of famous wolf OR7 in the wild. Since then the wolf has moved into northern California. Here is the story and photos in the Ashland Mail Tribune. Deer hunter’s photo…

  • What Good are Wolves?

    Ralph Maughan

    With the arrival of the first wolf in California since the 1920s, no doubt the California Department of Game and Fish is receiving many comments from the public. The quality of this support, opposition and advice probably varies all over the map (the maps in our heads). Norman Bishop, who played a key role as…

  • Wolf OR7 now just ten miles from California border (see update)

    Ralph Maughan

    Update. Famous wolf has now crossed into California. Story. Wolf is now in California. AP After migrating across Oregon, but pausing for about a month south of Crater Lake N. P., wolf OR7 has begun to move southward again. He is now just 10 miles north of the CA border, a very easy day’s walk…

  • At year’s end 25 wolves in Oregon

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf population grows slowly in Oregon Despite a moderate amount of what is euphemistically called “wolf control” in Oregon this year, the wolf population grew a bit with a count of 25 wolves at year’s end. It was 24 until a few days ago when a new pup (now about 7 months old) was discovered…

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