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Wolf Dispersal

  • Federal wolf recovery project leader for Wyoming, Mike Jimenez, to be out of job March 28.

    Ralph Maughan

    Story in the Casper Star Tribune. End of the Trail. By Chris Merrill. – – – – — Related. Rocky Barker’s blog, “Letters from the West,” has a story about Jemenez coupled with discussion that wolves were moving southward into Idaho and NW Montana prior to the wolf reintroduction. Note that Barker does not say…

  • Wolves will be delisted in Eastern Oregon too, but protection continues under state plan

    Ralph Maughan

    The delisting of the wolf is scheduled to go into effect March28. The boundaries of the delisted zone are “generous,” wiping out federal protection in Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington and Northern Utah as well as Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. A radio-collared wolf from Idaho’s Timberline pack dispersed into the NE Oregon Wallowas last winter. This…

  • Little sign of wolves in Lower Michigan

    Ralph Maughan

    Michigan has a fairly large recovered wolf population (over 500 wolves), but essentially all live in the UP, that part of the state which, geographically speaking, is upper Wisconsin. Despite reports of wolves in Lower Michigan, the Michigan DNR finds them so scattered they are stopping intensive monitoring for wolves in that part of the…

  • Radio-Collared Gray Wolf from Idaho is Verified In Northeast Oregon

    Ralph Maughan

    Here is some great news! Update: Video of the Oregon wolf on YouTube. Update: Here is the story from a local newspaper. Biologist sees wolf in Wallowas. Baker City Herald. By Jayson Jacoby. Update: Here is the story in the Oregonian. Idaho wolf spotted in northeast Oregon. The radio-collared female is the first live wolf…

  • Wolf tracks found in Rocky Mountain National Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf tracks found in RMNP. By Pamela Dickman. Longmont Times-Call. Recall that about a month ago there was a sighting of what was thought to be a wolf in the Park. These tracks are NOT really proof of a

  • NPR: Government Revisits Contested Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan

    Ralph Maughan

    On National Public Radio, this is mostly audio, Government Revisits Contested [Mexican] Wolf Recovery Plan. By Ted Robbins. For those who like it by ear, this is an overview of the current controversy, government efforts for a better plan, and the incipient failure of the Mexican wolf restoration.

  • Possible wolf sighting in Rocky Mountain National Park called “credible” by officials

    Ralph Maughan

    This may be very good news. Of course, much better new would be two large “canids.” Colorado does have wolf management guidelines in place. Rocky Mountain National Park is overfull of elk, so many the Park Service wants to start shooting them. Story in the Estes Park Trail-Gazettte. By John Cordsen.

  • Pair of wolves moves into Eastern Oregon

    Ralph Maughan

    At least it looks like a pair of wolves, rather than a single wolf has moved into Oregon. The tracks of the pair (and there could be more) have been repeatedly seen in the canyon and high peak country of the Wallowa Mountains. Story in the Baker, Oregon (Baker City Herald). newspaper. Local wolves not…

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