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Wyoming Wolves

  • 600 people show for Cody's delisting hearing.

    Ralph Maughan

    The largest of any of the wolf delisting hearings was held in Cody, Wyoming on Thursday. The Billings Gazette said 600 people were there. Although anti-wolf folks were the majority, I’m proud of those who spoke for reasonable wolf management. It took guts to go to and speak in a meeting carefully crafted by Wyoming…

  • Wolf delisting to procede with or without Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming has until May 1 to come up with an acceptable wolf management plan. However, even without a Wyoming wolf management plan, the wolf will be delisted in Wyoming outside of a corner in the Northwest part of the state. So the politicians will get much of what they want anyway. Story in the Jackson…

  • Speak Out for Wyoming’s Wolves at Cody Hearing, April 19

    Ralph Maughan

    Post 996 Because anti-wolf forces were unable to dominate the delisting discussion at any of the regular public hearings around the West, a special hearing at Cody was asked for by Wyoming officials. They kept the date a secret for a long time, but it’s announced — April 19. If a big majority doesn’t savage…

  • Wyoming Game and Fish says wolves hurting cow:calf ratios in certain areas

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming Game and Fish has released a story claiming for the first time that they have data showing wolves are hurting elk cow:calf ratio. Story in the Jackson Hole News and Guide. Here is a link to the WY Game and Fish web site where you can find a link about the study. Unfortunately, it…

  • Deal made for 178,000 acres of cow-free wildlife habitat east of Grand Teton

    Ralph Maughan

    The National Wildlife Federation has paid to buy out Stanko’s Bacon Creek grazing allotment on the Bridger-Teton national forest, which is home to very important elk, deer, bighorn sheep, moose and pronghorn habitat as well as grizzly bears and 3 wolf packs. The buyout was voluntary. Story in the Billings Gazette. Deal expands wildlife habitat.…

  • 2006 Northern Rockies Wolf Report out. Media makes splash about wolf population growth

    Ralph Maughan

    The Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 2006 Interagency Annual Report is out and the mainstream media are playing the story as all about continued wolf population growth and more dead livestock than before. I haven’t had time to read much of it yet, but some of the MSM statistics seem a bit suspicious to me, so…

  • WY Game and Fish says far too many elk in herd just SW of Jackson

    Ralph Maughan

    Here’s another elk herd in wolf country that is deemed too populous — Wyoming’s Fall Creek herd (just south and SW of Jackson) On the other hand, there are too few mule deer in the Wyoming Range, especially the buck to doe ratio. Wolves are not tolerated in the Wyoming Range (too far south WY…

  • Wolves may be pushing mountain lions into more marginal habitat NE of Jackson Hole.

    Ralph Maughan

    This article is in the Jackson Hole News and Guide today. Although it isn’t firmly established, changes in cougar territory in the area near the Teton Wilderness may be due to pressure from wolves. Jim and Holly Akenson have already found this to be the case in central Idaho (in Big Creek, deep in the…

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