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Wyoming Wolves

  • Let the public be part of the Wyoming wolf talks

    Ralph Maughan

    The sudden aboutface by the federal government on Wyoming’s proposed (and yet to be formally revised) wolf management plan was not the product of Ed Bangs (as some had suggested). It clearly came from the top, as this editorial in the Casper Star Tribune complains. Wolf conservation groups were not involved. Basically no one was…

  • Wild Bill writes about "the most pro-wolf state of them all.

    Ralph Maughan

    Wyoming, he says, although he is making a larger point. The most pro-wolf state of them. Bill Schneider. New West. My guess is that the delisting is really the courtesy of Dirk Kempthorne, former governor of Idaho, now Secretary of Interior; and I suspect that Wyoming never really thought they would get their wolf extermination,…

  • Deal is reached with Wyoming on delisting wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    So the USFWS caved in. Here is a brief story in the Idaho Statesman. 2:33 p.m. Wolves move closer to delisting status. Idaho Statesman KIFI, Local News 8. Fish and Wildlife to move ahead on wolf delisting in Idaho, Montana

  • Wyoming and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hold "landmark meeting" on Wyoming wolf plan

    Ralph Maughan

    Huge reduction in wolves could be the outcome of proposal. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service met Monday with Governor Dave Freudental and Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming and others in Cheyenne, to discuss the details of a new plan that would give Wyoming management of all wolves in the state outside of the national…

  • Ed Bangs comments on possible Wyoming wolf deal

    Ralph Maughan

    Ed Bangs, the federal Gray Wolf Recovery Coordinator, commented on the possible deal on delisting Wyoming wolves. Wyoming’s official plan for state conservation of a recovered wolf population has been rejected by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Wyoming has sued to get it accepted. In his latest Gray Wolf Recovery Progress Report, Bangs wrote: WY…

  • Feds propose wolf deal for Wyoming

    Ralph Maughan

    Right now wolves are allowed to range throughout Wyoming, but almost all of them are in Northwest Wyoming. The deal would let Wyoming have its way with wolves . . . kill them all outside of NW Wyoming. Wolves would be managed to maintain the required population in NW Wyoming. I have always believed Wyoming…

  • A Reply to Robert Wharff. Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife-Wyoming.

    Ralph Maughan

    Robert Wharff, executive director of Sportsmen for Fish and Wildlife, Wyoming (SFW-WY) recently posted in response to some criticism of the organization on this blog. In the same thread as Nate Helm (SFW-ID) commented, Wharff did likewise. Here is Robert Wharff’s post:

  • Agents, landowners killing more wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Yes, they are killing more wolves after livestock attacks. This will not reduce the wolf population unless, other things being unchanged, the mortality rate reaches 30 to 40% a year. A more significant question is “does this do any good and is it cost-effective?” Does it make economic sense to call out the Wildlife Services…

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