wolf population growth

  • Latest Wyoming (federal) wolf update- Jan. 7, 2011

    Ralph Maughan

    Federal wolf update is only official wolf news out there now- Here is the latest update from Ed Bangs office, the only government folks in the West who seem to be regularly producing data now.  It says it’s for Wyoming, but it also gives Yellowstone Park news, Oregon news and other wolf news. There is…

  • Wolf population growth in ID/MT/WY halted in 2009

    Ralph Maughan

    Increased mortality has stopped the wolf population growth says USFWS- Tally shows wolves holding steady in region after Montana, Idaho hunting seasons. By Matthew Brown. AP The 3 state wolf population growth has stopped. Wyoming’s population, where there was no wolf hunt, grew slightly. Montana’s population dropped slightly. Idaho figures are not in, but said…

  • Official Wyoming wolf numbers for '09 released

    Ralph Maughan

    319 wolves in Wyoming, but as in ’08 only six breeding pairs in Yellowstone Park- I think it’s clear that Wyoming’s anti-wolf legislature had hoped that the requirement of ten breeding wolf pairs in the state could be met by Yellowstone Park alone, but yesterday’s USFWS release of the 2009 wolf figures for the state…

  • Wisconsin wolf population shows unexpected growth

    Ralph Maughan

    Folks thought it was reaching a natural carrying capacity- Wisconsin wolf population surges. By Lee Bergquist and Paul A. Smith of the Journal Sentinel I thought it was leveling off, but then population growth or decline of relatively small populations of any animal are subject to random events like favorable weather.

  • Minnesota's wolf population has stopped growing in size and range

    Ralph Maughan

    Gray wolf range, population similar in Minn. Associated Press. It has pretty much peaked out in Wisconsin too. This casts a lot of doubt on the statements in recent years by Dr. Dave Mech who has been alarmed for quite a while at the growth rate of wolves in Minnesota, and took the side of…

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