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Wolf News - March 2023

AHEAD OF WOLF REINTRODUCTION ON THE WESTERN SLOPE, LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE BILLS TO SUPPORT RANCHERS

March 26th, Colorado: A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers introduced a trio of bills Tuesday to help Western Slope residents handle the impacts of wolf reintroduction.


FWP OPENS PUBLIC SCOPING ON PROPOSED NEW WOLF MANAGEMENT PLAN

March 26th, Montana: Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks will prepare an environmental impact statement and conduct public scoping on a proposed action to develop a new wolf management plan.


SOUTHERN UTES ASK COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE TO RESTRICT WOLF RELEASES TO NORTHERN ZONE

March 26th, Colorado: In a letter, tribe asks for broader recognition of sovereignty.


DUNDEE ZOO 'HEARTBROKEN' AFTER WOLF PACK EUTHANISED

March 26th, Illinois: A Dundee zoo said a decision to euthanise four of its wolves following the death of their pack leader was done as a last resort.


RARE FOOTAGE OF THE WORLD'S ONLY WILD RED WOLVES CAPTURED IN NORTH CAROLINA

March 26th, North Carolina: A rare red wolf has been caught on a trail-cam in North Carolina's Alligator River Wildlife Refuge.


TWO GRAY WOLVES CAPTURED AND COLLARED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

March 25th, California: Two members of California’s small but rebounding gray wolf population have been located and given tracking collars, bolstering the state’s conservation efforts, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Friday.


REP. LAUREN BOEBERT’S BILL TO DELIST GRAY WOLVES FROM THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT GETS ITS FIRST HEARING

March 23rd, Colorado: GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert’s bill to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act faced its first subcommittee hearing Thursday.


MEXICAN WOLF NUMBERS SOAR PAST 200 AS REINTRODUCTION EFFORTS APPROACH 25TH ANNIVERSARY

March 19th, Arizona & New Mexico: The 2022 population estimate represents a 23% increase from the minimum of 196 wolves in 2021.


COLORADO WOLF DOGS PROTECT CATTLE

March 15th: Some ranchers in North Park are using specially bred dogs to protect their livestock from the state's wolves.


2 DOGS DIE AFTER WOLF ATTACKS IN JACKSON COUNTY

March 15th, Colorado: Colorado Parks and Wildlife said two dogs were attacked by wolves in the North Park area in the past few days.


WOLVES BACK IN BELGIUM AFTER 100 YEARS, SPARKING CONTROVERSY

March 15th, Belgium: The researcher from the Flemish Institute for Nature and Forest Research (INBO) walks us along a countryside track in Belgium's eastern province of Limburg.


MOFFAT COUNTY RANCHERS UNITE IN EFFORT TO INFORM WOLF RECOVERY RULES INCLUDING LETHAL TAKE

March 14th, Colorado: Ranchers and other residents across Moffat County are focused on obtaining what they see as the most favorable regulations possible when Colorado reintroduces gray wolves in the state, likely before the end of this year.


ANOTHER WILD WOLF KILLED IN NEW YORK, RADIO-ISOTOPE TEST CONFIRMS

March 13th, New York: Conservation groups announced today that testing by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New York State Museum revealed that a wolf killed in upstate New York in 2021 was eating a wild diet and was a wild wolf.


LATEST MEXICAN GRAY WOLF COUNT SHOWS POPULATION MOVING CLOSER TO COCHISE COUNTY

March 12th, Arizona and New Mexico: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s most recent count of Mexican gray wolves released on Feb. 28 brought good news on many levels.


WISCONSIN LEGISLATORS READY BILL CALLING FOR WOLF POPULATION GOAL

March 10th Wisconsin: A pair of Republican legislators circulated a bill Friday that would require Wisconsin wildlife officials to establish a new population goal for wolves in the state in their next management plan.


PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION TO MEET MARCH 15 - 16; WOLF REINTRO PLAN UP FOR APPROVAL PROCESS IN APRIL AND MAY

March 8th, Colorado: The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will meet in person, with a virtual option available, in Aurora, on March 15 and 16.


RED WOLF UPDATE: FIVE PUPS COLLARED, ONE DEATH REPORTED

March 8th, North Carolina: Red Wolf Recovery Program issued an update on the area’s red wolf population.


HOW THE RETURN OF WOLVES IS CHANGING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS AND WILD ANIMALS

March 7th, Colorado: Human attitudes toward wildlife have evolved since wolves were hunted to near extinction, with valuable lessons for how other animals could be reintroduced.


MINISTRY OF FORESTS SAYS MOOSE, WOLF POPULATIONS HOLDING STEADY IN PG AREA

March 6th, Canada: Wolf and moose populations in the Prince George-Omineca region have remained stable over the last five years.


WILDLIFE SERVICE DELAYS PUBLICATION OF FINAL PLAN FOR THE RED WOLF

March 6th:The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is delaying the publication of the final revised red wolf recovery plan.


TUSCANY’S GROWING WOLF POPULATION AND HOW TO HANDLE IT

March 3rd, Italy: Three experts provide their perspectives on the increasing wolf population in Tuscany.


COLORADO TWEAKS WOLF REINTRODUCTION PLAN AFTER PUBLIC HEARINGS

March 2nd, Colorado: Colorado’s wolf reintroduction plan is getting some tweaks after feedback from hundreds of residents during public hearings last month.


DON’T KILL WOLVES – JUST KEEP THEM AWAY

March 2nd, Michigan: “We don’t believe that hunting wolves on a broad scale necessarily will help mitigate livestock depredation,” says Brian Roell, wildlife biologist and wolf specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.


WOLVES: SHAPE-SHIFTERS IN A CHANGING WORLD OPENS AT THE MUSEUM

March 2nd: Wolves are remarkable for their intelligence, resilience, and the special place they hold in many cultures, especially as the animals that gave rise to domestic dogs.



HUNDREDS OF LYNX TO BE HUNTED IN SWEDEN FOLLOWING BIGGEST EVER WOLF CULL

March 2nd, Sweden: Conservationists condemn latest cull as ‘trophy hunting’, while hunters admit it is ‘about the excitement’.


COMMITTEE VOTES ON FOUR WOLF BILLS AS LEGISLATIVE DEADLINE NEARS

March 1st: The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks Committee considers snares, trapping dates, reimbursement and hunting near national parks.