The study found that wolves accounted for 32% of adult female elk deaths and 28% of elk calf deaths, while cougars accounted for 35% of adult female elk deaths and 45% of elk calf deaths.
But as they continue to take a bite out of their food source at the Great Lakes national park, growth of herd expected to at least slow in the coming year. Wolf relocation effort also could help curb numbers.
And Gov. Tim Walz says he supports legislation to ban the recreational hunting of wolves in Minnesota if the federal government succeeds in removing them from the threatened list.
Disease – including distemper, mange and the parvo virus – and packs moving out of the park blamed for the decline; numbers across Wyoming also down.
SALEM, Ore. — A record number of wolves are roaming the forests and fields of Oregon, 20 years after the species returned to the state. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife reported Monday that the number of known wolves in Oregon at the end of 2018 was 137, a 10% increase over the previous year. There are likely even…
And for the first time the state documented a pack living west of the Cascade Range.
The volunteers are among almost 150 citizen scientists across Wisconsin who help the state DNR determine the number, distribution and territories of wolves.
Officials have designated the area as a new area of known wolf activity. As of early 2018, there were at least 124 wolves in the state.
The latest arrivals join eight existing wolves.
The female wolf crossed over an ice bridge formed by the recent polar vortex en route to an area close to Grand Portage, where she was translocated from in early October 2018.
According to estimates, Washington has a minimum of 122 wolves. But a researcher says it’s possible the population of wolves is closer to 200 animals. And state wolf managers say Washington’s wolf population has grown, on average, 30 percent per year.
Wolves are being relocated to Isle Royale National Park on Lake Superior. (National Park Service)A 60-year-old study of wolves and moose at Isle Royale National Park is back on track after being derailed by the partial government shutdown, and enough private funding has been raised to ensure the work will go on even if federal agencies are idled again, officials…
The device is the same as those commonly seen at used car lots and is powered by a generator that blows air into the balloon so it jumps and wiggles in the air.
The announcement came after months of negotiations to update rules on how and when wolves can be killed as their numbers increase and they spread farther west and south after re-entering northeastern Oregon from Idaho more than a decade ago.
Weyauwega, Wis. – Authorities are seeking the public’s help to determine who shot a timber wolf found near Weyauwega. State DNR conservation warden Kaitlin Kernosky and DNR law enforcement supervisor Ted Dremel responded to the scene Jan. 3 on U.S. Highway 10 just east of the State Highway 110/County Trunk X interchange. “I had initially gotten a call from the…
The Voyageurs Wolf Project recently posted a video on its Facebook page, saying “Watch the first ever video footage of wolves hunting freshwater fish (to our knowledge)” at Voyageurs National Park.
Wolf advocates say the site-specific plans will prioritize and make the best use of non-lethal tools, while ranchers hope the proposal gives them a quicker and clearer path to dealing with problem wolves.
Widespread extermination of wolves, cougars early last century meant elk herds able to grow in size, eating away willow plants and other vegetation along park’s streams, causing erosion damage. But in recent years, resurgent populations of wolves and cougars have restored the park’s natural balance by knocking back elk numbers and changing the herds’ behaviors.
Four wolves hailing from extreme northeastern Minnesota already are consuming moose carcasses on the Lake Superior island.
Several Minnesota wild canine experts weigh in on whether a photo shows coyotes or wolves, and their conclusion is unanimous …
Two wolf pups seen near the mountain for the first time since wolves were exterminated from the state nearly 70 years ago.
The Department of Fish and Wildlife had announced that it would immediately begin efforts to kill members of the wolf pack who had been preying on cattle in Washington’s northeastern Ferry County, near the Canadian border.
The Mesa County (Colo.) Commission has urged the federal government in a resolution to follow the recommendations of the Colorado Wildlife Commission, which opposes reintroduction of the gray wolf to Colorado, according to a recent story in The Daily Sentinel. “These animals are killers,” Commissioner Scott McInnis said in the story. “They have no place in this state.” According to the story,…
As climate change leaves caribou more often trapped in close quarters with their predators, the Ontario government had to get creative to save three of the animals stuck on an island with wolves. The wolves have taken over Michipicoten Island in Lake Superior, killing the majority of the caribou herd. Helicopters herded the caribou to an open area over…
BOISE, Idaho— A federal agency doesn’t need to do a new environmental study before being allowed to kill more wolves in Idaho, a federal court judge has ruled. U.S. District Court Judge Edward Lodge last week ruled in favor of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services of Idaho and against Western Watersheds Project and four other environmental groups. Lodge…
JUNEAU, Alaska — Hunters on Prince of Wales Island said this year’s deer hunting season was the worst in recent memory due to logging and a resurgence of wolves. Mike Douville, who serves on the regional advisory council that makes subsistence recommendations, said finding fewer deer on the island is affecting people’s livelihood, Alaska’s Energy Desk reported Monday. “This is…
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