HUNDREDS OF IDAHO WOLVES COULD BE KILLED UNDER LEGISLATION PROPOSED THIS WEEK

February 27th: Idaho lawmakers on Tuesday introduced a bill that aims to cut Idaho’s wolf population by two-thirds and remove most hunting regulations for the animals in much of the state.

WILDLIFE PANEL SAYS TO TAKE IT SLOW ON WOLF REINTRODUCTION

February 26th: Some wildlife advocates are urging Colorado officials to streamline planning for reintroducing the gray wolf, arguing the launch of an overly bureaucratic process will frustrate the intent of voters who approved reintroduction by the end of 2023.

MONTANA SENATE COMMITTEE ADVANCES MORE WOLF BILLS

February 26th: The Montana Senate Fish and Game Committee advanced a pair of bills late Thursday evening that would allow private payments to wolf trappers and hunters as well as directing Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks to consider more aggressive means of taking the animals.

WOLF KILL TOTAL CONTINUES TO RISE WELL OVER QUOTA IN WISCONSIN'S FIRST HUNT AFTER FEDERAL PROTECTIONS

February 26th: State wildlife officials say they’re confident Wisconsin’s wolf population can sustain losses from the first hunt since the lifting of federal protections even as hunters bagged far more than the established quota.

A RARE GRAY WOLF TREKKED FROM OREGON TO CALIFORNIA’S CENTRAL SIERRA. NOT EVERYONE IS THRILLED

February 26th: The latest gray wolf to make the long journey from Oregon to California has trekked farther south than any wolf tracked in the last century.

WISCONSIN'S HASTILY ARRANGED WOLF HUNTING AND TRAPPING SEASON ENDED WITH MANY MORE KILLED THAN QUOTA

February 24th: Despite a hurried closure to the 2021 Wisconsin gray wolf harvest season, state-licensed hunters and trappers killed 53% more wolves than allotted, according to Department of Natural Resources data.

AT LEAST 82 WOLVES DEAD AS WOLF HUNTING SEASON WRAPS UP

February 24th: Wisconsin’s wolf hunts will end on Feb. 24, two days after the season began on Feb. 22. In less than 24 hours, Wisconsin hunters have killed 82 of the 119 gray wolves (Canis lupus) that the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) allowed for the season.

MICHIGAN WOLVES REQUIRE POPULATION CONTROL, HUNT SUPPORTERS ARGUE

February 24th: Michigan Senate Republicans have advanced a resolution that urges wildlife officials to hold a gray wolf hunting and trapping season in the Upper Peninsula this year following the loss of endangered species protections.

HUNTERS BAG ABOUT HALF OF WOLF QUOTA IN FIRST DAY OF HUNT

February 23rd: Hunters have killed or trapped more than half of the harvest quota for wolves in the first day in Wisconsin's week-long wolf hunt according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

LEGISLATION AIMS TO DRASTICALLY REDUCE IDAHO WOLF POPULATION

February 23rd: Wolves could be hunted year-round in the state with no limits in all but a rugged area of central Idaho.

WOLF HUNT TO END WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN WISCONSIN

February 23rd: With Wisconsin's wolf quota is halfway full after just one day of hunting and trapping, the season will close Wednesday afternoon.

DISTRESSED WOLF RESCUED AND COLLARED IN GRAND PORTAGE

February 20th: WTIP received a call on February 20 from a Grand Portage area man who had a very interesting wolf encounter. Brian Neil, who frequently runs along scenic Highway 61, spotted a wolf in the woods just off the highway apparently in distress, possibly caught in a trap.

GOOD NEWS FOR ZOOMONTANA'S SIMPSON THE WOLF

February 19th: $25,000 in donations received to help with surgery

DNR GREENLIGHTS THE WISCONSIN WOLF HUNT

February 18th: For the first time in several years, Wisconsin hunters are preparing for a wolf hunt.

ANOTHER WOLF HUNT? REPUBLICANS PUSH TO OPEN SEASON ON MICHIGAN WOLVES

February 18th: Republican state lawmakers want Michigan to hold another hunting and trapping season for gray wolves in the Upper Peninsula after the federal government stripped the animals of endangered species protection during the final months of the Trump administration.

SOUTHWEST COLORADO LIVESTOCK MEETING ADDRESSES GRAZING, WOLVES

February 15th: Boebert joins ranchers in opposing plan to reintroduce predator, calls compensation a ‘joke’

TOUR GROUP SHARES VIDEO OF YELLOWSTONE WOLF CHEWING ON BISON BONE

February 15th: If you visit Yellowstone National Park, you are guaranteed to see nature in action. Sometimes you see even more nature than you anticipated. That was the case when a tour group in Yellowstone recently captured video of a wolf chewing on a very large bison bone.

APPLICATION FOR WOLF HUNTING PERMITS OPENS TUESDAY, SEASON TO BEGIN FEB. 22

February 15th: Hunters that win the lottery will be notified on Feb. 22. Lottery winners can begin hunting once they have purchased their harvest tag. The wolf hunt will end Feb. 28.

ENVIRO GROUP CHALLENGES LEGALITY OF SHOOTING WOLVES FROM AIRCRAFT

February 14th: The provincial government is making changes to the Wildlife Act that appear to be an attempt to circumvent legal arguments against B.C.’s wolf cull, says the lawyer representing an environmental group that lodged a lawsuit against the province’s cull.

WISCONSIN DNR TO RECOMMEND HUNTING SEASON QUOTA OF 200 WOLVES

February 14th: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources said it will propose a hunting season quota of 200 wolves when the the group's policy board meets Monday to discuss launching a wolf hunt immediately.

WOLF TRAPPER EDUCATION COURSES TO BE HELD LATER THIS MONTH

February 13th: Idaho Fish and Game will host a wolf trapper and a trapper education course in Salmon on Sunday, Feb. 28.

NATURAL RESOURCES BOARD TAKING COMMENTS AHEAD OF MONDAY MEETING ON WOLF HUNT

February 13th: Wisconsin’s natural resources policy board plans to meet Monday to discuss its next steps after a judge ordered the state to hold a wolf hunt this month.

SPAIN'S WOLF-HUNTING BAN SPARKS BITTER DEBATE IN RURAL NORTH

February 12th: A ban on wolf hunting in Spain's rural north is ratcheting up tension between agriculture and conservation, pitting farmers who fear for their livelihood against environmentalists who applaud the move.

ZOOMONTANA WOLF TO UNDERGO SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS

February 11th: Simpson, an 8-month-old grey wolf pup who arrived at ZooMontana last summer will undergo surgery at Washington State University after a CT scan revealed he was suffering from congenital hydrocephalus.

IDFG DATA SHOWS IDAHO'S WOLF POPULATION REMAINED STABLE BETWEEN 2019 AND 2020, DESPITE HIGHER MORTALITY

February 8th: Data from the Idaho Fish and Game’s second annual wolf population estimate shows the statewide population was stable from 2019 to 2020, indicating that a similar number of wolves were added to the population and removed from the population between the two estimates.

WOLF THAT LEFT MICHIGAN’S ISLE ROYALE HAS HAD AMAZING 2-YEAR JOURNEY, GPS DATA SHOWS

February 7th: The wolf had been captured in nearby Minnesota in the fall of 2018, and spent nearly four months on the island archipelago before trotting back to the mainland.

RED WOLF ART EXHIBIT

February 7th: North Carolina wildlife enthusiasts are in luck, given the Southeast is known for its incredible biodiversity.

A PACK OF WOLVES THRIVED NEAR MINNEAPOLIS; HOW IT DIED OFFERS LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE

February 6th: From 2014 to 2017, they formed the first known pack so close to the Twin Cities in more than a century, growing to as many as 19 wolves.

ENDANGERED WOLVES SENT FROM ARIZONA TO TEXAS TO AID SPECIES

February 6th: The move is designed to help increase the population of these endangered predators

LIVING WITH WOLVES: AS NEW PAIR SETTLES IN, OFFICIALS WEIGH CHALLENGES AHEAD

February 5th: A new pair of wolves recently spotted in Siskiyou County appears to be settling in and new pups could soon be on the way, a state wildlife official tells KRCR.

FEDERAL COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF CAPTIVE RED WOLVES INTO THE WILD

February 5th: A federal district court has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to resume releasing captive red wolves from a captive breeding population into the wild.

ST. LOUIS ZOO IS CREATING A HABITAT TO SAVE RED WOLVES AT ITS FRANKLIN COUNTY PROPERTY

February 4th: The St. Louis Zoo is transforming part of its land in Franklin County, Missouri, into a conservation habitat in hopes of saving the American red wolf from extinction, as the species has only 20 wolves left in the wild.

NEW PAIR OF WOLVES SPOTTED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

February 3rd: A male wolf collared by Oregon wildlife officials last year has been spotted in Northern California with another wolf, likely a female with whom he is likely to start a new pack, a California wildlife official said.

RESEARCHERS FIND 2 WOLVES ILLEGALLY KILLED IN NE. MINNESOTA; 1 WAS SHOT IN CHEST

February 3rd: The collared animals were located in January and killed in November.

GPS COLLAR PUT ON GRAY WOLF FOUND IN COLORADO

February 2nd: Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the 4-year-old male was spotted with another wolf in the north-central part of the state.

TWO COLLARED WOLVES KILLED IN NORTHERN MINN., FOUND AFTER TRANSMITTER CONTINUED MONITORING AFTER WOLF DUMPED IN FROZEN RIVER

February 2nd: The Voyageurs Wolf Project was created to study wolves in the northeastern part of the state during the summer months, but it's what happened during the winter that is getting some attention.

ST. LOUIS ZOO PLANS TO HELP SAVE AMERICAN RED WOLVES

February 1st: With only about 20 left in the wild, the American red wolves have proven to be critically endangered species, and the Saint Louis Zoo revealed they are making a long-term commitment to help.

FEDERAL FUNDS HELP MONTANA COALITION FENCE OUT GRIZZLY BEARS, WOLVES

February 1st: Additional federal funding helped a coalition of government and conservation groups double the number of projects across Montana during 2020 to keep grizzly bears and wolves away from livestock or other attractants.