BOEBERT, TIFFANY REINTRODUCE BILL TO DELIST GRAY WOLF AS ENDANGERED SPECIES
January 31st: Congresswoman Lauren Boebert and Congressman Tom Tiffany, both Republicans introduced a bill to delist the gray wolf from the Endangered Species list on Friday.
COUNTY LEADERS OPPOSE PLAN TO REINSTATE WOLF TRAPPING
January 29th, Idaho: Northern Idaho group hopes to gain allowance of traps, nighttime wolf hunting in Blaine.
LAWMAKERS CONSIDER EXPANDED WOLF HUNTING TO CUT POPULATION IN HALF
January 28th, Montana: The House Fish, Wildlife and Parks committee spent nearly five hours on Tuesday evening considering a trio of bills related to Montana’s population of roughly 1,100 resident wolves — far too many according to two legislators seeking to cut the population nearly in half.
BILLS TARGETING PREDATOR TORTURE, SNOWMOBILE HUNTING COULD MAKE INFAMOUS WOLF STUNT A FELONY
January 26th, Wyoming: The proposed law comes down hard on anyone who “knowingly, and with intent” causes “undue suffering, tortures, torments or mutilates any living wildlife, including predatory animals and predacious birds, after reducing the living wildlife to possession.”
NEW COLORADO WOLF MAP SHOWS EXPANDING TERRITORY IN ADDITIONAL COUNTIES AS POPULATION GROWS
January 22nd, Colorado: Female moves into southeastern mountains as CPW shows locations of newly released wolves.
January 21st, Colorado: Colorado Parks and Wildlife shared the latest on the Copper Creek Pack, British Columbia operation and its future with the ranching community at a Monday press conference.
TWO WOLVES KILLED IN SOUTEAST WASHINGTON
January 14th: Two wolves in southeastern Washington were killed on Monday in response to a series of attacks on cattle.
A 30-YEAR LOOK AT WOLF REINTRODUCTION
January 14th: Managers reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho three decades ago this month.
COLORADO WILDLIFE OFFICIALS WON’T PAUSE WOLF REINTRODUCTIONS DESPITE PROTESTS FROM RANCHERS
January 9th: The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission voted 10-1 on Wednesday to deny a petition from ranchers seeking to pause the state’s controversial wolf reintroduction program.
COLORADO PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION DENIES PETITION TO HALT WOLF RELEASES
January 9th: The commission rejected the citizen petition in a 10-1 vote on Wednesday.
REWARDS OFFERED FOR 2024 WOLF POACHINGS IN OREGON AND WASHINGTON
January 7th: Some significant cash rewards are being offered for information about the illegal killing of wolves across Oregon and Washington last year.
FEDERAL WILDLIFE REGULATORS DENY PETITIONS TO REDUCE OR REMOVE PROTECTIONS FOR WOLVES
January 7th: Groups argue that wolves have recovered in the western Great Lakes region and West Coast states.
$130K OFFERED FOR INFORMATION IN POACHING OF 8 OREGON WOLVES
January 3rd, Oregon: Rewards totaling more than $130,000 are being offered for information about a spate of wolf poaching incidents in Oregon.
$10K REWARD OFFERED FOR INFORMATION LEADING TO KILLER OF WASHINGTON GRAY WOLF
January 3rd, Washington: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) are looking for the killer of a federally listed endangered gray wolf.
MAP SHOWS HOW FAR COLORADO’S WANDERING WOLVES SPREAD OUT IN DECEMBER
January 2nd, Colorado: Colorado’s eight collared wolves in the wild spread out in the northern and northwestern parts of the state in December, according to a monthly tracking map released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
COLORADO WOLF DIED FROM A GUNSHOT, SPURRING A FEDERAL INVESTIGATION
January 2nd, Colorado: A gray wolf in Colorado was illegally shot and later died of the injury, federal authorities said Thursday in the latest flashpoint of Colorado’s controversial, voter-driven initiative to reintroduce the predators to the state.
January 2nd, Colorado: If approved, the claims would deplete the Wolf Depredation Compensation Fund and force the agency to dip into the state’s general fund.
12,000-YEAR-OLD WOLF REMAINS IN ALASKA SHOW EARLY SIGNS OF HUMAN INTERACTION
January 1st, Alaska: New 12,000-year-old remains in Alaska suggest humans influenced early wolf diet.
SWEDEN BEGINS WOLF HUNT AS IT AIMS TO HALVE ENDANGERED ANIMAL’S POPULATION
January 1st, Sweden: Five entire families can be killed, totalling 30 wolves, in move campaigners say is illegal under EU law.