Same as Donny Martorello, calling the Profanity Peak Pack problem wolves… and they dont want problem wolves. State officials call it a wildlife management tool, but critics say it’s wolf hunting by a different name. SALEM — Oregon wildlife officials have long maintained that no hunting season is planned for the state’s wolf population, even as the number of wolves …
Denali wolf protection back before Game Board
Proposals to reinstate a no wolf kill area on state land along Denali National Park’s northeast edge, will be considered by the Alaska Board of Game. The board imposed a moratorium on the controversial buffer zone proposals when it eliminated a previous one in 2010, but the issue returns to the board agenda during a week-long meeting in Fairbanks that …
Cautious optimism as population of reintroduced wolves grows
Members of the Mexican wolf Interagency Field Team completed the annual yearend population survey, documenting a minimum of 113 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico at the end of 2016. The tally compares with a minimum of 97 wild wolves in 2015. “We are encouraged by these numbers, but these 2016 results demonstrate we are still …
Collin Peterson, Rick Nolan push for open season on Minnesota’s gray wolves
Some two million wolves once prowled this continent’s wilderness. By the 1970s, their numbers had shrunk to the thousands. The Endangered Species Act afforded protection enough for the animals to attempt a comeback. It’s estimated there are now about 10,000 gray wolves roaming the lower 48 states. That’s recovery enough, according to Minnesota Democratic Congressmen Collin Peterson and Rick Nolan. …