The aerial shooting of five coyotes on the now-infamous Hammond ranch in Oregon cost taxpayers more than $11,000. Critics of Wildlife Services say that’s just the tip of the iceberg “Knowing the science, it’s mindboggling that we still have a federal agency that’s killing over 100,000 native carnivores each year at taxpayer expense, largely at the behest of a small …
Informational workshop on draft Conservation Plan for Gray Wolves in California > Sacramento Public Meetings and Notices
Informational workshop on draft Conservation Plan for Gray Wolves in California Start Date/Time: Monday, February 1, 2016 5:00 PM End Date/Time: Monday, February 1, 2016 8:00 PM Location: Sacramento Informational workshops will be held to provide information and hear views about the draft Conservation Plan for Gray Wolves in California. Location: Double Tree Hotel 2001, Point West Way, Sacramento, CA …
The Big, Good Wolf: Real Lives of Alpha Males | Brenda Peterson
“There never really was a Big Bad Wolf,” my hunter father taught me when I was raised on a U.S. Forest Service wilderness in the High Sierra. “Wolves are all gone from these forests.” Then he added, “But the wolf is a mighty hunter. And wolves have tight-knit families–just like us.” Like the wolf packs, my family hunted and lived …
Idaho accidentally puts tracking collars on wilderness wolves
BOISE, Idaho (AP) – The U.S. Forest Service says it’s investigating after Idaho officials reported inadvertently putting tracking collars on four wolves during recent helicopter flights into a central Idaho wilderness restricted to putting collars on elk. Idaho Department of Fish and Game Deputy Director Ed Schriever in a statement Wednesday says the agency didn’t clearly communicate to one of …