Wolf and cougar management plans under review Oregon State seeks public input for species Oregon wildlife officials will collect ideas to manage wolves and cougars and will discuss stakeholders’ proposals so far — such as hunting and trapping wolves — during a Friday meeting in La Grande. The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission meeting comes as the Oregon Department of …
Wolf attack confirmed in Lake County
We hope That Oregon’s Deterrents policy will exceed Washington States. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed a wolf attack took place against a calf near Summer Lake in Lake County last month. It is believed OR-28, a 3-year-old female gray wolf, was the perpetrator of the attack, which occurred on Timber Fall Butte, west of Summer Lake. …
Oregon wolf decision violated Endangered Species Act; Oregon prepares to update wolf management plan
Oregon violated its own Endangered Species Act and failed to follow its rules when it removed gray wolves from the endangered list late last year, conservation groups argue in a lawsuit. The Tuesday filing comes as the state prepares to update its wolf management plan — last updated in 2010 — and as some federal legislators question protection levels for …
Blumenauer Introduces Legislation to Reduce Unsafe, Inhumane Trapping
Blumenauer Introduces Legislation to Reduce Unsafe, Inhumane Trapping! WASHINGTON, DC (September 8, 2016) – Today, U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) introduced the Limiting Inhumane Federal Trapping (LIFT) for Public Safety Act, legislation to reign in unsafe and inhumane trapping on public lands and by public officials. Countless pets and wild animals are injured and killed each year in body-gripping traps such as …