In 2014 four out of every five wolves inhabiting their historic evolutionary homeland in the northern Rockies did not have a negative encounter with a domestic non-native cow or sheep. And of those that did, the vast, vast majority of encounters involved only a couple of predation incidents per animal, said Mike Jimenez, who oversees wolf management for the U.S. …
Lummis Sponsors Wolf Delisting Bill | Wyoming Public Media
Get rid of people like Lummis! Wyoming’s U.S. Representative Cynthia Lummis is one of several lawmakers sponsoring a bill that would delist wolves in Wyoming and the Midwest. The bill comes just months after a federal judge found Wyoming’s management plan unfit to protect the species. Wyoming’s management plan protected 100 wolves and ten breeding pairs, but also allowed them to …
Groose: Celebrating 20 years of Wyoming wolves
Happy New Year! And happy twenty years of Wyoming wolves! In January 1995, wolf recovery efforts commenced with delivery of 14 wolves from Canada to Yellowstone. Patricia, the children and I got the news on sabbatical in summertime Adelaide, South Australia. We delighted in the photographs of wolves arriving in wintertime Wyoming that appeared in The Australian newspaper. Truly, Wyoming …
Study: Wolves Not the Cause of Elk Population Decline in Wyoming | Outdoor Life
YOU CAN THANK CATTLE RANCHERS! So if the wolf-hunting-pressure theory was busted, what was happening to the Clark Fork’s herd? Middleton says it comes down to habitat. The area has suffered a 20-year decline in habitat across the herd’s summer range. If an elk can’t put on enough body fat in the summer and fall, then it will struggle through …