Wallowa County has joined the late spate of illegal wolf killings. On Nov. 17, the Oregon State Police announced that OR-23, a collared wolf, was found shot in the Chesnimnus Springs area. The wolf was a breeding female and a member of the Shamrock Pack, formerly known as the Chesnimnus pack. Two wolves in the Klamath Falls area were recently …
EASTERN WA, OR REPS CALL FOR WOLF DELISTING ACROSS NORTHWEST
Congressman from Eastern Washington and Eastern Oregon were among those signing a letter this week to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service calling for the full delisting of gray wolves in the Lower 48. U.S. Reps Cathy McMorris-Rogers and Doc Hastings of the former state and Greg Walden of the latter were among 72 other members of the lower and …
Wolf specialist Diane Boyd: ‘You have to make it work in the middle’
Our National Parks Need Our Sacred Resource Protection Zone! A lot of people talk about the important role federal and state lands play in protecting wolves. But Diane Boyd, a wolf and carnivore specialist, said those public landscapes often are at high elevation and don’t harbor wintering populations of deer and elk. In fact, the scientist said Wednesday that wolves …
Wildlife Services’ deadly force opens Pandora’s box of environmental problems
Bringing an Older Article back to the front again. Wildlife Services’ deadly force opens Pandora’s box of environmental problems By Tom Knudson – tknudson@sacbee.com APRIL 30, 2012 12:00 AM UPDATED OCTOBER 08, 2014 10:35 AM Second of three parts Like the prow of a ship, the Granite Mountains rise sharply from the creamy-white playa of the Black Rock Desert in Nevada. …