Wolves preying on beavers in Minnesota reshape wetlands

4 days, 4 hours ago

It's good to be a California beaver. Again.

LA Times

For the first time in 200 years it’s great to be a beaver in California. In a show of unanimous bipartisan support, the state Legislature voted this summer to pass Assembly Bill 2196, which codifies the state’s Beaver Restoration Program at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Beaver “engineers” build dams and canals that create connectivity between land and …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Canada lynx proposed for new habitat protections in US southern Rockies

Associated Press

— U.S. wildlife officials finalized a recovery plan for imperiled populations of Canada lynx on Wednesday and proposed new habitat protections in the southern Rocky Mountains for the forest-dwelling wildcats that are threatened by climate change. “They weren’t really committing to conserve lynx in Colorado anymore, and now they are.” Areas of protected habitat also are being added in Idaho …

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3 months, 1 week ago

‘Diva’ beaver at center of court battle saved from release into the wild

The Telegraph

Jane Newhouse, the rescue group’s founder and president, has said that after Nibi was found on the side of the road, they tried to reunite her with nearby beavers who could have been her parents but were unsuccessful. ‘Educational beaver’ permit Nibi has a large enclosure with a pool at the rescue operation, and will also wander in its yard …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Wolves have revenge tendency, unlike lions and leopards: Experts

Hindustan Times

The encounter of Bahraich with the wolves is not usual and as a result the state machinery and different stakeholders have got involved in relief and capture operations. The wolf which was captured on Thursday Bahraich divisional officer Ajit Singh said that lions and leopards do not have a tendency to take revenge, but wolves do. Former divisional forest officer …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Wolf pack that attacked Colorado livestock to be relocated as reintroduction program stumbles

Associated Press

Wildlife agencies are trying to capture and relocate the first pack of wolves that formed under Colorado’s ambitious wolf reintroduction program after the animals repeatedly attacked livestock, marking an early stumble in the voter-driven initiative. Colorado’s attempt to instead capture problem wolves comes after an agency spokesperson told The Associated Press last week that officials wanted to avoid killing them …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Beavers, back on tribal land after 100 years, could aid California’s fragile ecosystem

LA Times

A beaver takes stock of his new habitat after being released at the Tule River Reservation in Tulare County. A family of beavers — three adults, one subadult and three babies, known as “kits” — were released into the South Fork Tule River watershed on June 12, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said. That enhanced water retention could …

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8 months, 1 week ago

US House votes to remove wolves from endangered list in 48 states

Associated Press

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to end federal protection for gray wolves, approving a bill that would remove them from the endangered species list across the lower 48 states. In 2011 Congress stripped Endangered Species Act protection from gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains and the Trump administration removed protections across the rest of the continental U.S. in 2020. …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Remote Lake Superior island wolf numbers are stable but moose population declining, researchers say

Associated Press

Researchers forced to cut short an annual survey of wildlife on a remote Lake Superior island this winter due to unusually warm weather announced Tuesday that they managed to gather data that shows the wolf population is stable. A team led by Michigan Tech University researchers was two weeks into this year’s seven-week survey in January when unusually warm temperatures …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Grizzly bears to be reintroduced to Washington state after years of bitter argument

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Although grizzly bears have not been seen in …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Animal groups are urging tourists not to visit Wyoming after a man hit a wolf then took it to a bar

Associated Press

— As Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming opens for the busy summer season, wildlife advocates are leading a call for a boycott of the conservative ranching state over laws that give people wide leeway to kill gray wolves with little oversight. The social media accounts of Wyoming’s tourism agency are being flooded with comments urging people to steer clear of …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Wolf kills a calf in Colorado, the first confirmed kill after the predator’s reintroduction

Associated Press

DENVER — A wolf has killed a calf in Colorado, wildlife officials said Wednesday, confirming the first livestock kill after 10 of the predators were controversially reintroduced in December to the aggrievement of the state’s rural residents. Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed after an investigation that the wounds of the calf killed Tuesday, and nearby wolf tracks, were consistent with …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

MapLab: AI That Gives a Dam

Bloomberg

Beavers are essential partners in river restoration due to their unique ability to boost water storage and support other freshwater species. European colonizers trapped beavers for their pelts in the days of the fur trade, and by the early 1900s the animals had been hunted to near-extinction in North America. Emily Fairfax, a professor of geography at the University of …

9 months, 2 weeks ago

Yes, beavers can help stop wildfires. And more places in California are embracing them

LA Times

A vast burn scar unfolds in drone footage of a landscape seared by massive wildfires north of Lake Tahoe. “Beavers belong in California, and they should be part of our fire management plan,” said Emily Fairfax, assistant professor of geography at the University of Minnesota, who shot the drone footage of a series of beaver ponds along Little Last Chance …

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11 months ago

Another Major Legal Battle Is Brewing Over The Killing Of Gray Wolves

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups said Wednesday that it will sue to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to restore Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. “It’s beyond frustrating that federal officials are harming wolf recovery by denying wolves in the Northern Rockies the powerful federal …

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11 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: Wolves are back in Colorado’s wilderness. Here’s why that’s great for Earth

LA Times

Gray wolves were reintroduced to the Colorado wilderness in December, as mandated by a 2020 proposition that passed by a narrow majority. But in the habitat where wolves will reside on Colorado’s less populated, agricultural/recreational Western Slope, the “yes” vote was not as resounding. It was ‘Rocky Mountain High’ in every direction,” said Joanna Lambert, a wildlife ecology and conservation …

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11 months, 1 week ago

US won’t restore protections for wolves in Rockies, proposes national recovery plan

Associated Press

Federal wildlife officials on Friday rejected requests from conservation groups to restore protections for gray wolves across the northern U.S Rocky Mountains, saying the predators are in no danger of extinction as some states seek to reduce their numbers through hunting. The U.S Fish and Wildlife Service also said it would work on a first-ever national recovery plan for wolves, …

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1 year ago

The US is bringing back nature's best firefighters: beavers

BBC

The US is bringing back nature's best firefighters: beavers Getty Images Beavers are often referred to as nature's engineers – as well as firefighters For decades, beavers were considered pests – trapped and shot on sight. "There's been a rapid turnaround and increase in the understanding of the importance of beavers in our ecosystems," says Peggy Darr, who runs the …

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1 year ago

Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions

Associated Press

DENVER, Colo. — Wildlife officials plan to release gray wolves in Colorado in coming weeks, at the behest of urban voters and to the dismay of rural residents who don’t want the predators but have waning influence in the Democratic-led state. Suburbs and cities along Colorado’s Front Range, which includes Denver, carried the vote despite strong opposition across less-densely populated …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Animal welfare advocates file lawsuit challenging Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Animal welfare advocates filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to invalidate Wisconsin’s new wolf management plan, accusing state wildlife officials of violating the state’s open meetings law and disregarding comments from wolf researchers and supporters. The lawsuit alleges that Department of Natural Resources policy board members collected comments on the plan from interest groups it favored even after …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Wildebeest and wolves: The secret weapons against climate change

BBC

Wildebeest and wolves: The secret weapons against climate change Getty Images The huge number of mouths and hooves in wildebeest herds can help to keep vegetation under control that would otherwise fuel wildfires When scientists examined the effect just nine groups of animals have on the climate the results were startling. Getty Images Wolves can have a surprising impact on …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Why grazing bison could be good for the planet

BBC

Why grazing bison could be good for the planet Getty Images American male bison on prairie track American bison were hunted almost to extinction by European settlers. She partners with American Prairie, a conservation organisation with parcels of land on either side of the million acre Charles M Russell National Wildlife Refuge, to study how bison are changing the ecosystem. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

A board leader calls the new Wisconsin wolf plan key to removing federal protections for the animal

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — The leader of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources policy board signaled support Wednesday for the department’s contentious new wolf management plan even though the document lacks a hard population cap that hunters and farmers have demanded. Board Chairperson Bill Smith said during a meeting in Manitowish Waters that the plan shows the state is committed to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin wolf hunters face tighter regulations under new permanent rules

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Wolf hunters in Wisconsin would …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Baby beaver sighting brings hopes of comeback for California’s little climate superheroes

LA Times

Bill Leikam was reviewing footage from a wildlife camera he placed along a Palo Alto creekbed recently when something unfamiliar scampered across the screen. Eventually, he recognized the mysterious creature as a critically important species that has long been missing from his beloved Baylands — a mammal that California wildlife officials have hailed as a “climate hero.” “I just stopped …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on efforts to restore endangered red wolves to the wild

Associated Press

ALLIGATOR RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, N.C. — The red wolf’s journey from extinction in the wild to conservation poster child and back to the brink has been swift and stunning. But the plan counts on private landowners to tolerate the wolves, and history is not on the side of “America’s wolf.” Here are the key takeaways from the AP’s reporting: …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Takeaways from AP’s reporting on efforts to restore endangered red wolves to the wild

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. But the plan counts on private landowners to tolerate …

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1 year, 4 months ago

How beavers can help make parks more diverse.

Slate

Imagine a New York City brimming with life. Unlike the brown rats that terrorize the city, beavers are native to North America and a key part of New York City’s history and ecology. And while you may think that a concrete jungle is not the right place for an animal that clogs up streams with dams, I’m here to tell …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Creating an ‘oasis of bio-abundance’ in the North Yorkshire countryside

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Prof Driver said: “I’m capturing 10 times the number of moths as before rewilding. This is going to become …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Government kills hundreds of Minnesota wolves to protect ranchers’ profits

Raw Story

It’s not easy being a wolf in northern Minnesota. In Minnesota, the agency’s staffers answer complaints from ranchers who lose cattle and other livestock to wolf predation. “It’s both heartbreaking and infuriating to see the amount of resources spent killing native wildlife species in comparison to resources spent protecting and restoring them,” Lindsay Larris, of the advocacy group WildEarth Guardians, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Wisconsin officials add recommendations to new management plan to keep wolf population around 1,000

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife officials released a revised draft wolf management plan Tuesday that recommends holding the statewide population at around 1,000 animals, a concession to conservatives looking for a hard limit. The Department of Natural Resources adopted a wolf management plan in 1999 that calls for capping the statewide population at 350 wolves. The proposal didn’t include a …

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1 year, 7 months ago

How Yellowstone’s Bison Kill Got Blamed On Tribal Hunters

Huff Post

Every winter for the last decade, Andrew Wildbill has driven 12 hours from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation to lead a bison hunting party on the northern border of Yellowstone National Park. “I get it that people don’t like how many bison have been taken out of the population in a single year,” Sholly said. “If you want …

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1 year, 8 months ago

‘Stunning’ Wolf Discovery Caught On Wildlife Camera In Minnesota

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A wildlife camera in Minnesota captured a rare sight recently: a lone wolf with a stunning coat of black fur. The Voyageurs Wolf Project said it is currently tracking some 19 packs in the area ― but none of them have any wolves with black fur, which means this one was just passing through. The project released …

Minnesota Wolf

1 year, 9 months ago

Wisconsin DNR releases 3,500 public comments on wolf plan

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife officials on Friday released thousands of public comments on a new wolf management plan, some calling for the restoration of a statewide population limit and others urging a total hunting ban. “Establishing a population objective would provide DNR with a specific goal to point to as it makes decisions like setting annual harvest quotas and …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Sheep farmers move flock after suspected wolf attack leaves 23 dead

Dutch News

Sheep farmers in Gelderland have moved 106 pregnant ewes from their herd in Renkum across the border to Friesland after 23 animals were killed in a suspected wolf attack. Ellen van der Zweep, whose sheep were bitten to death last week, said: ‘We received all kinds of well-intentioned advice to protect our sheep against the wolf. At the same time, …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Sheep farmers move flock after suspected wolf attack leaves 23 dead

Dutch News

Sheep farmers in Gelderland have moved 106 pregnant ewes from their herd in Renkum across the border to Friesland after 23 animals were killed in a suspected wolf attack. Ellen van der Zweep, whose sheep were bitten to death last week, said: ‘We received all kinds of well-intentioned advice to protect our sheep against the wolf. At the same time, …

Gelderland Sheep Farmers

1 year, 9 months ago

Beavers to be reintroduced in west London to help tackle climate change

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Beavers are to be reintroduced to west London after 400 years to help tackle climate …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Grizzly bears may soon be hunted as US moves toward lifting protections in Yellowstone and Glacier parks

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears …

1 year, 11 months ago

Beavers set to return to Hampshire after 400 years in nature restoration scheme

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Ms Lieu sees the beavers as a key part of transforming Ewhurst, an estate made up of parkland, farmland …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Going Wild: How bringing back lost species can revive ecosystems

Firstpost

Research has shown restoring so-called ‘keystone’ species — those with an outsized impact on their environment — is vital for the health of ecosystems, and can come with unexpected benefits for humans Washington: Scientists often study the grim impacts of losing wildlife to hunting, habitat destruction and climate change. Research has shown restoring so-called “keystone” species — those with an …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Conservation groups sue over Montana wolf harvest rules

Associated Press

— Two conservation groups have filed a lawsuit against the state of Montana and its wildlife management agency alleging it illegally set hunting and trapping policies and quotas intended to reduce the gray wolf population by making it easier to kill the predators. Montana’s Republican-controlled Legislature in 2021 passed bills that allowed the state to reduce the wolf population, authorize …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Wolves shot in Wyoming may be from a Colorado pack

Associated Press

DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials believe that three wolves shot and killed just over the state’s border in Wyoming may have belonged to Colorado’s closely watched North Park wolf pack. The North Park pack, which often crosses into Wyoming where hunting wolves is legal, gained notoriety last year after birthing Colorado’s first known litter of pups in 80 …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Wolf approaches park visitors, animal groups say it has been tamed

Dutch News

A seemingly tame wolf, which approached a 15-year-old boy in the Hoge Veluwe national park last weekend, is at the centre of a dispute between the park’s owners and animal protection foundation Faunabescherming. De @faunabeschermin heeft aangifte gedaan tegen directie @HogeVeluwe wegens het verzaken van haar zorgplicht jegens de onder haar verantwoordelijkheid vallende wolven. Nergens werden wolven zo tam zonder …

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2 years, 3 months ago

If you hate beavers, you’re sorely misguided

The Independent

In the middle of Liz Truss’s declaration of war on the scraps of nature left in Britain, this week marked a positive milestone for regeneration efforts. From 1 October, the Eurasian beaver has been given protected native species status, following successful reintroductions over the last 20 years by various groups and individuals, into a small number of river basins. Humans …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Beavers damaging Dutch flood defenses, water supply; Especially in Limburg

NL Times

Every year, there are hundreds of incidents of beavers damaging the water infrastructure in the Netherlands, for example, by tunneling through flood defenses or disrupting the water level by building a dam. The vast majority of incidents are in Limburg, 1Limburg reports based on data from the Water Boards. Between 2019 and 2021, the Limburg Water Board received 2,050 reports …

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2 years, 3 months ago

DNR: February 2021 hunt had little effect on wolf population

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife officials estimate Wisconsin’s wolf population currently stands at about 970 animals, demonstrating that a much-maligned February 2021 hunting season had little impact on the population as a whole. Wisconsin Public Radio reported that Department of Natural Resources officials released their latest population estimates at the agency’s board meeting on Wednesday. Conservationists feared that a February …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Oregon confirms new wolves in northern Cascade Mountains

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon wildlife officials said Tuesday they have identified a new family of wolves in the northern Cascade Mountains, bringing the total number of known wolf groups in the region to three. “Wolves will disperse to different places, but when we have resident wolves, like we know they’re sticking in that area, that’s when we create something called …

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2 years, 4 months ago

California says the beaver can be superhero in fighting climate change

LA Times

State wildlife officials are launching a restoration program focused on the North American beaver, believing its dams can increase water storage and create natural firebreaks. The senior environmental scientist will help develop methods for “nature-based restoration solutions involving beavers” and artificial beaver dams. “It might be odd, but beavers are an untapped, creative climate solving hero that helps prevent the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Meet the UK’s New Woodland Rangers: a Herd of Wild Bison

Wired

Although the European bison belongs to the same family as the domestic cow, you’d never mistake one for the other. One rewilding project in Kent hopes to harness the bison’s natural engineering abilities in order to better manage the local woodland and increase its biodiversity, by bringing the herbivorous megafauna to the UK for the first time in thousands of …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Minnesota releases updated draft gray wolf management plan

Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s population of gray wolves is resilient and robust, wildlife managers said Thursday as they released a draft updated plan to keep it that way. “Wolf conservation is a high priority for the DNR and we expect this updated plan to help ensure Minnesota’s wolf population remains healthy,” Kelly Straka, the agency’s wildlife section manager, said …

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2 years, 7 months ago

A fight over wolves pits facts against feelings in Wisconsin

Salon

Maybe it was the heat that afternoon in Madison, or maybe it was sheer exhaustion as the meeting approached its sixth hour. Then, this past February, a federal judge ruled that the Fish and Wildlife Service has not followed the "best available science" in delisting wolves, restoring federal protections to all wolves outside of the Northern Rockies. "They're taking a …

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