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US House votes to remove wolves from endangered list in 48 states
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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Remote Lake Superior island wolf numbers are stable but moose population declining, researchers say
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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Wisconsin DNR defends lack of population goal in wolf management plan
1 year, 3 months ago

Wisconsin DNR defends lack of population goal in wolf management plan

Associated Press  

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin wildlife officials defended their decision not to set a hard cap on the state’s wolf population in their new management plan in front of a Republican-controlled legislative committee Thursday, saying a firm limit doesn’t reflect the complexities of wolf management. Randy Johnson, the Department of Natural Resources’ large carnivore specialist, told the state Senate’s sporting heritage …

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Wisconsin officials add recommendations to new management plan to keep wolf population around 1,000
1 year, 5 months ago

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

The Independent  

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Wisconsin officials add recommendations to new management plan to keep wolf population around 1,000
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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Endangered Mexican wolf population makes strides in U.S.
1 year, 10 months ago

Endangered Mexican wolf population makes strides in U.S.

LA Times  

Grace Dougan, a U.S. Endangered Mexican gray wolves are making more strides, as more breeding pairs and pups have been documented since reintroduction efforts began in the southwestern U.S. more than two decades ago, federal wildlife managers said Tuesday. “To go from zero wild Mexican wolves at the start to 241 today is truly remarkable,” Mexican wolf recovery coordinator Brady …

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