BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal wildlife officials are postponing a much-anticipated decision on whether to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states. Continue reading
BILLINGS, Mont. — Federal wildlife officials are postponing a much-anticipated decision on whether to lift protections for gray wolves across the Lower 48 states. Continue reading
Western environmental groups say they’re alarmed that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is considering a plan to end federal protections for gray wolves in vast areas where the animals no longer exist. Continue reading
BOISE — Two bills that would make more money available to control wolves and compensate producers in Idaho who have lost cattle to the predators are moving through the Idaho Legislature.
One is on the verge of passing while the other is under the gun with the session set to end March 29. Continue reading
More than 70 lawmakers are asking the Obama administration to take the gray wolf off the endangered species list. Continue reading
HELENA, MONT. — A proposal to expand the state’s wolf hunt is being fast-tracked through the Legislature and shortly will be sent to the governor’s desk for his signature. Continue reading
President Obama’s nomination of Sally Jewell for Interior secretary Wednesday was lauded by several retail and environmental groups and is expected to pass the Senate without much objection. Continue reading
OLYMPIA — Ranchers from across the state came to Olympia Jan. 29 to meet with their legislators and address wolves and other issues vital to their livelihoods. Continue reading
Gray wolves in the Great Lakes region came off the endangered species list this past January. There are about 700 wolves in Michigan now. A decade ago, there were just under 300. Continue reading
ST. PAUL — When Rep. Carolyn McElfatrick, R-Grand Rapids, was recently visited by a group of people from the Minnesota Farm Bureau, she wasn’t surprised to see their number one priority for this session — wolf hunting. Continue reading
In fascinating, last minute political acrobatics, Wisconsin legislators approved a wolf hunting bill, amongst a myriad of mind-twisting bills. Continue reading
[large thumbnail url="feds-release-wyo-wolf-delist-plan" filename="news" year="2011" month="10" day="07"] [thumbnail icon url="feds-release-wyo-wolf-delist-plan" filename="news" year="2011" month="10" day="07"] CHEYENNE, WYO. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday released a plan for removing wolves from endangered species status in Wyoming that would codify a compromise between protections in the Yellowstone region and allowing wolves to be shot on sight elsewhere in the state.
[large thumbnail url="response-from-diana-degette-regarding-the-attacks-on-the-endangered-species-list" filename="news" year="2011" month="09" day="23"] [thumbnail icon url="response-from-diana-degette-regarding-the-attacks-on-the-endangered-species-list" filename="news" year="2011" month="09" day="23"] Here was the official statement regarding wolf conservation and the Endangered Species Act from one of Colorado’s U.S. representatives Diana Degette.
[large thumbnail url="response-from-michael-bennet-regarding-the-attacks-on-the-endangered-species-list" filename="news" year="2011" month="09" day="23"] [thumbnail icon url="response-from-michael-bennet-regarding-the-attacks-on-the-endangered-species-list" filename="news" year="2011" month="09" day="23"] Here was the official statement regarding wolf conservation and the Endangered Species Act from one of Colorado’s U.S. senators Michael Bennet.
[large thumbnail url="washington-has-no-place-in-wildlife-management" filename="editorial" year="2011" month="09" day="09"] [thumbnail icon url="washington-has-no-place-in-wildlife-management" filename="news" year="2011" month="09" day="09"] This editorial, written by Andy Snyder, appeared in the York Dispatch.
[large thumbnail url="usfws-close-to-approving-wyoming-wolf-plan" filename="news" year="2011" month="08" day="17"] [thumbnail icon url="usfws-close-to-approving-wyoming-wolf-plan" filename="news" year="2011" month="08" day="17"] Cheyenne, Wyo. (Little Chicago Review) – The Wyoming Wildlife Federation Board of Directors voted this past weekend to support Governor Mead’s Wolf Plan that he has negotiated with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[large thumbnail url="congress-seeking-to-use-appropriations-bill-to-remove-protections-from-wyoming-wolves" filename="news" year="2011" month="07" day="11"] [thumbnail icon url="congress-seeking-to-use-appropriations-bill-to-remove-protections-from-wyoming-wolves" filename="news" year="2011" month="07" day="11"] Language proposed in an appropriations bill would turn Wyoming wolves over to state control and prevent lawsuits in the event of a deal removing the predator from Endangered Species Act protection.
[large thumbnail url="oregon-house-votes-to-pay-ranchers-when-wolves-kill-livestock" filename="news" year="2011" month="06" day="27"] [thumbnail icon url="oregon-house-votes-to-pay-ranchers-when-wolves-kill-livestock" filename="news" year="2011" month="06" day="27"] SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday to pay ranchers for livestock lost to wolves moving into the state.
[large thumbnail url="michigan-republican-seeks-removal-of-wolf-protections-in-48-states" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="13"] [thumbnail icon url="michigan-republican-seeks-removal-of-wolf-protections-in-48-states" filename="news" year="2011" month="05" day="13"] Michigan republican representative, Candice Miller, wants wolf protections removed in 48 states.
The following Press Release was sent out by Michael Robinson from the Center for Biological Diversity.
[large thumbnail url="wolf-delisting-survives-budget-fight-as-settlement-crumbles" filename="news" year="2011" month="04" day="11"] [thumbnail icon url="wolf-delisting-survives-budget-fight-as-settlement-crumbles" filename="news" year="2011" month="04" day="11"] House and Senate appropriators have agreed to include a bipartisan proposal to remove Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves as part of a final compromise to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year.