wolves

A bill is moving through the House of Representatives that would delist wolves from the Endangered Species Act, and it just passed out of a key committee.  The bill is sponsored by Wisconsin's Tom Tiffany and gained approval from the House Natural Resources Committee, and will now head to the full House for a vote.   ...

The state of Idaho is looking at expanding who is eligible for depredation compensation.  The Idaho Farm Bureau’s Dex Lake said House Bill 82 aims to include livestock losses deemed “possible” wolf or grizzly bear depredations.   “Currently, I...

Ask the Washington ranching community, and they’ll tell you about the struggles they continue to have with gray wolves.  In response, NE Washington Representative Andrew Engell has introduced legislation he says will manage the animals properly.  The Freshman ...

Oregon State Police is asking the public for help identifying the person(s) responsible for the poaching of a wolf in Union County. According to OSP Fish and Wildlife, on January 29th, troopers were called to the Catherine Creek Lane area, roughly 11 miles southeast of Union, where a wolf tracking collar was located...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward for information regarding the recent illegal killing of a gray wolf in Morrow County.  On November 8th, a radio-collared male gray wolf, known as OR 159, was found dead on private land twenty miles south of Heppner.  Morrow ...

Following five depredations in the southeast corner of the state, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is now considering the lethal removal of a wolf or wolves from the Couse pack.  Investigators said those depredations date back to September 19th and have resulted in one dead calf, injuries to a cow, two calves and probable injuries to another cow. WDFW sai...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is trying to address a wolf problem in the southeast corner of the state.  Back on September 24th, WDFW Director Kelly Susewind authorized the lethal removal of one adult wolf from the Couse pack.  The ord...

Following another depredation on livestock in the Onion Creek wolf pack territory, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is once again considering lethal removal of a wolf or wolves from the northeast corner of the state.   On September 19th, WDFW lethally removed two wolves, a yearling female and an adult male, from the Onion Creek pack territory following a series of livestock depredati

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed another depredation in Wallowa County.  Investigators say a four-month old calf was found injured on September 16th on private land in the Bartlett Bench area.  ODFW says this incident most likely occurred at the same time of the September 5th depredation by the Grouse Flats Pack.   Because of...

The final week-and-a-half of August was a busy one for crews with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.   On August 21st, ODFW responded to a depredation on public land in the Crane Prairie area of Grant County, where a six-month-old calf was found dead.  On...