COLVILLE, Wash. (AP) — Six wolves found dead this year in northeast Washington were poisoned and a reward is being offered for tips leading to a conviction in the case, officials said Monday. Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife…
At least two Idaho state lawmakers received threatening letters concerning their votes on a law intended to drastically reduce wolf numbers.
The state of Washington on Thursday ordered the killing of one or two wolves from the Togo pack in Ferry County in response to repeated attacks on cattle.
Two conservation groups asked the Biden administration to reinstate a federal monitoring program to oversee the management of gray wolves in Idaho and Montana following changes in wolf hunting laws in the two states intended to drastically reduce wolf numbers.
A breeding female wolf was illegally shot and killed in Stevens County at the end of May, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates pressed the Biden administration on Wednesday to revive federal protections for gray wolves across the Northern Rockies after Republican lawmakers in Idaho and Montana made it much easier to kill the predators. The Center…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a measure that could lead to killing 90% of the state’s 1,500 wolves in a move that was backed by hunters and the state’s powerful ranching sector but…
Nearly 30 retired state, federal and tribal wildlife managers sent a letter Wednesday to Idaho Gov. Brad Little asking him to veto a bill that could cut the state’s wolf population by 90%.
The Idaho House on Tuesday approved legislation allowing the state to hire private contractors and expand methods to kill wolves roaming Idaho — a measure that could cut the wolf population by 90%.
The wolf population in Washington state increased by an estimated 33 animals in 2020, with fewer lethal removals due to wolf-livestock conflict, according to state officials.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced Tuesday that they were canceling their in-person public meetings regarding wolves, because of social media threats.
Let's be honest. Most of us hope to see an animal while hiking so we have a good story to share with our friends when we return. As for anything more than that, well let's avoid that at all costs!
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - A Washington state official says wolves should be removed from the federal endangered species list in the entirety of the state.Washington Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind in April wrote a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in support of the proposal to delist wolves in the Lower 48 states.Susewind calls the proposal "appropriate and timely" as wolves are recovering.Wolves in the eastern third of Washington are already delisted.
Following a recent spike in sightings, the Steven's County Sheriff's Office has asked that individuals report any encounters with predatory wildlife.
In their year end report for 2018, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife reported that the state's wolf population has grown by a total of four wolves for an overall estimate of 126 wolves.
The state of Washington says it will kill wolves from two packs that have been preying on cattle. The Department of Fish and Wildlife said Wednesday that it will kill members of the Smackout Pack in Stevens County and members…
The state of Washington has killed a second wolf from a pack that has been preying on cattle in Ferry County.
A marksman with Washington state has shot and killed a young member of a wolf pack that was targeted because it attacked cattle in northeast Washington.
A controversial wolf researcher will accept a $300,000 settlement to leave Washington State University. Robert Wielgus, director of the Carnivore Conservation Lab, had sued the Pullman school for infringement of his academic freedom. Wielgus angered ranchers with his research of…
Growth in Washington's gray wolf population slowed dramatically last year, raising concerns from an environmental group that says the state should stop killing wolves that prey on livestock.
The growing population of wolves in eastern Washington state does not appear to be hurting the populations of deer, elk and other ungulates.
Idaho officials are challenging a federal court order to destroy information collected from tracking collars placed on elk and wolves obtained illegally by landing a helicopter in a central Idaho wilderness area.
Environmental groups are demanding the Washington Department of Fish and Wildfire be more transparent about managing the state's growing population of wolves.
The killing of a pack of wolves in northeastern Washington to protect cattle is producing death threats for people on both sides of the issue.
