Wolves

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BILLINGS – Few discussions result in more fur flying than those involving people with differing views on large carnivores like gray wolves.

Another wolfpack is under the gun after a series of attacks on livestock.

Two wolves from a pack in northeast Washington are set to be killed following a series of attacks on livestock.

LEWISTON – Idaho is on track to meet its wolf population goals within the next four or five years, according to the state’s fish and game department.

Gray wolves in Washington will remain on the state’s endangered species list.

State wildlife officials have now killed a total of 180 brown bears on Southwest Alaska caribou calving grounds in just over a year as part of a contested strategy to restore the renowned Mulchatna herd.

Elk in northeastern Washington have a lot to deal with.

A longtime biologist is taking the helm of Yellowstone National Park’s wolf research and monitoring efforts.

Two wolves that were part of a group that had been attacking livestock have been killed.

Washington state officials have approved the killing of up to two wolves in southeastern Washington after the animals were linked to a series of cattle deaths.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife managers are considering options, including lethal control, to stop wolf attacks on livestock in Asotin County.

Washington wildlife officials have added to their wolf conservation repertoire with an improved version of an old tool to keep carnivores away from livestock.

When it comes to the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks and wolves, no one seems to be happy.

The wolf population in Yellowstone National Park has rebounded somewhat following a reduction in 2021-22 when hunters killed 25 animals that primarily lived inside the refuge where hunting is banned.

“Wolves incite the kind of passions usually reserved for war and infidelity —passions that highlight deep political and social divides,” Eli Francovich writes in his new book, “The Return of Wolves: An Iconic Predator’s Struggle to Survive in the American West.”

Washington biologists have confirmed the existence of a wolf pack on the western flank of Mount Spokane. The pack was confirmed during the state's annual wolf survey and has a minimum of four members.