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2021 National Wolfwatcher Wolf Education Grants
May 30, 2021
Photo credit: Voyageurs Wolf Project Recipient of 2020 Mini- Grant Applications Due Friday, September 3, 2021 Will be awarded during Wolf Awareness Week (10/17-10/23) Grant FAQs WHO? Educators, public or private, or non-profit organizations whose mission includes wolf education and/or … read more
Posted in Grants, News | Tagged education, grant, Mini-Grant, Wolf
Natural re-colonization and admixture of wolves (Canis lupus) in the US Pacific Northwest: challenges for the protection and management of rare and endangered taxa
May 3, 2021
Admixture resulting from natural dispersal processes can potentially generate novel phenotypic variation that may facilitate persistence in changing environments or result in the loss of population-specific adaptations. Yet, under the US Endangered Species Act, policy is limited for management of … read more
Posted in Pacific West Wolves
The February 2021 Wisconsin Wolf Hunt: A Preliminary Assessment
April 30, 2021
Wisconsin held a February wolf hunt. It wasn’t a hunt, it was a slaughter. The Wisconsin DNR hid behind the shield of the lawsuit and the agency continues to hide behind Act 169 which mandates a wolf hunting/trapping season, including … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves
Wildlife Comeback in Europe
April 30, 2021
The study found that the numbers of carnivores have either remained steady or greatly increased in European countries. In some cases the animals have recovered robust populations that were extinct at some point between 1950 and 1970. https://wildlife.org/large-carnivores-make-a-voracious-comeback-in-europe With biodiversity … read more
Posted in Canada, Europe, & Asia Wolves
The facts about wolves in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
April 1, 2021
There is no scientific or biological justification to hunt or trap wolves for sport. In 2016, legislators ignored scientific evidence and the will of Michigan voters to pass a law authorizing a trophy hunting and commercial trapping season on our … read more
Posted in Great Lakes Wolves, Regional Wolves
Wolf Delisting Challenges Demonstrate Need for an Improved Framework for Conserving Intraspecific Variation under the Endangered Species Act
November 30, 2020
If applied generally to other species, the 2019 rule’s approach to ESA implementation would represent a significant scaling back of recovery efforts for widely distributed species that would increase both short term vulnerability and long-term loss of adaptive potential. Recent … read more
Posted in Front Page News, News | Tagged adaptive potential, Canis lupus, conservation genomics, distinct population segment, recovery planning


