Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
There’s an interesting article in Scientific American’s 60-Second Science blog about the influx of wolf-coyote hybrids (known as coywolves) into the Northeast. The new arrivals seem poised to fill a niche left open by the eradication of their wolf cousins...continued→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Like Matt, I was disappointed to find out yesterday that Federal District Judge Donald Molloy will let wolf hunts in Idaho and Montana continue. But I think there’s more good news in the decision than bad. Don’t get me...continued→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , U.S. Law and Policy
I just took a quick look at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's decision to strip wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains of Endangered Species Act protections. Our fundamental problem with the decision is that there just aren't enough wolves in...continued→
Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Saturday's Albuquerque Journal ran a story noting the extreme challenges facing the Mexican gray wolf (the common name for the gray wolf population in the Southwest). Unlike their cousins to the north, the reintroduction of gray wolves in the...continued→
