Latest News of Wolves

The gospel according to Ron Gillett

Ron Gillett brings his anti-wolf crusade to the small farming town of Ashton, Idaho.-- May 12, 2008

Feeding time

Will Rounds, who was once a very squeamish vegetarian, describes hacking apart the body of an elk to feed wolves at Mission:Wolf.-- April 28, 2008

Remember Wolf253M

Louisa Willcox remembers a “rock star” of a wolf, known for his black coat, distinctive limp and wandering ways, who was killed by a bullet in Wyoming just days after losing the protection of the Endangered Species Act.-- April 14, 2008

The secret of Los Angeles’ great-tasting water

After Los Angeles wins an award for its great-tasting water, Tom Wolf recalls how he and some friends got the notion to try to spice up the city’s water supply with a little LSD in the 1960s.-- April 14, 2008

Two weeks in the West

HCN looks at the various problems of Western wildlife, including Northern Rockies wolves, porcupines, fishers, pikas, and more; and Rocky Mountain National Park tests elk for chronic wasting disease and also gives out birth control.-- February 18, 2008

When dams were young and gardenias a nickel apiece

Tom Wolf talks to his 90-year-old mother about the Great Depression and the big dams that were built in the West in the 1930s. -- January 28, 2008

Of wolves and willows

Yellowstone's wolves are once again at the center of a debate. But this time, they're not pitted against hunters or ranchers; they're at the heart of a scientific controversy about the balance of nature.-- January 16, 2008

Last chance for the Lobo

Mexican Wolves in Catron County, New Mexico struggle to survive in the midst of underfunding, inbreeding, and hostile local ranchers.-- December 24, 2007

Canis fiasco

A chaotic effort to restore Mexican wolves in New Mexico and a problem with too many elk in Colorado are two facets of the same problem: Our propensity to manage nature in very unnatural ways.-- December 24, 2007

The troubled times of the Mexican wolf

A timeline reveals the complicated, ill-fated story of the Mexican wolf in New Mexico. -- December 24, 2007

Video: Wolves in Paradise (excerpt)

An excerpt from a documentary telling the story of ranchers and wolves in southwest Montana-- December 20, 2007

A wolf tale that’s all too true

Brian Connelly tells the harrowing story of a family of wolves killed by aerial gunners in Alaska. -- November 12, 2007

Dear friends

New HCN employees include Online Editor Marty Durlin and Associate Publisher for Marketing Lisa Wolf Johnson; visitors.-- October 1, 2007

My, what a small family tree you have

In the Northern Rockies, gray wolves may be in danger of inbreeding.-- October 1, 2007

Living precariously with wolves and cattle

Bryce Andrews decides he must kill a wolf to maintain a tenuous balance in Montana-- August 20, 2007

Living precariously with wolves and cattle

Bryce Andrews kills a wolf in order to save his cattle – and the lives of other wolves. -- August 6, 2007

Of feral dogs, and feral Westerners

Westerners like to romanticize our wide-open spaces and wild wolves, but in rural areas, our real mascot is the ubiquitous feral dog-- May 28, 2007

Wolves have a reputation that’s larger than life

Some hunters are blaming the Big Bad Wolf for a decline in the northern Yellowstone elk herd, but Dan Whipple points out that recent weather – and Montana hunting policy – are more likely to be responsible.-- March 26, 2007

Heard Around the West

Something’s fishy in California; dolphins do Rambo; big bad wolf wasn’t wild; conspicuous consumption in Boulder; déjà vu all over again in Interior Department; ski bum is dead, long live ski bums; not everything stays in Vegas.-- March 19, 2007

A wolf’s life

The wolf known as B-7 – the last surviving member of a group of Canadian wolves released in Idaho in 1995 – has died.-- March 5, 2007

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