The question of how many wolves a region can sustain without tipping the balance against prey herds, livestock operations, and the wolves themselves has no clean answer. Since the federal government ...

A member of Wapiti Lake Pack is photographed near the Firehole River in Yellowstone National Park in July 2020. The Wapiti is one of nine packs living in Yellowstone as of December 2024. Jim Peaco ...

Burtenshaw said he pushed for the law because his constituents told him there are too many wolves eating too much livestock. “The big thing was the amount of farmers and ranchers that were dealing ...

Oregon’s wolf population increased last year after four years of nearly flat growth, with the animals continuing to expand their habitat westward, according to a new state report. The population grew ...

Washington’s wolf numbers shrank slightly last year for the first time in 16 years. The Department of Fish and Wildlife’s 2024 Wolf Conservation and Management Report put the year-end minimum count ...

When Montana and Idaho held their first regulated wolf hunts in 2009, one of their stated goals was to reduce pressure on ranchers. Rebounding wolf populations were killing livestock. Fewer wolves, ...