wolves

The Trump administration could be inching toward delisting the species from the endangered species list.

Cody Roberts ran down a wolf with a snowmobile and brought it into a bar in Feb. 2024. This was the first time Roberts has publicly appeared and talked on the issue.

As predators like grizzly bears and gray wolves expand their ranges or are being recovered to more habitats, wildlife managers in the Mountain West are increasingly tasked with preventing conflicts between the animals and people. Some are turning to new strategies and technologies, including drones.

After a judge lamented the “political yo-yo” process embroiling wolf management in the Northern Rockies, no one appears to know how to deescalate the debate.

Cody Roberts was charged with felony animal cruelty 18 months after the incident. What comes next will likely unravel over the fall.

Global outrage ensued after a Wyoming man ran down a wolf with a snowmobile and brought the live animal into a bar for hours in Feb. 2024. For 18 months no criminal charges were made, until now.

The decision doesn’t change the status of wolves, but it forces the agency to revisit the question of whether they should be federally protected, including in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming.

A new wolf pack may be forming right now in Jackson Hole, splitting their time between the National Elk Refuge and Grand Teton National Park.

What’s the best way to tally up the costs and benefits of having wolves in Wyoming? That’s the question behind a new article in the travel magazine Matador.

Wyoming lawmakers officially advanced a bill that attempts to prevent a repeat of the inhumane treatment of a wolf in Sublette County earlier this year. But they didn’t choose to outlaw what many consider a key part of the incident: running a wolf over with a snowmobile.