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The National Landscape Conservation System
by Edward M. Norton
This year marks the 10-year anniversary of the Bureau of Land Management's National
Landscape Conservation System. The agency manages some of the most ecologically
sensitive and culturally significant lands and water in the federal government's estate,
including conservation areas, wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers and national historic trails.
by Steve Grooms
While not much is known about how growing wolf populations in the West impact cougars,
it appears cougars are mostly at a disadvantage - particularly to packs of wolves.
by Nancy Gibson
Plans for the International Wolf Center began with a budget scribbled on a napkin 25 years ago.
The Wolf Problem is a People Problem
by Mary Ortiz
Why is the International Wolf Center's focus on education? The Center itself is living
proof it works. In the early 1980s when the Center was still a concept and in need of
funding to become reality, the antiwolf lobby held a strong position in northern
Minnesota. When key legislators saw and heard about our Wolves and Humans exhibit
showing livestock depredation and educational materials addressing wolf management
problems, they agreed to financially support the development of an International Wolf
Center. Below is an organizational document which clearly states why we areÉ
1989Ð2010: 21 Years of Ambassador Wolves
Teaching the World about Wolves
by Lori Schmidt, wolf curator, International Wolf Center
The International Wolf Center was founded in 1985, on the belief that coexistence with
wolves is possible when people are presented with the facts about wolves. The Center's
mission is to support the survival of wolves around the world by teaching about wolves,
their relationship to wildlands and the human role in their future. The Center's captive
ambassador wolves located in Ely, Minnesota, since 1989 have played a prominent role
in accomplishing this mission.
Mexican Wolves to be Reintroduced in Mexico
by Jess Edberg , informationservices director for the International Wolf Center
Just when the U.S. Mexican wolf population is at its lowest in seven years, Mexico
has announced a plan to reintroduce five Mexican wolves into northeastern Sonora,
within 100 miles of the Arizona border.
The Eastern High Arctic: Wolves in Greenland
by Cornelia Hutt
At one time listed as a subspecies (Canis lupus orion), separate from the wolves of
Canada's high Arctic (Canis lupus arctos), the wolves of Greenland are now thought to
possess no distinct subspecies characteristics. In fact, the concept that Greenland's
wolves originally emigrated from neighboring Ellesmere Island is now generally accepted.
Controversy Continues over Sweden's Wolf Hunt
by Cornelia Hutt
After banning wolf hunting in the mid-1960s, Sweden's parliament recently decided the
country's population of approximately 237 wolves was 27 too many. A decree was issued
allowing hunters, beginning January 2, 2010, to reduce the number of wolves to 210.
Some 10,000 permit applicants showed up to take part in the highly regulated hunt, which
ended January 6, 2010, more than a month sooner than expected. Twenty-eight wolves were
reported to have been harvested in four days.
What Good is a Wolf?
by Cornelia Hutt with Amir Mahdi Ebrahimi
In northwestern Iranian villages like Hachesoo and Shahre-kord, where water is drawn
from common wells and shepherds tend flocks of sheep, predators are a real and present
threat to people dependent on domestic livestock. Yet verified reports keep surfacing
about villagers rescuing wolves from almost certain drowning and then setting the animals free.
Reality Check: Western Wolves and Parasites
In the western United States, a controversy is brewing about parasites in wolves, and
the possibility of human infection. International Wolf interviewed Dr. David Mech to
shed some light on the issue.
Caught in the middle of the wolf debate
by Guest Columnist Curt Jacobs
My family's ranch has been caught in the middle of the ongoing debate concerning what
to do about gray wolves that have been attacking livestock in eastern Oregon. Four of
the five documented attacks occurred on my property - the Jacobs Ranch - which my family
has operated for three generations in the Keating Valley.
Lookin' for Wolves in All the Right Places
by Amaroq Weiss
Will the Pacific Northwest provide the next suitable habitat for wolves? Bordering
prime wolf territory in the Northern Rockies and Canada, it's likely. In recent years,
wolves have been confirmed in Washington and Oregon, with DNA testing linking them to
the Idaho population or, in some cases, to wolves from British Columbia or Alberta.
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