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| wolfbait:
What would you say if you herd that the state of Washingtons wolf recovery was way ahead of say, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. Perhaps all the states put together. Well acording to our very own biologists and USFW the wolves in Washington have been doing quite well since the 1990. My next question, why then did they transplant some more this spring on the new golden doe wolf recovery area? I bet it had something to do with the all mighty dollar! It would appear that the Lookout pack is not the first wolf pack in Washington, in say 70 years. Please Note the Dates! http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19900603&slug=1075265 Sunday, June 3, 1990 - Page updated at 12:00 AM E-mail article Print view Northwest Briefly Rare Wolf Pups To Be Isolated, Photographed Times Staff: Times News Services Wildlife biologists hope to capture the first wolf pups known to have been born in Washington in decades - but only on film from unmanned, infrared cameras set up near the den site in the North Cascades. State and federal biologists in May located the gray wolf den containing pups by howling at them and getting distinctive barks and howls in return. It is the first confirmation in 15 years that wolves are living in Washington, says Harriet Allen, state biologist. More importantly, she said, ``it's the first wolf den, first indication of breeding since the early 1900s. We've always thought there were transient wolves in the Cascades based on tracks.'' Biologists will not attempt to get close enough to see the den in the Hozomeen area of Ross Lake National Recreation Area for another month for fear of disturbing the she-wolf and causing her to move her pups.The road into the Hozomeen has been closed to all traffic until June 14. Copyright (c) 1990 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved Friday, April 17, 1992 - Page updated at 12:00 AM E-mail article Print view Gray Wolves' Return Subject Of Monday Meeting Times Staff Wolf-watchers, take note: The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service will take public comments and answer questions about reintroduction of the gray wolf to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho at a Seattle meeting Monday. It's the first step in developing an environmental impact statement for reintroduction to those areas, said Doug Zimmer, Fish & Wildlife spokesman. The EIS will guide federal officials in determining whether the wolf should be reintroduced in those areas, and how it should be managed if it is. Why should Seattleites care? Aside from being a controversial topic expected to draw comments from friends and foes of the wolf nationwide, the Yellowstone EIS could serve as a model for a plan to manage wolves that are rehabitating Washington state. State wildlife agents already have identified six packs of wolves in Washington's Cascades, and more are expected to migrate from Canada to the state's protected forests. Monday's meeting, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Shorline Community College's Lecture Hall 1605, is an open house. Biologists will be on hand to show a videotape of wolves in the U.S. and answer questions from the public. Formal public hearings will take place in May 1993. The Yellowstone wolf EIS will be released in 1994, along with a federal decision. Copyright (c) 1992 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920417&slug=1486887 |
| wolfbait:
--- Quote from: SWHUNTER on June 25, 2009, 08:16:33 PM ---6 packs in the Cascades in 1992? How many now? Where and who are the state wildlife agents that reported this in 1992? --- End quote --- http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920205&slug=1473981 Wednesday, February 5, 1992 - Page updated at 12:00 AM E-mail article Print view Endangered Gray Wolf Trapped Near Mt. Baker By Eric Pryne For the first time in anyone's memory, wildlife biologists have captured an endangered gray wolf in Washington. State Wildlife Department biologists said they trapped the animal, a healthy 56-pound female, near Mount Baker last Friday. The wolf was fitted with a radio collar and released the next day on national forest land a few miles away. The capture is an exciting development, said John Pierce, manager of the department's non-game program. "If she's part of a pack, we should know it pretty soon," he said. The gray wolf, listed as endangered in every state but Minnesota and Alaska, disappeared from Washington in the early 1900s. But reports of wolf sightings in the wild North Cascades have increased in recent years. In 1990 biologists discovered two dens - the first time wolves had been sighted in the state since 1975. Pierce said the animals probably are migrating south from Canada, where wolves still are hunted. "It appears we're in the early stages of re-colonization of the former range in Washington," he said. There's evidence the animals are breeding as far south as the Glacier Peak Wilderness Area just north of Stevens Pass, Pierce added. According to a Wildlife Department statement, the captured wolf, nicknamed "Nooksack," had been seen several times in recent weeks near a winter-cabin community outside Glacier, Whatcom County. After trying for 10 days, biologists Jon Almack and Scott Fitkin succeeded in luring the animal into a fenced swimming-pool area, using a fish carcass as bait. Once she was inside, the gate was closed. The wolf was tranquilized, and a local veterinarian took X-rays of her skull to verify her species. Pierce said Almack and Fitkin are participating in a long-range study of the gray wolf's relationship with its environment in Washington, including diet, movement and range. Copyright (c) 1992 Seattle Times Company, All Rights Reserved. |
| WDFW-SUX:
Well I hope someone rubs this in there nose when it comes time to establish the number of breeding pairs in the state.....we should be really close to the objective for a hunt at this point. |
| WDFW-SUX:
also interesting they were using fish as bait....almost like the dogs were used to fish from before they were planted. |
| WAcoyotehunter:
--- Quote from: SWHUNTER on June 25, 2009, 08:16:33 PM ---6 packs in the Cascades in 1992? How many now? Where and who are the state wildlife agents that reported this in 1992? --- End quote --- Good question! If that is true we are further along than we thought previously, but not sure how we would be "way ahead of ID, and MT"? Also sceptical of any idea of a release without some sort of factual information or documentation. --- Quote from: WDFW-SUX on June 26, 2009, 07:00:51 AM ---Well I hope someone rubs this in there nose when it comes time to establish the number of breeding pairs in the state.....we should be really close to the objective for a hunt at this point. --- End quote --- The tricky caveat to our delisting is that we have to have them in all the recovery zones and for three consecutive years. That is the why the dfw brought up the idea that we could translocate (move WITHIN) washington to meet that goal. There has been no discussion of relocating, and DFW has not moved any wolves at all. |
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