Predator

History: Grizzly bears used to roam the mountains and coast of California.  In the early 1900s, Californians experienced a large portion of grizzly bear conflicts.  Through poisoning and trapping, the grizzly bears were killed off.  The last recorded sighting of a California grizzly bear, in the wild, was in 1924.  …

The June 2025 Collared Gray Wolf Activity Map is now available, displaying the wolves' movements...

When those wolves encounter zero negative repercussions from their actions they grow increasingly brazen until, you guessed it, tragedy strikes.

Colorado Advocates for Smart Wolf Policy have filed the final ballot language for a measure to end the reintroduction of wolves...

Do you want deer, elk or moose? Or do you want predators? You can’t have both...

Did wolves really help rivers in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem? Are wolves to blame for the loss of elk? Hunter Dan Pickar shares his thoughts on the impact of the 1995 wolf reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park. In part, wolves were reintroduced to improve the trophic cascade by manage elk …

Recent articles related to the reintroduction of Mexican Wolves have pushed an agenda of placing this species as far north as the Grand Canyon. Special interest groups would like to see the wolves placed into non-traditional habitat for varying reasons ranging from misguided to misleading.  The reasons include increasing ecotourism …

You may have read another Eastmans’ Blog about California possibly eliminating coyote hunting. The California Fish and Game Commission Wildlife Resources Committee (WRC) is proposing a change to prohibit the take of nongame mammals except per California Fish and Game code 4152.  This would move the take of coyotes into …

Photo by: harrycollinsphotography (Envato) The results of the November election will surely bring changes to the landscape of the United States. A change that many across the West are hoping to see is the delisting of grizzly bears. The Trump administration will no doubt be taking a look at the …

Above is an updated map just published by Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) showing where collared wolves have been in the past month. ​​Notable Updates ​​A collared gray wolf reintroduced in December spent some time inside the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP). RMNP is exclusive federally managed land, …