BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) – The Biden administration on Thursday restored rules to protect imperiled species and shield their habitat from destruction after the measures were rolled back under former President Donald Trump. Among the changes, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will reinstate a decades-old regulation that mandates blanket protections for animals and plants newly […]
Tag: Wolverines
Backcountry skier captures rare video of wolverine tearing across the snow in Wyoming at ‘impossible’ speed: Creature is only one of 15 in the wild, says wildlife supervisor
A backcountry skier was excited to spot a Wyoming wolverine near the Montana state line. Nick Gaddy caught a wolverine on video sprinting on an alpine snowfield near Cooke City, Montana, on December 18. It was the skier’s second wolverine he’d ever seen and the first one he captured on Instagram. Wolverines were recently added […]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lists Wolverines as Threatened Under Endangered Species Act
Wolverines, a member of the weasel family that resembles a small bear, once ranged within the lower 48 from California through the Midwest. Over the past 100 years, their numbers have fallen sharply, with no more than 300 left in the contiguous U.S. They’re primarily found in Washington, Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, with some spotted […]