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Wolf Dispersal

  • Famous Idaho wolf who went Oregon found long dead

    Ralph Maughan

    Back 1998 a young female wolf swam the Snake River and crossed into Oregon from Idaho eventually settling in the Blue Mountains in what would be a fruitless search for a mate. However, wolf B45F wore a radio collar broadcasting her location, and after much controversy, she was captured and returned to central Idaho. Back…

  • On the hunt for the elusive Adirondack wolf

    Ralph Maughan

    Biologist John Way suggested this article–“On the hunt for the elusive Adirondack wolf.” It seems that the belief that wolves have, or are about to reinhabit the Adirondacks is not new, nor is debate over what the eastern coyote really is.

  • 90-pound canid (wolf?) shot in Vermont

    Ralph Maughan

    If this was a wolf, it would be the first true wolf seen in Vermont in over a hundred years. There are wolves to the north in Quebec, but they are not immediately adjacent to Vermont. It is well known that the “eastern” coyote, which is usually much larger than the “western” coyote, is often…

  • There is at least one wolf in NE Oregon

    Ralph Maughan

    Earlier I posted about one or more wolf sightings in the Wallowa Mtns. of NE Oregon. Now the presence of one black male wolf has been verified. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife say they are sure it is a wild wolf. Reporter Michael Milstein of the Oregonian has an article about it today.…

  • Likely wolf found dead in northern Utah coyote trap

    Ralph Maughan

    An adult male canid, probably a wolf, was found dead in a coyote trap in Box Elder County in northern Utah. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it today. They are doing a DNA test. Wolf biologists have hundreds of blood samples of Yellowstone and Yellowstone area wolves, so they can tell if it…

  • Wild wolves again might be at home in Oregon

    Ralph Maughan

    I got some email and there was a post further down in the blog that there is fairly good evidence that a group or a pack of wolves has formed in Eastern Oregon near or in the Wallowa Mountains. The Wallowas are close to Hells Canyon which is the Oregon-Idaho border. There are wolf packs…

  • Wolf hit on Interstate 90 near Sturgis, SD was a Yellowstone area wolf

    Ralph Maughan

    Last April a large wolf-like “canid” was found dead along I-90 east of Sturgis, SD. Examination of its stomach contents showed it had been subsisting on deer. Was it a wolf, a wolf hybrid, a pet wolf that had been released? After much laboratory investigation and genetic analysis, it turns out it was a wolf…

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