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  • Yellowstone Park: Northern range packs are all large. Winter may be interesting

    Ralph Maughan

    As autumn begins, for the first time not only are all of the packs on the Yellowstone Park northern range large, they are all almost equal in size. The Park pup count for the year is quite accurate and pup survival was high, but it is harder keep track of the adults, so with the…

  • Wolfwatching on Dunraven

    Ralph Maughan

    Salle Englehart, WRF’s Vice President, was kind enough to email me this report from Aug. 27 (or 28?). People are seeing the Agates. Kathie Lynch told me the same. – – – – – Wolfwatching on Dunraven by Salle Engelhardt Yesterday I was given the day off and decided to take my brand new 10×42…

  • Kathie Lynch on Druids return to the Lamar, the Haydens, Sloughs, Agates and more

    Ralph Maughan

    The Druids returned to the Lamar for the first time since late June. Although their visit may have been brief, Kathie Lynch describes it all. Her report. – – – – – Copyright By Kathie Lynch. Just when I was wondering what excitement I’d write about for a late summer wolf report, the Druid Peak…

  • Wolf predation in the summer: Yellowstone Park study

    Ralph Maughan

    In the latest “wolf weekly” report from Ed Bangs at USFWS, Ed wrote: Yellowstone Park researchers report that the summer predation study is going well. Approx 31 kills have been found May-mid through mid-July and they are 20 bulls, 5 cows, 5 calves, 1 mule deer. These data support the results of research done by…

  • Kathie Lynch: Detailed report on the Hayden wolves

    Ralph Maughan

    Kathie Lynch sent this story to me on July 21. I was in Yellowstone at the time. The scene for watching the wolves was perfect — sit in the shade at the Otter Creek picnic area and wait for them to appear on the other side of the Yellowstone River about 175 yards away. Kathie’s…

  • The Hayden pups, their first big (5) litter

    Ralph Maughan

    Post 1326 Photographer Dan Stebbins was gracious and emailed me photos of this year’s Hayden Pack pups. In the past, the pack has only had one or two pups a year. This year there were 6 (now 5).

  • Experts, environmentalists, hunters aren't sure if wolf tourism is doable in Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    From the Idaho Statesman. Experts, environmentalists, hunters aren’t sure if wolf tourism is doable in Idaho. Some say watchers, hunters can help economy. By Heath Druzin Wolves & Elk: The overriding issue in delisting. Posted previous on this blog 4-22-07 The long life of one wolf embodies the story of wolf recovery in Idaho. Posted…

  • Pup count for Yellowstone Park

    Ralph Maughan

    Dr. Douglas Smith provided me with a near complete pup count for the Park this year. He stressed that for the packs where all pups have been visually counted, this is a high count, meaning that already a few have disappeared, probably dead. Most surprising to me was Oxbow with 12 pups, eleven still alive.…

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