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Updated November, 2004

The following references provide a feast of accurate information for individiuals interested in learning more about wolves. Our online Wolf Den Store and local book stores and libraries also have many of these items available.

Allen, Durward L. 1979, reprint 1993.
Wolves of Minong: Isle Royale's Wild Community.
Ann Arbor, MI:
The University of Michigan Press.

Bass, Rick. 1992.
The Ninemile Wolves
Livingston, MT:
Clark City Press.

Bauer, Erwin A. 1994.
Wild Dogs: The Wolves, Coyotes, Foxes of North America
San Francisco, CA:
Chronicle Books.

Bergman, Charles. 1990.
Wild Echoes: Encounters With the Most Endangered Animals in North America
Bothel, WA:
Alaska Northwest Books.

Brown, David E. and Shaw. 1983.
The Wolf in the Southwest: The Making of an Endangered Species.
Tucson, AZ:
University of Arizona Press.

Busch, Robert H. 1995.
The Wolf Almanac.
New York, NY:
Lyons and Burford.

Carbyn, Lu and Ludwig N. Carbyn. 2003
The Buffalo Wolf: Predators, Prey, and the Politics of Nature.

Carbyn, L. N., S. M. Oosenbrug and D. W. Anions. 1993.
Wolves, Bison... and the Dynamics Related to the Peace-Athabasca Delta in Canada's Wood Buffalo National Park
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:
Art Design Printing, Inc.

Carbyn, Ludwig N., Steven H. Fritts, and Dale R. Seip. 1995.
Ecology and Conservation of Wolves in a Changing World. (Order Online)
Edmonton, Canada:
Canadian Circumpolar Institute.

Casey, Denise and Tim Clark. 1995.
Tales of the Wolf
Moose, WY:
Homestead Publishing.

Coppinger, Raymond and Lorna Coppinger. 2001
Dogs: A Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior, & Evolution.
New York, NY:
Scribner.

Dendy, Leslie. 1995.
Tracks, Scats and Signs
Minocqua, WI:
NorthWord Press.

Dunlap, Thomas R. 1988.
Saving America's Wildlife: Ecology and the American Mind, 1850-1990.
Princeton, NJ:
Princeton Univerisity Press

Dutcher, Jim. 1997.
Wolves At Our Door (DVD)
Artisan Entertainment.

Ferguson, Gary. 1996.
The Yellowstone Wolves: The First Year
Helena, MT:
Falcon Press.
Travel through the first year with 14 wolves and a team of dedicated naturalists in this story of the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park.

Fischer, Hank. 1995.
Wolf Wars: The Remarkable Inside Story of the Restoration of Wolves to Yellowstone.
Helena and Billings, MT:
Falcon Press Publishing Co., Inc.
This intriguing story unfolds how the Yellowstone wolf was hated into extinction, the struggle with Congress and the master predator's return.

Fuller, Todd K. Second Edition, 1997.
Guidelines for Gray Wolf Management in the Northern Great Lakes Region
Ely, MN:
International Wolf Center.

Gibson, Nancy. 1995.
Wolves.
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.

Grooms, Steve. 1993.
The Return of the Wolf.
Minocqua, WI:
NorthWord Press, Inc.

Halfpenny, James C. 2003
Yellowstone Wolves in the Wild
Riverbend Publishing.
Description: Spectacular color photos of Yellowstone National Park's wild wolves plus eye-witness stories from park scientists and "wolf watchers." Astonishing new information about how wolves are changing the park's very nature.

Halfpenny, James C. and Diann Thompson. 1996.
Discovering Yellowstone Wolves: Watchers Guide
Gardiner, MT:
A Naturalist's World.

Hampton, Bruce. 1997.
The Great American Wolf
New York, NY:
Owl Books.
Description: Travel through the three hundred year odyssey of the American wolf; from a reviled beast, pursued to extinction throughout the United States, to a symbol of wilderness, tolerated and even desired over much of its former range.

Harrington, Fred H. 2002.
The Ethiopian Wolf
New York, NY:
PowerKids Press.

Harrington, Fred H. and Paul C. Paquet (Eds.). 1982.
Wolves of the World: Perspectives of Behavior, Ecology and Conservation.
Park Ridge, NJ:
Noyes Publications.

Heinselman, Miron. 1996.
The Boundary Waters Wilderness Ecosystem
Minneapolis, MN:
University of Minnesota Press.

Holaday, Bobbie. 2003.
The Return of the Mexican Gray Wolf: Back to the Blue.
Tucson, AZ:
The University of Arizona Press.

International Wolf Center. 1996.M
Canis lupus: Meet the Gray Wolf

International Wolf Center. 1996.M
1999 WORLD WOLF STATUS REPORT

IUCN/SSC Canid Specialist Group. 2004.
Canids: Foxes, Wolves, Jackals and Dogs
Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK:
IUCN.

Klinghammer, Erich(Ed.).1979.
The Behavior and Ecology of Wolves.
New York and London: Garland STPM Press.

Knight, John. 2003
Waiting for Wolves in Japan: An Anthropological Study of People-Wildlife Relations.
New York, NY:
Oxford University Press.

Kosh, A. M. 1993.
Wolf: A Year's Journey
Santa Barbara, CA:
Albion Publishing Group.
Description: This book covers the wolf's journey through the four seasons and beyond by answering questions on where wolves are found and why wolves howl.

Lawrence, R.D. 1990.
Wolves.
San Francisco, CA:
Sierra Club Books.

Link, Mike and Kate Crowley. 1994.
Following the Pack: The World of Wolf Research
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press.

Lopez, Barry H. 1978.
Of Wolves and Men.
New York, NY:
Charles Scribner's Sons.

McIntyre, Rick. 1993.
A Society of Wolves
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.

McIntyre, Rick. 1993.
Society of Wolves: National Parks and the Battle Over the Wolf
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.
Description: Up-to-date (1993) information on wolves and insights on political issues surrounding this controversial animal as well as the history of human attitudes toward the wolf.

McIntyre, Rick. 1995.
War Against the Wolf: America's Campaign to Exterminate the Wolf.
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.

McNamee, Thomas, Henry Holt and Company. 1997.
The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone
New York, NY.
Description: A well researched account of the animals, people and politics behind this conservation success story.

Mech, L. David. 1988.
The Arctic Wolf: Living with the Pack.
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.

Mech, L. David. 1997.
The Arctic Wolf: Ten Years with the Pack
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.

Mech, L. David. 1995.
The challenge and opportunity of recovering wolf populations Conservation Biology, Vol. 9, No. 2, pages 270-278.

Mech, L. David. 1991.
The Way of the Wolf.
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.
Description: Wolf behavior, biology, research and reintroduction illuminated with 80 Full-color photographs.

Mech, L. David. 1970, reprint 1981.
The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species.
Minneapolis, MN:
University of Minnesota Press.

Mech, L. David. 1992.
Wolves of the High Arctic.
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.

Mech, L. David. 1991.
The Way of the Wolf.
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.

Mech, L. David, Layne G. Adams, Thomas J. Meier, John W. Burch and Bruce W. Dale (Eds.). 1998.
The Wolves of Denali
Minneapolis, MN:
University of Minnesota Press.

Mech, L. David (Ed.). 2000.
The Wolves of Minnesota (Order Online)
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.

Mech, L. David and Luigi Boitani. 2003.
Wolves (Order Online)
Chicago, IL:
University of Chicago Press.
Description: As wolf populations have rebounded, scientific studies of them have also flourished. A systematic, comprehensive overview of wolf biology, Wolves brings together many of the world's leading wolf experts provide state-of-the-art coverage of just about everything you could want to know about these fascinating creatures.

Murie, Adolph. 1944.
Wolves of Mount McKinley.
Fauna of the National Parks of the United States. Fauna Series; no. 5.
Washington, DC:
U. S. Government Printing Office.

National Geographic Video. 1988.
White Wolf.
Washington, DC:
National Geographic Society.

Nie, Martin A. 2003.
Beyond Wolves: The Politics of Wolf Recovery and Management.
Minneapolis, MN:
University of MN Press.

Peterson, Rolf O. 1995.
The Wolves of Isle Royale: A Broken Balance.
Minocqua, WI:
Willow Creek Press.

Phillips, Michael K. and Douglas W. Smith. 1996.
The Wolves of Yellowstone
Stillwater, MN:
Voyageur Press, Inc.
Written by Wolf Restoration Project leaders, this book tells the inside story of the restoration of wolves to Yellowstone. It contains the biologists' personal accounts, as well as previously unpublished photographs, field notes and historical documents.

Rezendes, Paul. 1992
Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks and Sign
Charlotte, VT:
Camden House Publishing, Inc.

Savage, Candace. 1988.
Wolves.
San Francisco, CA:
Sierra Club Books.

Schullery, Paul (Editor). 1996.
The Yellowstone Wolf: A Guide and Sourcebook
Worland, WY:
High Plains Publishing Company.
This comprehensive reference book brings the saga of the Yellowstone wolf to life, and provides a first-hand look at our changing relationship with this extraordinary predator. All author's royalties from the sale of this book go to the Yellowstone wolf project, to further wolf recovery.

Silverstein, Alvin, Virginia Silverstein and Robert Silverstein. 1994
Red Wolf, The (Endangered in America)
Millbrook Press.
Suitable for ages 9-12 years

Steinhart, Peter. 1995.
The Company of Wolves.
New York, NY:
Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
This authoritative and eloquent book coaxes the wolf out from its camouflage of myth and reveals the depth of its kinship with humanity, which shares this animal's complex social organization, intense family ties, and predatory streak.

Stenlund, Milton H. 1991.
Wolves in Minnesota (A wildlife biologist recalls 50 years with...)
Cambridge, MN:
Adventure Publications

Theberge, John B. 1998.
Wolf Country: Eleven Years Tracking the Algonquin Wolves Toronto, Ontario:
McClelland and Stewart Inc.

Theberge, John B. and Mary T. Theberge. 2004.
The Wolves of Algonquin Park: A 12 Year Ecological Study.
Waterloo, ON:
Department of Geography, University of Waterloo.

Thiel, Richard P. 1993.
The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin: The Death and Life of a Majestic Predator.
Madison, WI:
The University of Wisconsin Press.

Wood, Daniel. 1994.
Wolves.
Vancouver and Toronto, Canada:
Whitecap Books Ltd.

Zeaman, John. 1998
How the Wolf Became the Dog (Before They Were Pets)
New York, NY:
Franklin Watts.