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A World Without Carnivores: Does Wolf Recovery Offer an Alternative?
by Mike Phillips
Wolf recovery in the United States represents a stunning conservation success, but most other species of large carnivores have fared poorly. What can we learn from wolf recovery that would help efforts to conserve other large carnivores?
The Romance of Having a Wolf of Your Very Own
by Pat Tucker and Bruce Weide
When Pat Tucker and Bruce Weide ended up owning a wolf, they embarked on a life of traveling ambassador wolf programs. The wolf has added a dimension to their lives unachievable otherwise. Has it been worth it?
Wolf Control Controversies
by Steve Grooms
Wolves have been shaped by evolution to hunt and eat ungulates—such hooved animals as caribou, elk, deer and moose. Hunters often blame wolves for what they perceive as inadequate ungulate populations. Is it good policy to reduce wolf numbers to improve ungulate populations?
A Changing Landscape
by Walter Medwid
With the announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service earlier this year categorizing all gray wolf populations in the contiguous United States (with the exception of the endangered Mexican wolf population in Arizona and New Mexico) as "threatened" versus the more protected "endangered," wolves take a great step closer to a very different world. And while wolves have always shown a remarkable adaptability to change, we humans will have a far more difficult adjustment.
Ten Years and Making Tracks
Text and photos by Lori Schmidt, Wolf Curator, International Wolf Center
As the International Wolf Center celebrates the 10th anniversary of its flagship facility in Ely, it's a great time to review the changes that have occurred in wolf pack dynamics.
Wolves in the United States - Gray Wolf Downlisted to "Threatened" Throughout Most of the United States
by Ralph Maughan
On March 18, 2003, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its long expected downlisting of wolves from "endangered" to "threatened" in most of the lower 48 states. (Wolves have no special federal classification in Alaska). Prior to this action the wolf was "threatened" in Minnesota and "endangered" in all of the rest of the lower 48 except Wyoming and most of Montana and Idaho, where wolves were reintroduced under a special rule—"experimental, nonessential" —that afforded them the same protection as wolves now classified as "threatened.
Wolves in the Northeast - "The Table Is Set"
by Neil Hutt
Timber wolves have been missing from the Northeast for over a century, but Vermont farmer Eric Paris isn't complaining. "I have gotten along real well without them," he says. "I can't imagine what good wolves will do." Paris is not alone in his resistance to the return of the wolf. While many people would accept natural wolf recovery, they firmly oppose a formal reintroduction program.
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Wolves: Behavior, Ecology and Conservation
L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani, editors
University of Chicago Press, 2003
Review by Jakki Harbolick
Anyone even remotely interested in wolf ecology, environmental science or conservation dynamics will discover the ultimate resource in the eagerly anticipated Wolves: Behavior, Ecology and Conservation. Edited by legendary biologists L. David Mech and Luigi Boitani, this newest work is the defining compilation of more than forty years of meticulous research. In a collaborative effort, twenty of the leading specialists in the field of wolf study share the authorial responsibilities with Mech and Boitani.
Of Wolves and Bears: Observations of a Tundra Wolf Pack and a Barren-ground Grizzly
by Paul Frame
We finally found her. At the top of the hill we had just climbed, the radio signal from the collar on female wolf 349 was coming in pretty well. We set up our spotting scopes to scan the area below before continuing because we didn't want the wolves to see us and move before we had a chance to get the data that we'd come to the subarctic to collect.
Adapting to Your Environment
by Jessica Edberg, International Wolf Center Intern
Imagine lying under the stars in your cozy sleeping bag near a crackling fire. You are just turning in after a long day of hiking in the woods. The stream nearby is gurgling, and the peepers are chirping, but there is a chill in the fall air. You curl tighter in your help them keep warm or cool while living in the wild. Fur is a great attribute that not only insulates wolves but also protects them.
Who Should Pay for Wolf Recovery and Conservation after Federal Delisting?
by Nancy Weiss
At some time in the future, the gray wolf will be delisted from the federal Endangered Species Act, and wolf management will be turned over to individual states. When this happens, who should pay for continued wolf management, conservation and recovery? Interviews revealed a broad—but not universal—view that costs should be shared by the federal and state governments and private citizens who support wolf restoration.
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