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Year 2003 Wolf Update Reports - Archives
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2003
Dec. 29 |
Sierra Club's
view of the Wyoming wolf plan |
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2003 Dec. 22 |
Sunlight Basin Pack is in bad shape. Update on 1-5 |
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2003 Dec. 19 |
Agate Pack
kills 302M pack's pups, and other wolf news.
(Wolf 103F missing, Slough Creek
gets recruits) |
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2003 Dec. 15 |
Experts agree that Wyoming's wolf management
plan needs fixing. Opinion |
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2003 Dec.
15 |
Wyoming wolf
update. Two potential new packs. Absaroka Pack in deep mange trouble,
Sunlight Basin with mange too. |
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2003
Dec. 12 |
Yellowstone
wolf radio collaring goes well. Details. |
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2003 Dec. 8 |
The recent wolf
mortalities in Wyoming were all gunshots, except perhaps one. Update on
the original story of Nov. 18 |
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2003 Dec.
7 |
Two good wolf
books for Christmas Presents. "Wolf Journal" and "Yellowstone's Wolves
in the Wild." |
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2003
Nov. 30 |
More Druid and
nearby pack news. Chase between Slough Creek pack and part of the Druids |
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2003 Nov. 21 |
Two of Idaho's new Hemlock Ridge wolf pack
are illegally shot |
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2003 Nov. 19 |
Druid Pack, and
nearby wolf pack news |
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2003 Nov. 17 |
Four Nez Perce wolves caught and collared
. . . skinny. More later on 11-17 |
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2003 Nov.13 |
One Thousand
Consecutive Days Observing Wolves in Yellowstone.
More on 11-14 |
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2003 Nov. 13 |
Part of the Nez
Perce Pack Returns to Yellowstone |
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2003 Nov. 7 |
More on the missing
Nez Perce Pack, and are Idaho hunters responsible for the great Idaho
wolf success? |
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2003 Nov. 2 |
Nez Perce pack still
missing. Rose Creek alpha male and an important Leopold female found
long dead. Update 11-10. Another Rose Creek wolf
found dead. |
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2003 Nov. 1 |
Final Report and list
of losses. California Wolf Center. |
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2003 Oct. 30 |
California
Wolf Center Saved!! Help is needed. |
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2003 Oct. 29 |
Massive fire
threatens California Wolf Center. Update 10-30 |
| 2003 Oct. 25 |
Green River Pack
Terminated. Only the alpha female (now a lone wolf) was spared.
Important update 11-3. |
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2003 Oct. 18 |
Yellowstone wolf news:
302M gains a pack! Is the Nez Perce pack partly missing? |
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2003 Oct. 16 |
New Idaho wolf pack near Kamiah, Idaho
-- The Eldorado Pack |
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2003 Oct. 14 |
Wolf illegally killed near Idaho City,
Idaho. Reward offered. |
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2003 Sept. 30 |
Green River Pack in
trouble again. New alpha shot for "depredations." |
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2003 Sept. 29 |
New Pack of 16 wolves
near Daniel, Wyoming. |
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2003 Sept. 19 |
Wolves kill numerous
sheep near Burgdorf, Idaho. Update 9-30,
10-3 |
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2003 Sept. 19 |
Chief Joseph Pack
finally gets a radio collar |
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2003 Sept. 17 |
Some Yellowstone
northern range wolf news. Update 9-29 |
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2003 Sept. 16 |
Northern
Rockies Wolf population grows at a slow rate, except for Idaho.
Addition 9-23 |
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2003 Sept. 1 |
Green River
Pack gets new lease on life with a new alpha male, plus necropsy shows
Teton Pack alpha female was not killed by her pack last winter. |
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2003 Aug. 28 |
Update on
wolves to the north and northwest of Yellowstone Park.
Two updates on 9-6 |
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2003 Aug. 22 |
Wyoming wolf
update. Lots of minor "depredations" and 7 "controls" |
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2003 Aug. 20 |
Irony. Forest
fire north of YNP eliminates sheep threat to Rose Creek Pack. |
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2003 Aug. 16 |
New Idaho wolf
packs -- Timberline and Monumental. Timberline named after Timberline HS
in Boise |
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2003 Aug. 7 |
Yellowstone
Park wolf news. Alpha female of Leopold Pack found long dead, and more.
More info on Rose Creek 8-8 |
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2003 Aug. 5 |
Two more Idaho
litters; one (Magruder) a new pack. |
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2003 July 31 |
Controversial
Wyoming Wolf Plan Adopted by WY Game and Fish Commission.
Updated 8-1 |
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2003 July 28 |
Efforts to
prevent Sunlight Basin Pack from entering livestock enclosure result in
a dead grizzly cub |
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2003 July 22 |
Dispersing
Idaho wolf shotgunned near Idaho City, Idaho |
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2003 July 18 |
Absaroka Pack
has a bad case of mange. One wolf euthanized. Treatment to be attempted.
Green River Pack "controlled" 7-18 and 7-21 |
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2003 July 14 |
Druid Pack kills adult bison
and other Druid news. |
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2003 July 9 |
Druid pups move
to rendezvous site. |
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2003 July 6 |
Idaho Wolf
News. June 2003. B2M's mate has pups!. Numerous litters discovered
around the state. |
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2003 June 27 |
Update on
Yellowstone Park
and Wyoming wolf packs and pups. More info on 251F
added 7-5. |
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2003 June 20 |
Buffalo Fork
alpha female 105F killed by other wolves. Body of 208M also found.
Revised info 6-25 |
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2003 June 12 |
Latest Wyoming
wolf news. Wolf trapped near Thermopolis. |
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2003 June 9 |
Early June
update on 2003 Yellowstone pups. 13 Druid pups spotted. |
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2003 May 27 |
Another update
on Yellowstone Pack pups, plus other Park wolf news. |
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2003 May 27 |
USFWS said to
"clarify" the number of wolf packs Wyoming must maintain outside
Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. Note:
I substantially rewrote and updated this article, which I first put up
on May 24. |
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2003 May 15 |
Questions about
the new Teton pack alpha female |
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2003 May 7 |
Teton Pack
alpha female found dead. Was she killed by her own pack?
Update 5-10-03 |
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2003 May 4 |
Idaho 2003 wolf
den and other wolf news. Some additions on 5-5-03 |
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2003 May 2 |
More 2003
Yellowstone den news, plus Geode Creek alpha male was killed by an
ungulate. |
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2003 April 25 |
First denning
report for Wyoming wolves outside Yellowstone Park |
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2003 April 22 |
First
Yellowstone Park denning report for 2003 |
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2003 April 16 |
Dave Moody of
WY Game and Fish suspended for politically incorrect commentary on
Wyoming wolf plan. Updates 4-17-03.
4-23.
Moody back on the job. |
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2003 April 12 |
Park wolf pack
kills mother cougar |
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2003 April 11 |
Dave Moody, Wyoming's Game
and Fish's Large Predator Coordinator, sees holes in Wyoming wolf plan |
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2003 April 4 |
Tremendous
legal victory for wolves in Idaho's Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
Update 4-10 |
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2003 April 1 |
Intrepid
Mollie's Pack finds tough going with bison, grizzlies, in the Pelican. |
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2003 Mar. 30 |
Three Druid
females pregnant and other news. |
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2003 Mar. 26 |
Idaho Office of
Species Conservation says Idaho's wolf population larger than predicted:
My analysis, including facts and figures on the 2002 Idaho wolf
population. |
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2003 Mar. 21 |
Straying Druids
return to their pack, and more news. Addition 3-29 |
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2003 Mar. 18 |
Gray wolf
downlisted to "threatened" throughout most of U.S.
Addition 3-19 |
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2003 Mar. 16 |
Bechler Pack,
first wolf pack in SW Yellowstone. |
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2003 Mar. 12 |
Collar numbers,
size and other details of 2003 wolf collaring in YNP. These are the
final figures, including the second round of collaring in February. |
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2003 Mar. 5 |
US Fish and Wildlife Service explains the termination (killing) of the
Castle Rock and Halfway wolf packs of southwest central Montana |
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2003 Mar. 5 |
Update on the
Druids and other northern range wolves of Yellowstone |
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2003 Feb. 28 |
Wolves and
Wyoming elk numbers. More data on 3-9. |
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2003 Feb. 27 |
Your immediate
help need for Wyoming wolves. 2-28 Too late now,
the bill passed the governor will sign it. |
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2003 Feb. 26 |
Groups Move to
Renew Protection of wolves from government shooting in in Idaho's Sawtooth National
Recreation Area. News story added on 3-5-03 |
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2003 Feb. 26 |
Update on
Wyoming anti-wolf legislation |
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2003 Feb. 23 |
Some
ruminations on wolf and other "depredations" |
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2003 Feb. 18 |
Yellowstone elk numbers and wolves |
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2003 Feb. 14 |
Four anti-wolf
bills introduced into the Oregon Legislature |
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2003 Feb. 13 |
Our growing
anxiety and the fear of wolf attacks |
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2003 Feb. 11 |
Nez Perce Pack
returns to Yellowstone. |
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2003 Feb. 11 |
"Teenaged"
Druid Daughters Leave. Druid Peak Pack down to 5 wolves.
News feature story added 2-22-03 |
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2003 Feb. 6 |
How big are
those "Canadian" gray wolves, anyway? |
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2003 Feb. 5 |
Radio collaring
data from Yellowstone Park. |
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2003 Feb. 3 |
Winter Radio
Collaring for Idaho Wolves. Number of wolves down.
News story added, 2-4-03 |
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2003 Feb. 3 |
Lots of casual
associations among young wolves on the Northern Range. Dating season? |
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2003 Jan. 31 |
Three mangy
wolves caught near Red Lodge, Montana. |
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2003 Jan. 28 |
Nez Perce Pack
found on the National Elk Refuge! Updates 1-29,
1-30. |
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2003 Jan. 23 |
Group of wolves
at Lander, Wyoming. 2-5-03. More negativity from
Fremont County Commissioners |
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2003 Jan. 22 |
More on the
missing Nez Perce Pack. Did the light winter provoke their move?
Minor update 1-27-03. |
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2003 Jan. 19 |
Has Yellowstone
Park wolf population growth ended? |
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2003 Jan. 18 |
Nez Perce Pack
still missing -- gone since mid-December. News
story added 1-21-03 |
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2003 Jan. 15 |
New wolf pack
north of Challis, ID? and other Idaho wolf news. |
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2003 Jan. 14 |
Thirteen YNP wolves radio-collared. Nez Perce Pack Missing. |
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2003 Jan. 12 |
Two Teton Pack dispersers
shot by Wildlife Services near Pinedale, WY.
Information and corrections added on Jan. 13. |
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2003 Jan. 7 |
Some Teton Pack yearlings
get into livestock trouble. |
| 2003
Jan. 3 |
Geode Pack kills former
Leopold alpha 2M, the last of the 1995 Yellowstone wolves.
Additions Jan. 7,
8, and 9 |
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2003 Jan. 2 |
Some Mollie's Pack and
former Druids forming a new pack? |
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2003 Jan. 2 |
Utah Wolf Forum
established to help along the natural wolf restoration of Utah |
