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Wolf
"See me for what
I am, not as you
wish to use me,"
is the silent cry
of wilderness,
of wolf, whale,
forest, and
ocean alike."
-- Michael W. Fox
Soul of the Wolf
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Poster by Rick Hobson,
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Buffalo Ridge Wolves, Seen
at Night. Ken Cole Photos. |
FAREWELL TO BUFFALO RIDGE PACK
February 28, 2008
The Pack has been "Lethally Controlled"
Alpha Male B-196 is Missing
LOOK AT Boulder-White Clouds Council's
newspaper ad which ran in the Challis Messenger, March 13, 2008.
Introducing the "Phantoms"
A new pack near Ketchum
that's at high risk.
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UPDATED WOLF INFO:
>idahowolves.org
idahowolves.org is
maintained by Idaho wolf advocacy groups and is updated regularly.
>Resisting
Delisting
Resisting delisting of wolves is detailed on this website.
>Dr.
Ralph Maughan's Wildlife Blog
wolves.wordpress is Dr. Ralph Maughan's wildlife blog and
often features wolf news.
>forwolves.org
forwolves.org is Dr. Maughan's old wolf site, which has
excellent archives.
>USFW
Wolf Page
This is the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website.
>IDFG
Wolf Page
This is the Idaho Deptartment of Fish and Game website.
>International
Wolf Center
World-renowned wolf center located in Ely Minnesota with an
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ABOUT WOLVES
Boulder-White Clouds Council has
long been interested in wolves, but we became seriously involved in
the issue with the White Cloud Pack (1999-2000), Stanley Pack (2000)
and the Whitehawk Pack (2001-2002).
Now there are several new packs in and around
the Boulder-White Clouds that we are trying to protect and keep from
harm. These include Basin Butte, Galena, Buffalo Ridge, Phantom Hill,
Pass Pack and Bear Valley.
As of January 2008, Idaho's wolves number about
800 and are doing well in some parts of the state, while not in
others. Conflicts with sheep and cattle prevent wolf pack survival.
Wolves would be helped if agencies and ranchers used more
pro-active, non-lethal methods to keep wolves and livestock apart.
And, if more of our public lands were without sheep and cattle.
Unfortunately, three
different elements now threaten the survival of most wolves
in Idaho and the Northern Rockies:
- 2007
Proposed Idaho Wolf Population Management Plan
*Read our Alert
*Read our
Comments (PDF)
*See Video "Of
Wolves & Wilderness" at wwpblog.com
*March 6, 2008 -
Final
IDFG Wolf Population Mgt Plan
- 2008
Delisting Wolves from the Endangered Species Act
*Learn
More & Read Our 2007 Alert
*February 27, 2008 - Fish &
Wildlife Service Final Rule Delisting
the Distinct Population Segment of the Northern Rocky Mountain
Gray Wolf
*February 27, 2008 -
Earthjustice files 60-day Notice to sue on Delisting
- 2008
10(j) Rule Modification to Make Wolves Easier to Kill
Final 10(j) Rule issued January 24, 2008. Earthjustice files lawsuit
to block further weakening of an already bad rule.
*Read the Earthjustice
Press Release
*Read the U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Service Final 10(j) Rule
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LOOK AT
BWCC's mid-May 2006 wolf trips with
Steve Nadeau, IDFG Large Carnivore Manager.
READ
Ralph Maughan's essay on:
Wolves as "wildlife terrorists."
A wolf terrorist? That's idiocy, but some people believe it. Why?
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MORE INFO, ARTICLES,
NEWS & PRESS RELEASES |
2003
>Week
of May 28 - June 3, 2003, Idaho Mountain Express
Wolves return to Sawtooth Valley SNRA, Clayton packs bring new
hope, tensions
By GREGORY FOLEY,
Express Staff Writer
On a clear, spring day this month in the Sawtooth Valley north of
Ketchum, Curt Mack, gray wolf project leader for Idaho's Nez Perce
Tribe, surveyed the foothills of the White Cloud Mountains for signs
of wolf activity.
"This is good wolf country," he said. "They can den in the hills and
then come down to hunt. There's plenty of territory and plenty of
food along the edges."
He pulled off state Highway 75 and into a lightly vegetated pasture,
where he soon began to talk about the 19-or-so packs of wolves that
inhabit Idaho lands, including one small group that has settled amid
the forested hills near Champion Creek.
"It's an alpha female and an alpha male," he noted. "They just
had their first litter with five new pups."...READ
THE COMPLETE ARTICLE...->
2006
>May
9, 2006, Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report
Wolf dines near Stanley, Idaho—interrupts slack season in tiny
mountain town
By Lynne Stone
Friday May 5, 2006. Stanley, Idaho. A large gray wolf stirred up our
tiny mountain town of Stanley yesterday as it killed a runt yearling
elk calf within view of the city limits. Stanley librarian, Jane
Somerville, saw the wolf among the local elk herd about 9 a.m., and
shortly the wolf had chosen its prey and pulled the small calf down.
It was over quick. After the kill, the herd of some 60 elk moved
about 100 yards away and continued to forage on the Spring grass...READ
THE COMPLETE ARTICLE...->
>May
14, 2006, Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report
Mother's Day wolf story from Stanley
By Lynne Stone
After a magnificent full moon night lighting up the snow-covered
Sawtooth Mountains, I stumbled out of the cabin at dawn. With coffee
and camera in hand I drove to the usual vantage points in hopes of
seeing wolves. I didn’t have to wait long...READ
THE COMPLETE ARTICLE...->
>December
22, 2006,
Ralph Maughan's Wildlife News
Photos of Galena Pack near Stanley
Story
By Ralph Maughan, Photos by Lynne Stone
Like last May, the Galena Pack has come down out of the White Cloud
Mountains in the vicinity of Stanley, ID...READ
THE COMPLETE ARTICLE...->
2007
>May
30, 2007, Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report
Shot Fired in Memorial Day Stanley Wolf Incident
By Lynne Stone
Around noon on Sunday, a gray wolf was seen chasing a cow elk
through Jay Nieder's pasture just south of Stanley. An eyewitness
reported that the cow elk jumped into the swollen Salmon River and
started swimming for the west shore, only its head visible in the
high water...READ
THE COMPLETE ARTICLE...->
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