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Learning More About Wolves in the West

The more you understand wolves, the better prepared you’ll be to share our remarkable landscape with them. And, we hope, the more you’ll come to appreciate the vital role they play in the West. Here are a variety of resources you may find helpful.

Wildlife Agencies and Wolf Reports

• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Annual Wolf Reports for Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming
• Idaho Department of Fish and Game
• Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks
• Wyoming Game and Fish Department
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service gray wolf biology questions and answers

For Hunters and Outfitters

• Idaho Wildlife Federation
• Montana Wildlife Federation

For Ranchers and Livestock Producers

• Livestock and Wolves: A Guide to Non-lethal Tools and Methods to Reduce Conflict
• Defenders of Wildlife Wolf Compensation Trust
• The Bailey Wildlife Foundation Proactive Carnivore Conservation Fund
• Madison Valley Ranchlands Group – Wildlife Issues Web Page
• Lava Lake Land & Livestock
• Montana Department of Livestock

For Businesses

• Duffield Report on Economic Impact of Wolf-viewing in Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem

For Wildlife Enthusiasts

• Yellowstone National Park Wolf Program
• Yellowstone Reports
• Gray wolf recovery in the Great Lakes region
• Wolf Biologists, Research Papers, Programs, Journals and Observations of Behavior
• Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center
• Wolf Education & Research Center
• International Wolf Center
• Nez Perce Wildlife Programs – Wolves
• Ralph Maughan’s Wildlife Reports
• Books About wolves
• Ralph Maughan’s Wildlife News
• Wild Earth Guardians Blog

Conservation Groups

• Conservation Northwest
• Defenders of Wildlife
• Endangered Species Coalition
• Friends of the Clearwater
• Idaho Conservation League
• Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance
• Keystone Conservation
• MexicanWolves.org
• National Parks Conservation Association
• Oregon Wild
• Selkirk Conservation Alliance
• Sierra Club – Wyoming Chapter
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• Western Watersheds Project
• Western Wildlife Conservancy
• Wolf Education and Research Center
• Wolf Recovery Foundation
• Wyoming Outdoor Council

Wolf Naturalist Tours

• Yellowstone National Park Wolf-viewing Tours
• Sun valley Trekking
• The Wild Side
• Wildlife Expeditions of Teton Science School
• Yellowstone Safari Company

Wildlife Photography and Filmmaking

• Diane Hargreaves
• Mark Miller Nature Photography
• Bob Landis, Emmy-Award-Winning Filmmaker

Scientific Articles, Books, and Reports

• Ripple, William J., and Beschta, R.L.  2004.  Wolves, elk, willows, and trophic cascades in the Upper Gallatin Range of Southwestern Montana.  Forest Ecology and Management 200:  161-181.
• VonHoldt, B. et al. 2010. A novel assessment of population structure and gene flow in grey wolf populations of the Northern Rocky Mountains in the United States. Molecular Ecology (2010) 4412-4427
• Book "Wolfer - A Memoir" by Carter Niemeyer
• Book "The Wolf's Tooth" by Christina Eisenberg
• Link to NPR interview on KUER Salt Lake City with Christina Eisenberg about "The Wolf's Tooth"
• Wuerthner, George. May 2011.  Management of Predators: A need for changes in policies
• This new paper in the Journal of Wildlife Management (75(3): 726-730. 2011.) suggests that self-regulation may be a larger factor in limiting wolf populations than prey abundance.

Wolves and Diseases

• Montana FWP Echinococcus fact sheet
• Oregon DFW Echinococcus flyer
• "Wolves brucellosis-free" article in JH News and Guide, March 14, 2009
• Brucellosis article in Trib.com, February 24, 2009