
Photo by Jim Peaco--NPS
Updates on Yellowstone
Park's wolf population, and location-territory
map
Information provided
courtesy of Yellowstone Gray Wolf Restoration Project
Please note that this
count is likely to include any pup mortalities not yet discovered
Total
Wolves Reintroduced : 14+9 pups-1995
17+14 pups-1996,
additionally 10 pups were brought in from Augusta,
Mt-1996 = 64


Updates/Notes
Yellowstone Guide Services---Winter Wolf Viewing, Summer
Bear Viewing
Wolf Researcher and
Seasonal Park Ranger Rick McIntyre (left)
Bob Landis, Cinematographer and National Geographic Filmmaker (right)
©Kevin Sanders 2004
1-22-11
From now on all updates will be made on my Facebook page:
Winter, and
early Spring is the best time of year to view wolves
in Yellowstone Park, join me for a Yellowstone
wolf viewing tour!
Read over the Wildlife
Viewing Etiquette page prior to your visit. Don't get caught
up in the "herd" or group mentality.
Yellowstone
Wolf Pups
Emily
Almberg Tracking Wolves Winter 2005/06

1999 Final Yellowstone
Pup Count---HERE
2000 Final Yellowstone
Pup Count---HERE
2001 Final
Yellowstone Pup Count---HERE
2002 Final Yellowstone
Pup Count---HERE
2003 Final
Yellowstone Pup Count---
2004 Final Yellowstone
Pup Count---HERE

Note
how large the head of #194M's head is, in relation to Deb Guernsey's
body in photo.
Yellowstone Wolves Receive Handouts
Reports of visitors
giving handouts or food to wolves and coyotes in Yellowstone park
have occurred off and on over the years. Visitors were reportedly
observed feeding the Hayden Pack in 2007 at Canyon, and the wolf
recovery team was forced to conduct some adverse behavior modifications
on the pack---firing rubber bullets.
Anyone observing someone
feed or leave food for a wolf, coyote or any other animal in the
park is encouraged to record the license plate and description
of the vehicle, along with the time and location and report the
incident to the nearest park ranger.
In the
past, coyotes have been fed by visitors, only to then attack cross
country skiers and sometimes visitors standing near the roadway
after they became habituated to humans and learn that humans often
have food with them. Wolves could do the same thing, and they also
will loose any fear they have of humans and leave the park placing
them in even greater danger.
PLEASE DON'T
FEED THE WILDLIFE!
If a
wolf or coyote comes in close to the road and appears to be begging
or looking for food, it is recommended that you not stop. Just drive
on by, they will live a lot longer if we do so.
Past
News:
Predation Payments
To Ranchers
Soda Butte
Female Dies
Druid Alpha
Female Killed
Alpha Male Number
8 Found Dead
Bruce Babbitt
Bids Farewell
Female #217 Found Dead, 1/23/04
Druid Female #42 Dead 2/3/04
The Last Remaining Released Wolf Dead
Druid Alpha
Male, #21 Missing, Found Dead
Bears, not wolves
killing more elk calves--research data 2004
Wolf
Numbers Decline and elk getting older--December 2005
Wolf
Pack Locations in Yellowstone National Park
and
the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Note:
The wolf pack territory map is the most up-to-date data that is
available. Information and data is supplied by the wolf recovery
team once per year, but tends to be at least a year behind. For
the most part, the wolf territories remain about the same___+/-,
and are always fluctuating.

Wolf Location Map Courtesy Yellowstone
National Park