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Wolves in State & National Parks and Protected Areas in Alaska
Wolves in Denali National Park and Preserve
Wolves in Kenai Fjords National Park / Kenai National Wildlife Refuge
Wolves in Gates of the Arctic National Park & Preserve
Katmai National Park and Preserve
Tongass National Forest
Kachemak Bay State Park, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Becharof National Wildlife Refuge, Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, Kanuti National Wildlife Refuge, Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Koyukuk National Wildlife Refuge, Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge, Selawik National Wildlife Refuge, Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge, Togiak National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Yukon Flats National Wildlife Refuge
Caribou Herds of Alaska
Barren-Ground Caribou (Rangifer tarandus groenlandicus), Porcupine caribou or Grant’s caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti)
Adak, Nushagak, Central Arctic, Delta, Denali, Farewell -Big River, Fortymile, Fox River, Galena Mountain, Hodzana Hills, Kenai Lowlands, Kenai Mountains, Killey River, Macomb, Mentasta, Mulchatna, Nelchina, Northern Peninsula, Nushagak Peninsula, Rainy Pass, Ray Mountains, Southern Peninsula, Sunshine Mountains, Teshekpuk, Tonzona, Unimak, Western Arctic, White Mountains, Wolf Mountain
Boreal Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou)
Chisana caribou herd (Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve – Alaska)
Grey Wolf (Canis lupus)
Alexander Archipelago Wolf (Canis lupus ligoni)
Northwestern Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis) – (Richardson 1829)
-syn. Mackenzie River Wolf (Canis lupus mackenzii) – (Anderson 1943)
-syn. Yukon Wolf (Canis lupus pambasileus) – (Elliot 1905)
-syn. Alaskan tundra Wolf (Canis lupus tundrarum) – (Miller 1912
Population Statistics [Alaska is home to an estimated 7,000 to 11,000 wolves. Wolves have never been threatened or endangered in Alaska]
Legal Status; State managed
Resources
Alaska Department of Fish and Game Division of Wildlife Conservation: The Wolf in Alaska
Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Division of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) Publications – Wolves
Wolf Safety Brochure (PDF 329 kB)
A Case History of Wolf-Human Encounters in Alaska and Canada by Mark McNay (PDF 2.1 MB)
Managing Predators and Prey in Alaska (Video from the a ADFG website)
Alaska DFG – Living With Wolves
ADFG Wolf Management and Research
Department of the Interior |Alaska
National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
COOK INLET FEDERAL ONSHORE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION
Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife
Alaskan Organizations
Alaska Wildlife Alliance (Alaska)
Wolf Song of Alaska (Alaska)
Cascadia Wildlands (Eugene, Oregon; Cordova, Alaska)
Wolves – Environment Alaska
International Wolf Center – Alaska
American Rivers | Colville River Delta
Alaskan News Resources and Publications
Juneau Empire (Juneau, Alaska)
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Fairbanks, Alaska)
Bristol Herald Courier (Bristol, Alaska)
Alaska Dispatch News (Anchorage, Alaska)
KRBD (Ketchikan, Alaska)
Alaska Public Media (Anchorage, Alaska)
LATEST ALASKAN NEWSWolf and Wildlife News From Alaska
- What scientists learned about caribou from a new collar camera study | nunatsiaq
31st Jan 2022
- 64 wolves taken in controversial Prince of Wales harvest | Coast Alaska
30th Jan 2022
- Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Southeast Alaska Wolf Alaska Native News
11th Sep 2021
- Using LiDAR and Random Forest to improve deer habitat models in a managed forest landscape | Forest Ecology and Management
03rd Sep 2021
- PODCAST & Documentary Film About Wolves of Denali National Park | Alaska Wildlife Alliance
12th Apr 2021
- Living on the edge: spatial response of coyotes (Canis latrans) to wolves (Canis lupus) in the subarctic | Canadian Journal of Zoology
01st Feb 2021
- Major Conservation Rollbacks Finalized in Alaska Despite Opposition from Hunters and Anglers | Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership
13th Jan 2021
- Lawsuit aims to block wolf trapping on Prince of Wales Island | KTOO
29th Oct 2020
- The lie – and shame – of Alaska wildlife management | By Bill Sherwonit
27th Jul 2020
- Endangered Species Protections Sought for Rare Wolf in Southeast Alaska – Center for Biological Diversity
16th Jul 2020
- Life of Riley reaches its end | Anchorage Press
18th Apr 2020
- New Alaska wildlife managers could revive old fights over federal protections, bear- and wolf-killing | KTOO
26th Dec 2018
- POW-area wolf season to close | KRBD
19th Dec 2018
- Wolves Are Losing Ground to Industrial Logging in Southeast Alaska | Latest News | Earth Island Journal | Earth Island Institute
07th May 2018
- Fairbanks protesters organize against the state wolf control program | Alaska Public Media
19th Aug 2017
- Interior wolf control program to end | Alaska Public Media
06th Jul 2017
- Big, bad predator image aside, wolves are happy to grab a salmon out of a stream | Alaska Dispatch News
16th Jun 2017
- Alaska House Passes Legislation to Protect Wolves Adjacent to the Denali National Park | Alaska Native News
18th May 2017
Journal Articles
Denning phenology and reproductive success of wolves in response to climate signals. Mahoney PJ, Joly K, Borg BL, Sorum MS, Rinaldi TA, Saalfeld D, Golden H, Latham AD, Kelly AP, Mangipane B, Koizumi CL. Environmental Research Letters. 2020 Nov
The Decline of Denali’s Wolves: Federal Options in the Face of Non-Cooperative Wildlife Federalism. Danley C. BYU J. Pub. L.. 2020
Spatiotemporal habitat use by a multi-trophic Alaska alpine mammal community. Dertien J, Bagley C, Haddix JA, Brinkman AR, Neipert ES, Jochum KA, Doherty, Jr PF. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2019 Apr
[HTML] Large carnivores under assault in Alaska, WJ Ripple, SD Miller, JW Schoen, SP Rabinowitch – PLoS biology, 2019
[HTML] Integrating snow science and wildlife ecology in Arctic-boreal North America
NT Boelman, GE Liston, E Gurarie… – Environmental …, 2019 –
Resource selection by coastal wolves reveals the seasonal importance of seral forest and suitable prey habitat; Roffler, G. H., D. P. Gregovich, and K. R. Larson. 2018. Forest Ecology and Management 2018
Denning Ecology of Wolves in East-Central Alaska, 1993–2017
K Joly, MS Sorum, MD Cameron – ARCTIC, 2018
Seasonal foraging strategies of Alaskan gray wolves (Canis lupus) in an ecosystem subsidized by Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.); AE Stanek, N Wolf, GV Hilderbrand… – … Journal of Zoology, 2017
Winter hunting behavior and habitat selection of wolves in a low-density prey system. Johnson I, Brinkman T, Lake B, Brown C. Wildlife Biology. 2017 Dec
Space use and movements of moose hunters and wolves in the Yukon Flats, Alaska Johnson, I., 2015
Brown bears and wolves scavenge humpback whale carcass in Alaska. Lewis TM, Lafferty DJ. Ursus. 2014 May
Mercury in gray wolves (Canis lupus) in Alaska: Increased exposure through consumption of marine prey. McGrew AK, Ballweber LR, Moses SK, Stricker CA, Beckmen KB, Salman MD, O’Hara TM. Science of the Total Environment. 2014 Jan
The Ilnik wolf Canis lupus pack: use of marine mammals and offshore sea ice; DE Watts, LG Butler, BW Dale, RD Cox – Wildlife Biology, 2010
Harvests and uses of caribou, moose, bears, and Dall sheep by communities of Game Management Units 9B and 17, western Bristol Bay, Alaska, 2001-2002. Holen DL, Krieg T, Walker R, Nicholson H. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Subsistence Technical Paper. 2005 Jul
Serologic survey for selected disease agents in wolves (Canis lupus) from Alaska and the Yukon Territory, 1984–2000; RL Zarnke, JM Ver Hoef… – Journal of Wildlife …, 2004
Short-term response of Gray Wolves, Canis lupus, to wildfire in Northwestern Alaska.
WB Ballard, PR Krausman, S Boe… – Canadian Field …, 2000
Summer diet of gray wolves, Canis lupus, in northwestern Alaska; RL Spaulding, PR Krausman, WB Ballard – Canadian Field-Naturalist, 1998
Comparison of VHF and satellite telemetry for estimating sizes of wolf territories in northwest Alaska. Ballard WB, Edwards M, Fancy SG, Boe S, Krausman PR. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 1998 Dec
Wolves, bears, and their prey in Alaska: biological and social challenges in wildlife management. National Research Council, 1997
Ecology of wolves in relation to a migratory caribou herd in northwest Alaska. Ballard WB, Ayres LA, Krausman PR, Reed DJ, Fancy SG. Wildlife Monographs. 1997 Apr
Biological, conservation, and ethical implications of exploiting and controlling wolves. Haber GC. Conservation Biology. 1996 Aug
Increases in moose, caribou, and wolves following wolf control in Alaska. Boertje RD, Valkenburg P, McNay ME. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 1996 Jul
Ecology of an exploited wolf population in south-central Alaska. Ballard WB, Whitman JS, Gardner CL. Wildlife monographs. 1987 Jul
Interrelationships of wolves, prey, and man in interior Alaska. Gasaway WC, Stephenson RO, Davis JL, Shepherd PE, Burris OE. Wildlife Monographs. 1983 Jul
Comparison and assessment of drugs used to immobilize Alaskan gray wolves (Canis lupus) and wolverines (Gulo gulo) from a helicopter; WB BALLARD, AW FRANZMANN… – Journal of Wildlife …, 1982
Some aspects of the population ecology of wolves, Alaska. Rausch RA.American Zoologist. 1967 May