CANADA
Northwest Territories / Nunavut / Yukon / British Columbia / Alberta / Saskatchewan / Manitoba / Ontario / Quebec / Labrador & Newfoundland / Nova Scotia
Ecoregions of Alberta
Mid-Continental Canadian forests, Midwestern Canadian Shield forests, Muskwa-Slave Lake forests, Northern Canadian Shield taiga, Alberta Mountain forests, Alberta-British Columbia foothills forests, North Central Rockies forests, Canadian aspen forests and parkland, Montana valley and foothill grasslands, Northern short grasslands
Wolves in Protected Areas of Alberta
Wolves in Wood Buffalo National Park
Wolves in Banff National Park
Wolves in Jasper National Park
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Northwestern Gray Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis)
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus irremotus)
Loup Gris (Francais)
Population Statistics [Estimate 4,000-5,000]
Statistiques Démographiques
Legal Status; Game species throughout.
Statut Légal; Espèces de gibier.
Resources
Government du Canada Registre public des espèces en péril
Alberta Environment and Parks
Organizations
La Société Géographique Royale du Canada
The Royal Canadian Geographical Society
Alberta Wilderness Association
Wolf Matters
Alberta / Canadian News Resources & Publications
Ressources et des Publications
Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta)
CBC Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
CBC Edmonton (Edmonton, Alberta)
HUFFPOST ALBERTA (Alberta, Canada)
ICI-ALBERTA (Canada)
Global News Calgary (Calgary, Alberta)
Metro News (Edmonton, Alberta)
LATEST ALBERTA NEWS LATEST CANADIAN NEWS LATEST BANFF WOLF NEWS
Wolf and Wildlife News from Alberta
- Wolves use trails created by humans for convenient hunting and easier access to prey | The Conversation
09th Feb 2022
- Bow Valley wolf pack roaming far and wide | RMO Today
15th Jan 2022
- This Alberta rancher has been called a ‘wolf lover’ for using no-kill methods to protect cattle | CBC Radio Loaded
12th Jan 2022
- ‘Remarkable’ Bow Valley pack sighting of 6 wolves lounging on Lake Minnewanka | CBC News
17th Apr 2021
- Train kills two cougar kittens in Banff National Park | RMO Today
24th Mar 2021
- A two-year-old male collared wolf from the Bow Valley pack was legally shot and killed in northwestern Montana | Yellowstone to Yukon
12th Mar 2021
- Health Canada says it won’t consider cruelty to animals in strychnine review | The Globe and Mail
03rd Feb 2021
- Indigenous leaders ‘losing faith’ in environmental protection amid oilsands monitoring budget cuts – CBC News
06th Aug 2020
- Wild photography: Buck outswims hungry wolf in northern Alberta lake
27th Jul 2020
- Alberta considers expansion of ‘unethical’ wolf killing program: Conservation group | DH News
24th Aug 2019
- Two Banff National Park wolf packs likely decimated by trappers | The Narwhal
22nd Feb 2019
- Chill out: Wolves take snow days too, says study | CBC News
21st Jan 2019
- Warning issued in Banff National Park after female wolf approaches campers | Red Deer Advocate
06th Sep 2018
- Wolves adjust sleeping habits to avoid human contact, research suggests | CBC News
23rd May 2018
- Wild photography: Buck outswims hungry wolf in northern Alberta lake | Edmonton | CBC News
13th Sep 2017
- Beat it, beaver: Grey wolf wins Canada’s Greatest Animal contest – Calgary | CBC News
20th May 2017
- Parks ready to protect wolves | Local News | Rocky Mountain Outlook
26th Jan 2017
- Wildlife experts denounce Alberta’s wolf cull and protected caribou zone | Calgary Herald
14th Jan 2017
Journal Articles
Data from: Wolf ecology and caribou-primary prey-wolf spatial relationships in low productivity peatland complexes in northeastern Alberta. Latham, A.D.M. and Boutin, S., 2019
Is Livestock an Important Food Resource for Coyotes and Wolves in Central Eastern Alberta Counties with Predator Control Bounties?. PROULX G, PARR S. Canadian Wildlife Biology & Management. 2018
[HTML] Natural regeneration on seismic lines influences movement behaviour of wolves and grizzly bears; L Finnegan, KE Pigeon, J Cranston, M Hebblewhite… – PloS one, 2018
Divergent patterns of understory forage growth after seismic line exploration: Implications for caribou habitat restoration
L Finnegan, D MacNearney, KE Pigeon – Forest Ecology and Management, 2018
[HTML] The calm during the storm: Snowfall events decrease the movement rates of grey wolves (Canis lupus); A Droghini, S Boutin – PloS one, 2018
Killing wolves and farming caribou benefit industry, not caribou: a response to Stan Boutin. Proulx G, Alexander S, Barron H, Bekoff M, Brook R, Bryan H, Darimont C, Dubois S, Lukasik V, McCrory WP, Paquet P. Nature Alberta Spring. 2017
Poisoning wolves with strychnine is unacceptable in experimental studies and conservation programmes. Proulx G, Brook RK, Cattet M, Darimont C, Paquet PC. Environmental conservation. 2016 Mar
Addendum to “Managing wolves (Canis lupus) to recover threatened woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) in Alberta”. Hervieux D, Hebblewhite M, Stepnisky D, Bacon M, Boutin S. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2015 Feb
Final Report for Testing monitoring techniques for wolves in southwest Alberta. Ausband DE, Bassing SB. University of Montana, Missoula, USA. 2015
Report on Wild Horses and Ecosystem in Rocky Mountain Foothills East of Banff National Park and West of Sundre, Alberta, Canada (Red Deer River, James River and Vicinity). Downer, C.C., 2015
From venison to beef: seasonal changes in wolf diet composition in a livestock grazing landscape. Morehouse AT, Boyce MS. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2011 Oct
Demography of a harvested population of wolves (Canis lupus) in west-central Alberta, Canada. Webb NF, Allen JR, Merrill EH. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 2011 Aug
Invading white‐tailed deer change wolf–caribou dynamics in northeastern Alberta. Latham AD, Latham MC, McCutchen NA, Boutin S. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 2011 Jan
Demography of a harvested population of wolves (Canis lupus) in west-central Alberta, Canadal NF Webb, JR Allen, EH Merrill – Canadian Journal of Zoology, 2011
Winter habitat use by wolves, Canis lupus, in relation to forest harvesting in west-central Alberta. Kuzyk GW, Kneteman J, Schmiegelow FK. The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 2004
Non-overlapping ranges of coyotes and wolves in northeastern Alberta. Fuller TK, Keith LB. Journal of Mammalogy. 1981 May
Wolf population dynamics and prey relationships in northeastern Alberta. Fuller TK, Keith LB. The journal of wildlife management. 1980 Jul
A record long-distance move by a wolf (Canis lupus). Van Camp J, Gluckie R. Journal of Mammalogy. 1979 Feb
The helminths of wolves and coyotes from the forested regions of Alberta. Holmes JC, Podesta R. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 1968 Nov