Wolves in State & National Parks and Protected Areas in Montana
Glacier National Park
Yellowstone National park
Nez Perce National Historical Park
Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge
Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge
Lost Trail National Wildlife Refuge
Flathead Indian Reservation
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Northwestern Gray Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis)
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus irremotus)
Population Statistics Minimum count 536; 32 breeding pairs. (2015), est. 850 (2019)
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf RecoveryProgram 2015 Interagency Annual Report
Legal Status; state managed by Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks as of May 5 (2011) “Species in Need of Special Management”
Resources
Montana Official State (Field Guide)
Natural Heritage Map Viewer (Gray Wolf)
U S Fish and Wildlife Service (Grey wolves in Northern Rocky Mountains)
Montana, Fish, Wildlife & Parks Wolf Program
Montana Organizations
Wild Sentry: Northern Rockies Ambassador Wolf Program (Hamilton, Montana)
People and Carnivores (Bozeman, Montana)
Wilderness Watch (Missoula, Montana)
National Wolfwatcher Coalition (Duluth, Montana)
Yellowstone Park Foundation (Bozeman, Montana)
Keystone Conservation (Bozeman, Montana)
Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation (Missoula, Montana)
International Wolf Center – Montana
Montana News Resources & Publications
Independent Record (Helena, Montana)
Duluth News Tribune (Duluth, Montana)
Missoulian (Missoula, Montana)
LATEST MONTANA NEWS Wolf And Wildlife News From Montana
- True Wild: The Real Story Of Wolves On Ted Turner’s Montana Ranch | Mountain Journal
16th Jan 2021
- Tribes Begin Five-Year Swift Fox Reintroduction at Fort Belknap | Smithsonian
26th Sep 2020
- Grizzly future looks to wolf past | Missoullan
13th Sep 2020
- Montana’s wolf specialist marvels at carnivore’s recovery | The Spokesman-Review
04th Aug 2020
- Yellowstone Wolves Are the Most Studied but Misunderstood Good Boys | GIZMODO
30th Jul 2020
- Yellowstone to Uintas Connection – CounterPunch.org
16th May 2020
- Montana leaders hear recommendations from national CWD experts
19th Jan 2020
- Descendants of historic Pennsylvania wolves live in Montana | Outdoors | helenair.com
05th Jan 2019
- Bigfork Eagle , Montana prepares to model its wolf populations
11th Dec 2017
- Forest Service tried to quash paper debunking Montana wildlife authority | State & Regional | missoulian.com
25th Sep 2017
- Range Rider Project continues with focus on gaining and sharing knowledge — Conservation Northwest
28th Dec 2016
- Washington wolf killed in Montana had wandered 700 miles | Outdoors | billingsgazette.com
24th Oct 2016
Journal Articles
Behavioral and Population Ecology of Swift Foxes in Northeastern Montana. Butler, A. R. (2019).
[PDF] Learning to Live With Wolves: Community-based Conservation in the Blackfoot Valley of Montana
SM Wilson, EH Bradley, GA Neudecker – Human–Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Anthropogenic mortality, intraspecific competition, and prey availability influence territory sizes of wolves in Montana. Rich LN, Mitchell MS, Gude JA, Sime CA. Journal of Mammalogy. 2012 Jun
A nutritionally mediated risk effect of wolves on elk. Christianson D, Creel S. Ecology. 2010 Apr
Echinococcus granulosus in gray wolves and ungulates in Idaho and Montana, USA. Foreyt WJ, Drew ML, Atkinson M, McCauley D. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 2009 Oct
Comparative patterns of predation by cougars and recolonizing wolves in Montana’s Madison Range. Atwood TC, Gese EM, Kunkel KE. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 2007 Jun
Factors correlated with foraging behavior of wolves in and near Glacier National Park, Montana. Kunkel KE, Pletscher DH, Boyd DK, Ream RR, Fairchild MW. The Journal of wildlife management. 2004 Jan;
Dynamics of early wolf and cougar eradication efforts in Montana: implications for conservation. Riley SJ, Nesslage GM, Maurer BA. Biological Conservation. 2004 Oct
Wolves, elk, willows, and trophic cascades in the upper Gallatin Range of Southwestern Montana, USA. Ripple WJ, Beschta RL. Forest Ecology and management. 2004 Oct
Dietary overlap between wolves and coyotes in northwestern Montana. Arjo WM, Pletscher DH, Ream RR. Journal of Mammalogy. 2002
Winter hunting patterns of wolves in and near Glacier National Park, Montana. Kunkel K, Pletscher DH. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 2001 Jul
Gray wolf restoration in the northwestern United States. Bangs E, Fontaine J, Jimenez M, Meier T, Niemeyer C, Smith D, Murphy K, Guernsey D, Handegard L, Collinge M, Krischke R. USDA National Wildlife Research Center-Staff Publications. 2001 Jul
Winter prey selection by wolves and cougars in and near Glacier National Park Montana. Kunkel KE, Ruth TK, Pletscher DH, Hornocker MG. The Journal of Wildlife Management. 1999 Jul
Predation by wolves and other large carnivores in northwestern Montana and southeastern British Columbia. Kunkel, K. E. 1997
Attitudes of hunters and residents toward wolves in northwestern Montana. Tucker P, Pletscher DH. Wildlife Society Bulletin (1973-2006). 1989 Dec