Wolves in State & National Parks and Protected Areas in Wyoming
Yellowstone National park
Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)
Northwestern Gray Wolf (Canis lupus occidentalis)
Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf (Canis lupus irremotus)
haqihana (Arapaho)
Population Statistics 328 (end of 2015), est. 286 (2019)
Legal Status; managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service under the Endangered Species Act as of September 23 (2014), State managed (2017)
Resources
Wyoming Game and Fish Department – Wolves in Wyoming
2007 – Wind River Reservation’s Wolf Management Plan
Learn More About Wolves and Wyoming’s Laws and Regulations
Wyoming Organizations
Wyoming Untrapped (Jackson, Wyoming)
Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (Laramie, Wyoming)
International Wolf Center – Wyoming
Wyoming News Resources & Publications
Jackson Hole News & Guide (Jackson, Wyoming)
Pinedale Online (Pinedale, Wyoming)
Yellowstone National Park
LATEST WYOMING NEWSWolf and Wildlife News from Wyoming
- Wolves in Yellowstone Part I: Can hunting and tourism co-exist? | KBZK Bozeman MT News
20th Jan 2022
- The First Ever Case of CWD Is Reported in Manitoba, and in More Wyoming Elk Units | Outdoor Life
06th Nov 2021
- Western tribal leaders oppose new wolf hunting laws | Cache Valley Daily
20th Jul 2021
- 47 gray wolf tags to be issued for 2021 hunt | Star Tribune
17th Jul 2021
- Wolves And Humans Giving A Tough Time To Wyoming’s Mountain Lions | World Atlas
01st Apr 2021
- Wyoming Game and Fish managers collar gray wolves | Wyoming local news 8
01st Apr 2021
- UW professor helps discover jaguar not seen in U.S. before | Buckrail
27th Mar 2021
- The Undeniable Value of Wolves, Bears, Lions And Coyotes In Battling Disease | Mountain Journal
10th Mar 2021
- Yellowstone’s Wolves Are Fighting Mange At The Genetic Level | Montana Public Media
04th Mar 2021
- Research shows IdentiFlight camera technology greatly reduces wind turbine eagle fatalities | The Peregrine Fund
21st Jan 2021
- Contemplating the coexistence of humans and animals | WyoFile
20th Dec 2020
- Yellowstone Wolves Are the Most Studied but Misunderstood Good Boys | GIZMODO
30th Jul 2020
- Livestock losses due to grey wolves? Wyoming considers new compensation program | Casper, WY Oil City News
17th Jan 2020
- 1084M was a Thorofare wolf | Local | jhnewsandguide.com
14th Jul 2019
- 4 wolf pups found dead | Local | jhnewsandguide.com
20th Aug 2018
- Wyoming Expands Controversial Wolf Hunting Season | EcoWatch
13th Jul 2018
- Gros Ventre wolves targeted | Environmental | JH News & Guide
28th Mar 2018
- Wolf from Gros Ventre Pack poached, shooter confesses – Buckrail | Jackson Hole News
26th Dec 2017
- Yellowstone and Teton Wolves need a Christmas Miracle | Quebec Daily Examiner
26th Dec 2017
- Gray wolf harvest comes to end in Park County | Powell Tribune
16th Dec 2017
Journal Articles
Wolves in Wyoming: the quest for common ground. Watters RE, Anderson AC, Clark SG. Large carnivore conservation: Integrating science and policy in the North American West. 2014 May
ABSTRACT
Drawing on six case studies of wolf, grizzly bear, and mountain lion conservation in habitats stretching from the Yukon to Arizona, Large Carnivore Conservation argues that conserving and coexisting with large carnivores is as much a problem of people and governance—of reconciling diverse and sometimes conflicting values, perspectives, and organizations, and of effective decision making in the public sphere—as it is a problem of animal ecology and behavior.
By adopting an integrative approach, editors Susan G. Clark and Murray B. Rutherford seek to examine and understand the interrelated development…
Attitudes of interest groups in Wyoming toward wolf restoration in Yellowstone National Park.Bath AJ, Buchanan T. Bath AJ, Buchanan T. Wildlife Society Bulletin (1973-2006). 1989 Dec