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Delisting isn’t based on sound science

The big, unanswered questions are what is the minimum biologically viable population for wolves, and how many wolves are necessary to ensure gene flow between the various populations and to avoid the...

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Biogeographic And Genetic Factors In Northern Rockies Wolf Populations

It is clear that the wolf management plans of the federal and state agencies are not based on sound scientific and genetic data or theory. They will undoubtedly lead to genetic impoverishment and...

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The Number of Wolves Needed for Survival

    There has been a swirl of recent events, which threatens the very survival of wolves in the northern Rockies. First, there was the delisting of wolves from the ESA, then the declaration by...

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Scientists debate number of wolves needed for species’ survival

Conservation groups and the federal government continue to disagree how many gray wolves are needed in the Northern Rockies to ensure the species’ survival. One of the biggest arguments left unresolved...

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The Case of the Missing Predator, or Please Pass the Shark Fin Soup

The Case of the Missing Predator, or Please Pass the Shark Fin Soup THE PREDATOR/PREY RELATIONSHIP. WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT?         From time to time in this website, we examine important scientific...

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Uncertain Future for the Gray Wolf

The recovery of the gray wolf in the Rocky Mountain West is one of the Endangered Species Act’s great success stories. Hunted nearly to extinction, wolves were reintroduced to the region in the 1990s...

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