Gray Wolf Range - Then, Now; and How Soon?

Then

Map courtesy: Sightline Institute

For more information:

• An interactive map showing changes in Mexican Gray Wolf distribution from 1915 through 2009, from MexicanWolves. org.

• Almost a year ago, I posted some information on a young wolf's death in northern Colorado, in the San Juan Almanac.

Now

 Revised July 2009

Map Courtesy: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Courtesy: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

How Soon?

• February 11, 2010 - Anti-wolf plan passes both legislative houses in Utah; for more background and a reported pack sighting, see Ogden Standard-Examiner.

• February 16, 2010 - U. S. population of Mexican Gray Wolf drops 20%, and a plan to release wolves in northern Mexico. 

• February 8, 2010 - Report of possible wolf pack residency in Colorado.

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For more thoughts on wolves in the West, past, present, and future, check out:

Still available through your local independent bookstore.

My own thoughts on the subject started on page 79: