A full necropsy is being conducted to confirm the initial examination. Boyd collared and released a female in Glacier National Park. Her radio was put on in May 1998 but had stopped transmitting in October. She was still wearing the collar but it had a bullet hole through the transmitter. Meier collared and captured a female from the Graves Creek pack, which had been caught and ear tagged as a pup in 1999.
Volunteers are on board and helping with that effort.
We appreciate their efforts and skills. Trapping will continue until early June. A wolf was chasing a calf on private property in Tom Miner Basin but was harassed from the area by the rancher. A young female was trapped the next morning near the ranch by the Service trapping crew as part of the ongoing monitoring effort. She was radio-collared and released near the site before the depredation was discovered.