Additional monitoring is required to determine the denning status of the remaining 7 documented packs and 3 suspected wolf pairs. Thanks to those who have been forwarding us reports it has helped located several potential new packs. When we are this close to reaching the 30 breeding pair recovery goal, each wolf pack becomes very important. The radio-collared male in the Gravelly pack was seen with an uncollared gray and an uncollared black wolf in the East Fork area of the Gravelly range. No den has been located so far and no further depredations have occurred.
Trapping is ongoing and the situation is being monitored closely.
Efforts to conclude this control action are being made by possibly capturing the yearlings that have been seen and pulling traps once those wolves are placed in captivity for future relocation. If additional depredations occur one of those wolves could be released back in the Gravelly pack s home territory to locate any other pack members. An inaccurate report distributed by unknown persons, that the entire Gravelly pack was about to be killed, generated dozens of e-mails from concerned citizens. A factual response was drafted and sent out, that seemed to calm things down. Wolves continue to frequent cattle operations in the East Fork of the Salmon River, upper Salmon, and the Big Lost River.