Northern Rockies Wolves

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Wolves in the West

Learning to Live with Wolves Once Again


The return of gray wolves to the Northern Rockies is encouraging news. Wolves play an important role in nature by keeping the West’s magnificent game herds healthy. Since their return, they have attracted an enthusiastic following, thrilling tourists and locals alike with a glimpse of a wolf in the wild, or a chance to hear their howls in the wilderness. Find out what’s happening with wolves in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming on these pages, and help us inform decision-makers in each state so that they can develop even-handed, science-based management plans that treats wolves as a wildlife resource in each of the Northern Rockies states.