As Idaho changes to a totally new method for counting wolves, officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game have ...

Officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game estimated the wolf population in Idaho to be about 1,235 wolves as of May 2024, which state officials said Thursday is a decrease of almost 100 ...

Thirty years after wolves were brought back from near extinction in the U.S. Rocky Mountains, the state of Idaho is back in ...

Idaho Department of Fish and Game biologists estimate the state’s wolf population at 1,235 as of May 2024, down 7.35% from ...

The estimates show wolf numbers peak in May due to new pups being born, but the numbers start to decline afterwards due to ...

Idaho’s latest wolf estimate suggests the population increased slightly last year. Matt Mumma, wildlife research manager for Game, told the state Fish and Game Commission at its meeting in Coeur ...

Idaho’s wolf population likely is down by about one-third since 2021, according to state Department of Fish and Game officials. Aug. 1 estimates included about 1,550 wolves from 2019 to […] ...

Sports Outdoors Idaho on track to meet wolf population goals July 31, 2024 Updated Wed., July 31, 2024 at 7:56 p.m.

According to the Idaho Gray Wolf Management Plan 2023-2028, the state’s goal is to reduce that population down from the estimated average of 1,270 wolves to a new average of about 500, with a ...

To measure a declining wolf population, Idaho is changing from a trail-camera-based method to a genetics-based method that uses wolf teeth.

Fish and Game began tracking wolf populations using radio collars after wolves were reintroduced to Idaho in 1995. It switched to a trail camera-based model in 2019. That method, also called a ...

The plan next goes to the Idaho Fish and Game Commission for approval. The commission is scheduled to meet March 6 to vote on the Idaho Wolf Population Management Plan 2008-2012.