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

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

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

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

Jul. 18—Idaho's latest wolf estimate suggests the population increased slightly last year. Matt Mumma, wildlife research manager for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, told the state Fish ...

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 […] ...

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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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...