What They Didn’t Tell You About Wolf Recovery

I have been meaning for some time now to get this information available for readers. I apologize that it has taken so long.

The Outdoorsman, a print publication out of Idaho and published and edited by George Dovel, is one of the most informative publications available to outdoor sportsmen today. Granted much of the material focuses on Idaho and the surrounding areas of Montana and Wyoming, much of what you can find in this magazine can and does apply to many other areas as well.

In the January, February, March, 2008, Bulletin Number 26 of the Outdoorsman, Dovel includes a nine-page information-packed article entitled, “What They Didn’t Tell You About Wolf Recovery”. If you would like a comprehensive read about facts and information not made public before about the efforts of recovering the gray wolf in the Western Rockies, I have made this portion of the Outdoorsman available to you in a pdf format. George Dovel has been kind enough to grant me permission to make this available to readers.

Here are some highlights you’ll find in the article:

1). Information about early discussions on how many wolves would be enough wolves to sustain a population.

2). From early on in discussions, wildlife ecologists Dr. Charles Kay, said that Idaho, Montana and Wyoming would need a total of 1,500 wolves in all three states. Information suggests that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and perhaps state fish and game departments knew making that number public would cause too much opposition to reintroduction.

3). Idaho Fish and Game has no plan to reduce wolf numbers, only to maintain current levels.

4). Information that suggests that Idaho’s wolf management policy violates state laws.

5). Related studies from Denali National Park in Alaska on wolves.

6). Secretly selected scientists used to influence Congress. (More on Delphi 15 the Con Job)

7). How wolves would impact other wildlife populations based on false information.

8). Committee members involved in wolf reintroduction believed it was acceptable to lie to the public in order to carry out the agenda.

9). Idaho state law prohibits entering into agreement with the U.S. Government concerning wolves unless this has been authorized by state statute.

10). Wolf subspecies criteria changed in order to meet requirements for reintroduction under the Endangered Species Act.

11). Pen-raised wolves released in the Southwest United States.

12). Ignoring existing wolves except for known breeding pairs in order to keep official population estimates low. Other tactics used in order to hide real wolf populations and the impacts they are having. Wolves in “wilderness” areas not counted and are managed differently. (More on the “Fuzzy Math” used in calculating numbers)

13). Formulas used to calculate minimum numbers of wolves in specific area would put wolf densities as high as three times that of Alasaka’s Denali National Park.

The article, “What They Didn’t Tell You About Wolf Recovery” is nine pages in pdf format. It’s worth reading with loads of very interesting information.

Tom Remington