Idaho Project
Determining the vulnerability of wolves to harvest
May 2019 - May 2025
Personnel
- David Ausband, Principal Investigator
- Peter Rebholz, Student / Post Doc
- Ariana Cerreta, Student / Post Doc
Participating Agencies
- Idaho Fish and Widlife Foundation
- Regina Bauer Frankenberg Foundation
- USGS
- Elaine French
- University of Idaho
- Willard L. Eccles Charitable Foundation
- private donor
- Willard L. Eccles Foundation
- Coypu Foundation
- NPS/USGS NRPP program
- University of Montana Foundation
- McIntire-Stennis Fund
- Anonymous
- Individual donor
- Idaho Department of Fish and Game
- Andrea Nasi
- Bernice Barbour Foundation
Much of the available science regarding how hunting affects gray wolf populations is from the core of the wolf’s range in Canada and Alaska, where populations are contiguous, robust, and wolves are quite numerous. We know less about how hunting and trapping might affect wolves in smaller populations such as those found in the Rockies. This project is a collaboration between USGS, The University of Idaho, The University of Montana, and Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Insights into how human-caused mortality affects wolf pack structure and long-term demography are critical to understanding the potential impacts of humans on gray wolves and their population management.