Background Information:
- Recognizing a Gray Wolf
- Photos and Videos
- Recovery Plan (6.77MB PDF)
- National Range Map
- NRM Range Map
- Fact Sheet (biologue) (650 KB PDF)
- Recovery Fact Sheet (1.2 MB PDF)
- Population Fact Sheet
- Frequently Asked Questions
- More Species Info
- 1994 EIS (4.1MB PDF)
Annual Reports:
- 2007 Annual Report
- 2006 Annual Report
- 2005 Annual Report
- 2004 Annual Report
- 2003 Annual Report
- 2002 Annual Report
- 2001 Annual Report
- 2000 Annual Report
- 1999 Annual Report
Wyoming Status Reports:
Weekly Reports:
From March 28th through early September 2008, we discontinued the interagency weekly reports, because the NRM wolf population had been delisted and the States had management authority for those wolves.
Other Federal Wolf Recovery Programs:
Solicitor's Opinions
The Meaning of "In Danger of Extinction Throughout Allor a Significant Portion of its Range"
*NEW* FWS Announces Final Rule to Identify the Northern Rocky Mountain (NRM) Population of Gray Wolf as a Distinct Population Segment (DPS) and to Revise the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
- Press Release
- Federal Register Notice; Figure 1; Figure 2 (available soon)
- Literature Cited
October 2008 - Reopening of Comment Period on Proposed Rule Establishing and Delisting the NRM Gray Wolf DPS
U.S. District Court for the District of Montana Court Orders
- Montana District Court's Preliminary Injunction Order (July 18, 2008)
- Montana District Court's Vacatur and Remand Order (October 14, 2008)
- Federal Register Rule Implementing District Court Rulings (December 11, 2008)
February 2008 - Final Rule Establishing and Delisting the NRM Gray Wolf DPS
- Federal Register Notice (868 KB PDF) Literature cited list
- Press Release
January 2008 - Final Rule for Revision of Special Regulation for the Central Idaho and Yellowstone Area Nonessential Experimental Populations of Gray Wolves
- Federal Register Notice Literature Cited
- Finding of No Significant Impact and Final EA (1.2 MB PDF)
- Press Release
July 2007 - Reopening of Comment Period on Proposed Rule Establishing and Delisting the NRM Gray Wolf DPS
February 2007 - Proposed rule Establishing and Delisting the NRM Gray Wolf DPS
August 1, 2006 - FWS Announces 12-Month Finding on a Petition to Establish and Delist the NRM Gray Wolf Population:
January 2005 - New Regulation (10(j) Special Rule) Allows Greater Management Flexibility of Gray Wolves for the States of Montana and Idaho:
2005 - Final Rule to Change Status of Gray Wolf Throughout Most of the Lower 48 States Overturned:
2003 - Final Rule to Designate 3 District Population Segments and Change the ESA Status of the Gray Wolf throughout Most of the Lower 48 States:
- Federal Register Notice (670 KB PDF)
1994 - Establishment of Nonessential Experimental Populations of Gray Wolves:
- Federal Register Notice (HTML)
- Federal Register Notice (6 MB PDF)
1978 - Reclassification of the Gray Wolf in the United States and Mexico, with Determination of Critical Habitat in Michigan and Minnesota:
- Federal Register Notice (1.1 MB PDF)
1974 - Gray Wolf Listed as Endangered in the Lower 48 States and Mexico:
Wolf Management Memorandums of Agreement
Proposed State Wolf Management in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming:
- Idaho Fish and Game
- Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management Plan 2002 (662 KB PDF)
- Idaho Wolf Population Management Plan 2008-2012 (886 KB PDF)
- State depredation law
- 2008 Draft Idaho Wolf Hunting Seasons and Rules (405 KB PDF)
Service Approval of Idaho Wolf Management Plan - Idaho 2008 comments on Service proposal (Part 1 4 MB PDF; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4 1 MB PDF)
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks
- Law Constitution
- Law - Montana statutes
- Management Rules - prior to October, 2008
- Management Rules - after October, 2008 (550KB PDF)
- Management Rules - rulemaking (reclassification, harvest) (1.3 MB PDF)
- Montana Wolf Management Plan (EIS Executive Summary) (Additional Materials)
- Plan - Record of Decision
Service Approval of Montana Wolf Management Plan - Montana 2008 comments on Service proposal 1MB PDF
- Wyoming Game and Fish
- Wyoming Wolf Management Law (2007)
Wyoming Wolf Management Law (2003)
Wyoming Wolf Management Plan (2008 Draft Revision) - Wyoming Wolf Management Plan (2007) (810 KB PDF)
Wyoming Wolf Management Plan (2003) - Regulation - Gray Wolves Designated as Trophy Game Animals
- Emergency Regulation - Gray Wolves Designated as Trophy Game Animals (in effect for 120 days)
- Emergency Regulation - Statement of Reason
- Regulation - Governing Big or Trophy Game Animal or Game Bird Damage Claims
- Regulation - Gray Wolf Hunting Seasons (730 KB PDF)
Service Approval of Wyoming 2007 Wolf Management Plan
Service Comments on Wyoming 2003 Wolf Management Plan - Wyoming 2008 comments on Service Proposal (Part 1 1MB; Part 2 1 MB PDF; Part 3 6MB PDF; Part 4; Part 5 3MB PDF)
Other State and Tribal Wolf Management:
- Colorado
- Oregon
- Utah
- Washington (draft)
- Wind River Reservation (737 KB PDF)
- Habituated Wolves in Yellowstone (800 KB PDF)
- Blackfeet Tribe
