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The Packs Are Back: Timber Wolves Reach Another Recovery Goal
Park Falls, Wis.

The endangered eastern timber wolf has reached another significant milestone on its road to recovery in Wisconsin: with the wolf population remaining at above 80 animals for the past three years in the state, the process will begin next fall to reclassify wolves to threatened species in Wisconsin. Surveys indicated that Wisconsin currently has a population of about 150 timber wolves. There are at least 35 different groups or packs and at least five loners. This represents a 50 percent increase from last year’s count of 99-105 wolves. Officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have indicated that the process for reclassifying wolves will begin in October and the new status could go into effect by June 1998. For more information, contact Adrian Wydeven at 715-762-4684 ext. 107.

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