Wolves could be part of Red Lodge pack
BILLINGS — Federal officials thought they wiped out the Red Lodge wolf pack in February, but a rancher has reported seeing two more wolves in the area.
The new wolves could be unaccounted-for members of the pack, or could be wolves moving in to the newly open area, said Ed Bangs, the wolf recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Helena.
Four wolves in the Red Lodge pack were killed in February after a rancher reported that wolves had killed a cow on a ranch near Belfry. Bangs said game was plentiful.