Talk:Repopulation of wolves in Midwestern United States

I bring vagrant and relict wolves papers !

 * Stewart, P. A., & Negus, N. C. (1961). Recent Record of Wolf in Ohio. Journal of Mammalogy, 42(3), 420. doi:10.2307/1377063
 * Paradiso, J. L., & Schierbaum, D. (1969). Recent Wolf Record from New York. Journal of Mammalogy, 50(2), 384. doi:10.2307/1378376
 * James, F. S. (1972). Two Recent Records of Gray Wolves in West Texas. Journal of Mammalogy, 53(3), 598–598. doi:10.2307/1379050
 * Robinson, W. L., & Smith, G. J. (1977). Observations on recently killed wolves in Upper Michigan. Wildlife Society Bulletin (1973-2006), 5(1), 25-26.
 * Mech, L. D., and Nowak, R. M. 1981. Return of the gray wolf to Wisconsin. The American Midland Naturalist, 105(2): 408-409.
 * Light, D. S., & Fritts, S. H. (1994). Gray wolf (Canis lupus) occurrences in the Dakotas. American Midland Naturalist, 74-81.
 * Mech, L. D., Fritts, S. H., & Wagner, D. (1995). Minnesota wolf dispersal to Wisconsin and Michigan. American Midland Naturalist, 368-370.
 * Villemure, M., & Jolicoeur, H. (2004). First confirmed occurrence of a wolf, Canis lupus, south of the St. Lawrence River in over 100 years. The Canadian Field-Naturalist, 118(4), 608-610.
 * Hoffman, J. D., & Genoways, H. H. (2005). Recent records of formerly extirpated carnivores in Nebraska.

I also have access the the Endangered Resources Report of the Wisconsin Population from 1984 to 2011, whom are very detailed and insightful as to how these wolves recolonized Wisconsin from Michigan and Minnesota. See ([Web Archive (2011)) [Endangered Resources Publications] aswell as (Web Archive (2012)) [Endangered Resources Publications] and the following sections inside this link:
 * Annual Status Reports
 * Annual Wolf Population report in Wildlife Surveys (see the "non-game" tab) * Endangered Resources Reports: Status of the Timber Wolf in Wisconsin (by year)
 * Progress Reports of Seasonal Wolf Surveys
 * Wisconsin Wolf Management Plan (1999)
 * Wisconsin Year End Summary: Wolf Population Monitoring in Wisconsin in 2010])

The best one is (Web Archive (2012) - Endangered Resources Reports | Mammals) [Endangered Resources Reports By Topic]

Also the above sources have weights of wolves (I say that because as I cumulate weight studies of mammals). I currently have weights studies for 2600 mammals and 9000 entries, of which about 168 of them are gray wolves.

Also :


 * Thompson, D. Q. (1952). Travel, range, and food habits of timber wolves in Wisconsin. Journal of Mammalogy, 33(4), 429-442.https://doi.org/10.2307/1376015
 * See Maine Wolf Coalition for information on these recents wolf records :
 * August 1993 – Northern Maine
 * November 1996 – Eastern Maine
 * November 1998 – Glover, Vermont
 * December 2001 – Day, New York
 * January 2002 – Ste. Marguerite de Lingwick, Quebec (the wolf from Villemure and Jolicoeur, 2004)
 * October 2006 – North Troy, Vermont
 * November 2006 – South of Quebec City
 * October 2007 – Shelburne, Massachusetts
 * March 2012 – Newfoundland
 * April 2012 – New Brunswick
 * December 2021 – New York
 * Wolves remain incidental species in North Dakota (Brad Dokken, Forum News Service, Apr 17, 2018
 * "To date, there have been eleven confirmed gray wolves in Illinois since 2002. Genetic information available from some of the wolves indicates that they came from the Western Great Lakes Distinct Population Segment-most likely from Wisconsin."(Confirmed Sightings of Wolves (11 and listed) | www.wildlifeillinois.org/sightings/large-carnivores/gray-wolf/)
 * "Gray wolves, or timber wolves, formerly existed in Kansas in great abundance, preying on and scavenging from the great herds of bison, elk and other big game animals. They were extirpated from the state by the early 1900s, and remained absent from Kansas until 2012 when an 80-lb. male was killed in northwest Kansas. A second wolf was killed in 2017 by a rancher from amongst a herd of cattle. Both were allegedly mistaken for coyotes." (https://ksoutdoors.com/Wildlife-Habitats/Wildlife-Sightings)
 * "When you see something rare — Lady Gaga; the blue-footed booby — it’s customary not to shoot it. Unless you’re the dickish hunter who shot the first endangered gray wolf to appear in Kentucky in 150 years.The first documented free-ranging wolf in Kentucky’s modern history was shot and killed by an unsuspecting hunter, state wildlife officials have announced.The hunter, 31-year-old James Troyer, killed the wolf back in March, but the Department of Agriculture only recently confirmed it was indeed a federally endangered gray wolf, not a German Shepherd like officials originally thought.“I was like — wow — that thing was big!” [Troyer] recalled. “It looked like a wolf, but who is going to believe I shot a wolf?”(https://grist.org/living/hunter-shoots-the-first-endangered-wolf-seen-in-kentucky-in-150-years/)
 * The last N.H. wolf bounty was paid for two killed in 1895. New England has been hearing more about wolves these days. In 1993, a wolf was killed in northern Maine, and other sightings have since occurred there. A population of wolves lives in Quebec, just 200 miles north of New Hampshire.(https://www.nhfishandwildlife.com/wolves.php)

Gimly24 (talk) 22:02, 7 February 2023 (UTC)