Monitoring

Idaho

A telemetry flight is being conducted on February 4. No recent information.

Yellowstone Area

On January 27, wolf R 28 was located 12 miles south of Three Forks, Montana. The radio collar was on mortality mode. On January 29, FWS Special Agents retrieved the body of R 28 and submitted it to the Bozeman Lab. Preliminary investigation indicated that the wolf had been shot several times. R 28 was a 130 pound male wolf that was reintroduced into Yellowstone National Park in 1996. His mate, R 27, was recently returned to the Park from the Nye, Montana area. One of R 27's pups continues to travel in the Nye area and its tracks were observed around a deer kill.

Northwest Montana

Nothing new to report.

Livestock Depredations & Management (control)

Nothing new to report.

Research

Nothing new to report.

Information, Education & Law Enforcement

The 1996 Rocky Mountain Wolf Working Group Annual Report is being prepared. If anybody has information to add to the report please contact Joe as quickly as possible. We are try to finish the report by February 15.

The weekly wolf report can now be viewed at the Service's Region 6 web site at www.r6.fws.gov/wolf.

Contact: Ed Bangs (406)449-5225 or Internet - ED_BANGS@FWS.GOV

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