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2012 Wolf Monitoring Progress Report 2012 IDAHO WOLF MONITORING PROGRESS REPORT Prepared By: Jim Holyan .......................Nez Perce Tribe Jason Husseman ...............Idaho Department of Fish and Game Jennifer Struthers .............Idaho Department of Fish and Game Brent Thomas ...................Idaho Department of Fish and Game Edited By: Jon Rachael, State Wildlife Game Manager, Idaho Department of Fish and Game Craig White, Wildlife Staff Biologist, Idaho Department of Fish and Game Curt Mack, Wolf Recovery Project Leader, Nez Perce Tribe March 2013 Suggested Citation: Idaho Department of Fish and Game and Nez Perce Tribe. 2013. 2012 Idaho wolf monitoring progress report. Idaho Department of Fish and Game, 600 South Walnut, Boise, Idaho; Nez Perce Tribe Wolf Recovery Project, P.O. Box 365, Lapwai, Idaho. 72 pp. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During January 1995 and January 1996, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) reintroduced 66 gray wolves to central Idaho and Yellowstone National Park as part of efforts to restore populations of endangered gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the northern Rocky Mountain states of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. In May 2011, the USFWS removed (delisted) gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountain Distinct Population Segment, excluding Wyoming, from the protections of the Endangered Species Act. Gray wolves were subsequently delisted in Wyoming in September 2012. As a result of these actions, wolves were delisted in the northern Rocky Mountains of the United States, and wolf management responsibility was transferred to the state of Idaho. The Idaho Legislature adopted the Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management Plan in March 2002. The 2002 Idaho Wolf Conservation and Management Plan (2002 Wolf Plan) is the document used by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) and the Idaho Fish and Game Commission to guide management of wolves in Idaho. The Idaho Fish and Game Commission set wolf hunting and wolf trapping seasons for 2012-2013 in March 2012. Wolves range in Idaho from the Canadian border south to Interstate Highway 84, and from the Washington and Oregon borders east to the Montana and Wyoming borders. Dispersing wolves were occasionally reported in previously unoccupied areas. During 2012, 218 wolf observations were reported on IDFG’s website wolf observation report form. The State of Idaho and Nez Perce Tribe (NPT) monitored wolves cooperatively in 2012 in Idaho through a Memorandum of Agreement signed in 2005. Biologists documented 117 packs extant within the state at the end of 2012. The year-end population was estimated at 683 wolves (Appendix A), an 11% decline since 2011. In addition, there were 23 documented border packs counted by Montana, Wyoming, and Washington that had established territories overlapping the Idaho state boundary at the end of 2012. Of the 66 Idaho packs known to have reproduced, 35 packs qualified as breeding pairs at the end of the year. These reproductive packs produced a minimum of 187 pups. Biologists documented the deaths of 425 wolves in Idaho during 2012. Human-caused mortality comprised 418 of 425 (98%) documented wolf mortalities (harvest, n = 329; control [agency removal, and legal take], n = 73; other human causes, n = 16). The remaining 7 mortalities were attributed to unknown (n = 5) and natural (n = 2) causes. The USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services (WS) agents classified 73 cattle, 312 sheep, and 2 dogs as confirmed wolf kills in 2012. Nineteen cattle and 25 sheep were considered probable wolf kills. This annual progress report is a cooperative effort between the agencies involved and summarizes wolf activity and related monitoring in Idaho during 2012. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Wolf monitoring and management in Idaho is a cooperative effort between the State of Idaho, NPT, WS, and the USFWS. The NPT’s Executive Committee and Wildlife Program Director Keith Lawrence provided support and input. Dustin Miller, Administrator of the Governor’s Office of Species Conservation, provided valuable administrative support. Todd Grimm, George Graves, and all WS field personnel worked to resolve wolf-livestock conflicts. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service personnel Mike Jimenez, Brian Kelly, and Hilary Cooley provided support and assistance with wolf monitoring. We would like to thank IDFG Regional Supervisors for assuming most of the responsibility in making decisions on control actions in response to wolf depredations. We would like to thank IDFG personnel Jeff Ashmead, Crystal Christensen, Dave Collins, Mike Elmer, Jerry Hugo, Lacy Robinson, Kathleen Trever, Jack Whitman, and Rick Williamson for their superb contributions. Bryan Aber, Ben Cadwallader, Lee Garwood, Jim Hayden, Michelle Kemner, Daryl Meints, Steve Nadeau, Jake Powell, Steve Roberts, Tom Schrempp, Mike Scott, David Spicer, and Laura Wolf contributed greatly to wolf monitoring efforts in addition to their regular responsibilities. Dr. Mark Drew provided training and valuable advice. The IDFG Wildlife Research staff Lindsey Bischoff, Mark Hurley, John Nelson, Katie Oelrich, George Pauley, and Pete Zager provided collaborative assistance both in the field and the office. We appreciate the outstanding field assistance from NPT personnel Julie Golla and Kari Holder. Thanks also to Katrina Chandler and Todd Jacobsen, NPT Wildlife Program; Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks wolf staff; Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife wolf staff; Dr. Mike Mitchell and David Ausband, and their field crews (Sarah Bassing, Annie Loosen, Adam Potts, Sean Sultaire, Ania Wrona), University of Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit; Carisa Stansbury and Dr. Lisette Waits, University of Idaho Laboratory for Ecological, Evolutionary and Conservation Genetics; Mike Feiger, Ed Fotchman, and Nadine Hergenrider, U.S. Forest Service; and Jared Hedelius, Wildlife Services. Clarence Binninger, NPT Wolf Recovery Program veterinarian, continues to lend assistance. We especially recognize the following for their excellent piloting: John Blakely, AvCenter; Brian Elfers, Doug Gadwa, Bobby Godwin, Joe Myers, and Neil Odenborg, Inter-State Aviation; Jim Pope, Leading Edge Aviation; Dave Parker, Northern Air; Joe Rimensberger, Osprey Aviation; John Romero and Janna Greenhalgh, Owyhee Air Research; Mike Dorris, Sawtooth Flying Service; and other pilots that were involved in 2012. Cover photo by Jason Husseman. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................ ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ........................................................................................................... iii INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1 STATEWIDE SUMMARY .............................................................................................................5 Wolf Population Status ..............................................................................................................5 Population Status, Distribution, and Reproduction..............................................................8 Mortality ............................................................................................................................13 Livestock and Dog Mortalities.................................................................................................14 Research ...................................................................................................................................14 Elk/Wolf Ecology Study ....................................................................................................14 Developing Monitoring Protocols for the Long-term Conservation and Management of Gray Wolves in Idaho ........................................................................................................17 Gray wolves and human-caused mortality .........................................................................18 Evaluation of Wolf Impacts on Cattle Productivity and Behavior ....................................19 Outreach ...................................................................................................................................20 PANHANDLE WOLF MANAGEMENT ZONE .........................................................................21 Background ..............................................................................................................................21 Monitoring Summary ...............................................................................................................21 PALOUSE-HELLS CANYON WOLF MANAGEMENT ZONE ................................................25 Background ..............................................................................................................................25 Management Summary ............................................................................................................25 DWORSHAK-ELK CITY WOLF MANAGEMENT ZONE .......................................................28 Background ..............................................................................................................................28 Management Summary ............................................................................................................28 LOLO WOLF MANAGEMENT ZONE .......................................................................................32 Background ..............................................................................................................................32
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