FILE United States Department of the Interior FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE Asheville Field Office 160 Zillicoa Street Asheville, North Carolina 28801 August 13,1996 Memorandum To: State Supervisor, FWS, Ecological Services, Asheville, NC From: Red Wolf Recovery Coordinator, F\MS, Asheville, NC Subject: Monthly activity report - July 1996 Following are my accomplishments and other items of interest for the month of July 1996. Retuses (ARNWR) American Big Game from the Nationril Fish and Wildlife Foundation (MWF). This article is Mr. Bonner's remarks before the Subcqmmittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, ffid Oceans of the House Resources Committee on May L6, 1996, regarding the NFWF. I had provided input to the NFWF for this hearing. The NFWF contacted the Wildlife Society - (TWS) and the Wildlife Management Institute (WI!fl) about reqponding to this article. A decision has been made to provide TWS, WMI, and NFWF a point by point rebuttal to the misinformation in the article. This will be coryleted in early August. educational program- Expect to corylete review and provide comme,nts in August. Caotive-breedin s Proi ect attenryts to identify 1fos animals determined to be good red wolves, but whioh never bred and, thus, lvere not founders. Island Prop agation Projects Island, as an island propagation site. The island is managed as part of the Appalaohicola National Estuarine Research Reserve. One reason for interest in releasing red wolves on the island is to control raccoons and hogs, which predate sea turtle and ground nesting bird eggs and young. However, the island is smaller than other islands used and has a more restrioted prey base for red wohes, consisting apparently of the raccoon population that has bee,n reduced to be,nefit sea turtles and the small hog population. We are considering the possibility oftrying two young expendable animals on atnalbasis. Cre,neral contributions to the red wolfprogram to the Regional Director for signature. Project regarding the red wolf recovery program- entitled 'Field Biology ofthe Southem Appalachians." Czechoslovakian resource managers, whose visit was coordinated by the Southem Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Cooperative. material in a book he is writing on wofues. federal, state, and private sector concenring their interest in reintroducing red wolves to the delta country of Mississlppi. The local interest and initiative in trying to restore proper ecosystem firnctioning, by reintroducing the one ingredie,nt missing from all eastern ecosystems, was refreshing and puts these people one step up on most ecosystem teams. Concems were addressed and some ofthe available habitat was observed. The only probleminvotve( which nny be significant, is the size ofthe available habitat--which is quite small and may be inadequate to mnintain a viable population of red wotves. question and ansver interview docume,nt to be used in information/education efforts in regard to the evaluation ofthe Mssissippi area for red wolves. This will be coryleted in August. documents to Service personnel in the Jackson Field Office and technical publications to a private individual invotved in the Mississippi red wolf meeting. An unrelated information request was also filled by providing a packet of 24 documents. Following is an update of curre,nt locations and numbers of animals. A. Wild Population 1. ARI.I\MR oollar quit transmiming in Febnrary 1996, was recaptured and recollared; and one tlree-year old female we,lrt offthe air this month. As a result ofthese sfoanges, the population stands at39 to 71 animals (19 to 30 males, 20to 28 females, 0 to 13 gnknoum), including 39 to 69 adults and yearlings ( 19 to 28 males, 20 to 28 females, 0 to 13 unknornm) ,nd two male pups. Attachme,nt cc: Director, F"lilS, Washington, DC (AES) Director, F\ilS, Washington, DC (TE, Attelrtion: Ms. LaVeme Smith) Regional Director, F\ilS, Atlanta, GA (APA) Regional Director, F\MS, Atlanta, GA (AES) Regional Director, F\ilS, Atlanta, GA (ES/TE, Attention: Mr. Dave Flemming) LOCATION OF RED TAtroLVES. JULY 31, 1996 Page 1 of2 ': :.t:,: :.:.: :._.....:.........., ,'..:...... ::::.'...::.:.:.::.:.::.....:..:.:.:.:...:.:: ,:.:.: ..:.....:' : : "":.",, .: A:EULTSAND VEANUIIGS .PUFS ,f,,Qif',fi ,[.,,,,,,,.,,,,'.,,,',,,,,,,,' :::::.:.: Total Males Females Unknovwt Total ;:;;..:,.,,.:,: ,, ,:, ,, :, ,LOCA:TION ,, Males Fernales Unknovwr Total Males Fernales Unknourr :, ::: ;,,:,;,,,'',: ,:':::,: : A;,.,,tr1\lll-D,,PpplillllTION:Sl ';,:::::': : 1. Alligator Rirrer National Wildlife Refuge G13 3g@ G2 02 1930 *% G13 ..#.71 (NWR) 19-B TX) 10ts32 2. Great Smolol Mountains National Park 5€ 5€ G1 1G1 8 G5 G9 o.14 s13 +18 G1 SUBTOTAL 2+% H7 o14 4%7 G7 G9 G16 2+4 b& AM 491m 3 3 6 1. Bulls lsland, Cape Romain NWR, SC 3 3 o 2 1 3 2. St Vincent NWR, FL 2 1 3 3. Horn lsland, Gulf lslands National Seashore, 1 2 1 1 2 1 MS '|'1 SUBTOTAL 6 5 11 6 5 C, CAP;IIVE TPROPAGATION 1. Graham, WA 2 xi 4 2. x3 I o o 12 2. Sandv Ridoe. Alliqator Riwr NWR, NC o 6 12 5 3. Great Smokv Mountains NP 3 2 5 3 2 3 I 4. Point DeflanceZoo.Tacoma, WA 5 3 I 5 1 2 5. Alexandria Zoo, LA 1 I 2 1 I 2 e 6. Audubon Zoo, New Orleans, LA 1 2 3 3 7. Beardslev Zoo. Bridqeport, CT 3 3 3 3 3 8. Brevard Zoo, Melbourne, FL 3 3 1 2 9. Burnet ParkZoo, Swacuse, NY 1 1 2 2 10. Chatfee Zoo, Fresno, CA 2 2 2 2 1 3 11. Chattanoooa Nature Center, TN 2 1 3 I 1 2 12. Fort Worth Zoo. TX 1 1 2 2 3 5 13. Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, Glen Rose, TX 2 3 5 1 1 2 14. Great Plains Zoo. Sioux Falls, SD 1 1 2 15. Greater Baton Rouge Zoo, Baker, LA LOCATION OF REDTA,oLVES -JULY 31,1996 Page2 ot 2 ::::::::::::::t:::;:;:::::t::i::::::::::t:::::::.:t::::::t:..:.:..;.i:i::::,::.:,:,:, ,,,:.:..,:,,:,:,,,,:,,,, .,..,,,..,...:,...:.,.:,,:ADUltt$AllD,,V,en*niitf-f GC PUPS TG lTAil-i:.i...:.i,',. Males Females Unknovwr Total Males Females Unknoum Tota! Males Fernales Unknoun Total 16. Henson Robinson Zoo, Sprinqfield. lL 1 1 2 1 1 2 17. l(noxville Zoo, TN 3 1 4 3 1 4 18. Los Angeles Zoo, CA 1 1 1 1 Lowry Park 19 Zoo, Tamoa. FL 1 2 3 1 2 3 20. Miller ParkZoo, Bloominqton. lL 4 4 4 4 21. Mill Mountain Zoo, Roanoke. VA 2 ) 2 2 2.. NationalZoo, Washinoton. DC 1 1 2 1 1 2.3. North Carolina Life and Science Museum, I 1 2 Durham, NC 1 1 2 24. North Carolina Zoological park, Asheboro, 1 8 I N c 1 I .9 25. Oglebay Zoo, Wheelino. WV 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 26. Pittsburqh Zoo.pA 2 2 4 2 2 4 27. Racine Zoo, Wl 3 3 3 3 proMdence, 28. Roger Williams Zoo, Rl 2 2 2 2 29. Ross ParkZoo, Binghamton, Ny 1 1 2 I 1 2 30. Tallahassee Jr. ,| Museum, FL 1 2 1 1 2 31. Texas Zoo, Victoria, TX 1 2 3 1 2 3 32. Treror Zoo, Millbrook, Ny 1 2 3 1 2 3 33. Western North Carolina Nature Center, 1 2 3 2 2 4 3 Asheville, NC 4 7 34. Wilds, Columbus, OH o 6 12 6 6 12 35. Wild Canid SuMwland Research Center, 4 5 I 4 Eureka, MO 5 9 36. Woodlands Nature Center, Land Between 1 1 2 the Lakes, Golden pond. l(y 1 1 2 SUBTOTAL E7 88 175 4 2 o 91 90 181 TOTAL f7-1n 1 18-130 o.14 re273 +11 2-11 d2 121-140 14+-^141 o.14 241-ffi.