Wolves of Denali

A group will always cherish a special wildlife encounter on its last day in Denali National Park. Bill Sherwonit / Anchorage Alaska Dark clouds and thick fog cloak the Alaska Range and surrounding lowlands, as if some gray, sodden blanket has been dropped over the landscape. There’s no hope of seeing The High One, 20,320-foot […]

Press Release:  For Immediate Release:  June 14,  2016 Contact: Rick Steiner, Professor (Univ. of Alaska, ret.), Biologist Oasis Earth, Anchorage; 907-360-4503; richard.g.steiner@gmail.com State of Alaska abandons newborn pups from Denali East Fork (Toklat) wolf family group Hope for survival of famed wolf group fades ________________________________________________________________________________ Despite a public commitment two weeks ago that it would monitor and

Synopsis:  Denali  Wolf Decline June 2016 • Denali National Park is Alaska’s most visited national park (530,000 visitors last year, 50,000 of whom were Alaska residents), and is the third largest revenue generating national park in the nation, contributing over $560 million/year to Alaska’s economy. • One of the primary reasons visitors come to Denali

Hide important to landmark study will inspire others about wildness Angus M. Thuermer Jr. / Jackson Hole News & Guide / June 16, 2004 A wolf pelt critical to a study that led naturalists to accept predators has ended a journey that took it from Alaska to Jackson Hole to Washington, D.C., to West Virginia. The

by Timothy Rawson The Toklat wolves first came to the public’s attention following the 1944 publication of a drab government report titled The Wolves of Mount McKinley. This was the first research monograph on wolf ecology, yet the accessible writing style and interesting accounts of wolf behavior gave it readership appeal far beyond most government

By Dorothy & Leo Keeler / Wildlife Photographers / Wolf Song of Alaska Members “… In 1990, at 6:00 a.m., we were driving the road into the park, approaching the Toklat river at about mile 50. We saw a lone wolf walking down the middle of the road, and slowed down to follow it. It

By: Paul Joslin, Ph.D. Wolf Biologist The first studied, longest known, most seen, and most photographed family lineage of wolves in the world came very close to extinction last year. Who are they and what happened? First studied… In the late 1930’s, biologist Adolph Murie began observing the intimate details of a family of wolves

Victor Van Ballenberghe The Savage River wolf pack lives in the eastern part of Denali National Park in central Alaska. Naturalist Adolph Murie studied this and other packs in his pioneering wolf studies that began in 1939. Like other packs, the Savage River wolves live in a territory that is defended against intruders from neighboring

Vic Van Ballenberghe,Research Wildlife Biologist Pacific Northwest Research StationAnchorage Forestry Sciences Lab Over the years, the names of the wolf packs at the eastern end of Denali National Park have changed thereby adding some confusion for those interested in tracing the history of these wolves. Sixty years ago Adolph Murie referred to the two main

SANCTUARY PACK : Young female taken legally outside the park By: Elizabeth Manning / Anchorage Daily News / Published: April 9, 2002 A National Park Service employee has trapped and killed the last known surviving wolf of a well-publicized Denali National Park pack. The incident has fanned an old dispute over whether the park needs