Project Type:  Monitoring
Project Status:  Ongoing

Park staff monitor wolf den and rendezvous sites to document site characteristics, litter size, and pup mortality, and to determine the need for and timing of area closures and no-stopping zones to prevent human disturbance of young pups.

Project Contact:

Douglas W. Smith, PhD
National Park Service
Senior Wildlife Biologist

Yellowstone Center for Resources
PO Box 168
Yellowstone National Park, WY 82190

Doug_Smith@nps.gov