Patuxent’s Long-Term Research on Wolves
The gray wolf (Canis lupus) was one of the first species placed on the Endangered Species List in 1967. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 legally protected the wolf along with other listed species. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (Patuxent) in Laurel, MD, began its Endangered Wildlife Program in...
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ftunivnebraskali:oai:digitalcommons.unl.edu:usgsnpwrc-1349 2023-11-12T04:15:40+01:00 Patuxent’s Long-Term Research on Wolves Mech, L. David 2016-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/347 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsnpwrc/article/1349/viewcontent/Mech_HPAWRS_2016_Patuxent_s_Long_Term_Research_on_Wolves.pdf unknown DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/usgsnpwrc/347 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/usgsnpwrc/article/1349/viewcontent/Mech_HPAWRS_2016_Patuxent_s_Long_Term_Research_on_Wolves.pdf USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Animal Sciences Behavior and Ethology Biodiversity Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Environmental Policy Life Sciences Recreation Parks and Tourism Administration Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology text 2016 ftunivnebraskali 2023-10-30T09:54:55Z The gray wolf (Canis lupus) was one of the first species placed on the Endangered Species List in 1967. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 legally protected the wolf along with other listed species. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (Patuxent) in Laurel, MD, began its Endangered Wildlife Program in 1966, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) biologist Ray Erickson was assigned to lead it. In 1973, I was transferred to the program from Region 3 of the USFWS, having been employed there since 1969 to study wolves in Minnesota. Endangered Species Act protection of the wolf fostered its quick population response, and wolf numbers began to increase in their reservoir in northeastern Minnesota and adjacent Canada and expand throughout northern Minnesota and eventually into Wisconsin and Michigan. In 2009, the number of wolves in Minnesota was approximately 3,000, and there were at least 1,500 in Wisconsin and Michigan. This chapter describes Patuxent’s wolf research, which continued into 1993 when Congress incorporated the USFWS’s Endangered Wildlife Research Program into the National Biological Survey (NBS). Eventually the NBS merged with the U.S. Geological Survey, and the long-term wolf research program was transferred to the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Through all the administrative changes, Patuxent’s wolf research project continued through the various agencies into the present (2016). The text that follows is modified from Mech (2009). Text Canis lupus gray wolf University of Nebraska-Lincoln: DigitalCommons@UNL Canada |
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The gray wolf (Canis lupus) was one of the first species placed on the Endangered Species List in 1967. The Endangered Species Act of 1973 legally protected the wolf along with other listed species. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (Patuxent) in Laurel, MD, began its Endangered Wildlife Program in 1966, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) biologist Ray Erickson was assigned to lead it. In 1973, I was transferred to the program from Region 3 of the USFWS, having been employed there since 1969 to study wolves in Minnesota. Endangered Species Act protection of the wolf fostered its quick population response, and wolf numbers began to increase in their reservoir in northeastern Minnesota and adjacent Canada and expand throughout northern Minnesota and eventually into Wisconsin and Michigan. In 2009, the number of wolves in Minnesota was approximately 3,000, and there were at least 1,500 in Wisconsin and Michigan. This chapter describes Patuxent’s wolf research, which continued into 1993 when Congress incorporated the USFWS’s Endangered Wildlife Research Program into the National Biological Survey (NBS). Eventually the NBS merged with the U.S. Geological Survey, and the long-term wolf research program was transferred to the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center. Through all the administrative changes, Patuxent’s wolf research project continued through the various agencies into the present (2016). The text that follows is modified from Mech (2009). |
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