Background Information:
- Recognizing a Gray Wolf
- Photos and Videos
- Recovery Plan (6.77MB PDF)
- NRM Range Map
- Frequently Asked Questions
- More Species Info
- 1994 EIS (4.1MB PDF)
Annual Reports:
- 2010 Annual Report
- 2009 Annual Report
- 2008 Annual Report
- 2007 Annual Report
- 2006 Annual Report
- 2005 Annual Report
- 2004 Annual Report
- 2003 Annual Report
- 2002 Annual Report
- 2001 Annual Report
- 2000 Annual Report
- 1999 Annual Report
Wyoming Status Reports:
Weekly Reports:
From March 28th through early September 2008, we discontinued the interagency weekly reports, because the NRM wolf population had been delisted and the States had management authority for those wolves.
Other Wolf Recovery Programs:
Health and Human Safety
October 4, 2011 - On October 4th, we announced a proposed rule to remove the gray wolf in Wyoming from the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. The best scientific and commercial data available indicate that wolves in Wyoming are recovered and no longer meet the definition of endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). Wyoming’s wolf population is stable, threats will be addressed, and a post-delisting monitoring and management plan has been developed. We seek information, data, and comments from the public about this proposal including the post-delisting monitoring and management framework.
- Press Release
- Federal Register Notice
- 2011 Wyoming Wolf Management Plan
- Public Comment Period Materials (Comment period open through January 13, 2012)
- Comments submitted and posted (regulations.gov; docket: FWS-R6-ES-2011-0039)
- Public Hearing Transcript
- Peer Review Report
August 3, 2011 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced that the Service has reached an agreement that if implemented would promote the management of a stable, sustainable population of wolves and pave the way for the Service to return wolf management to Wyoming.
May 2011 - The Service published a direct final rule delisting wolves in Idaho, Montana and parts of Oregon, Washington and Utah. This final rule implements legislative language included in the Fiscal Year 2011 appropriations bill. The Service and the states will monitor wolf populations in the Northern Rocky Mountain DPS and gather population data for at least five years.
April 2009 -- Final Rule to Identify the Northern Rocky Mountain (NRM) Population of Gray Wolf as a Distinct Population Segment (DPS) and to Revise the List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
- Federal Register Notice
- Wyoming Court Decision | Montana Court Decision | Federal Register Rule Implementing Court Rulings
February 2008 - Final Rule Establishing and Delisting the NRM Gray Wolf DPS
- Federal Register Notice (868 KB PDF)
- Montana Court PI Order | Montana Court Order | Federal Register Rule Implementing Court Rulings
January 2008 - Final Rule for Revision of Special Regulation for the Central Idaho and Yellowstone Area Nonessential Experimental Populations of Gray Wolves
February 2007 - Proposed rule Establishing and Delisting the NRM Gray Wolf DPS
August 1, 2006 - FWS Announces 12-Month Finding on a Petition to Establish and Delist the NRM Gray Wolf Population:
January 2005 - New Regulation (10(j) Special Rule) Allows Greater Management Flexibility of Gray Wolves for the States of Montana and Idaho:
2003 - Final Rule to Designate 3 District Population Segments and Change the ESA Status of the Gray Wolf throughout Most of the Lower 48 States:
- Federal Register Notice (670 KB PDF)
- Oregon District
Court Decision | Vermont District
Court Decision
1994 - Establishment of Nonessential Experimental Populations of Gray Wolves:
- Federal Register Notice (HTML)
- Federal Register Notice (6 MB PDF)
1978 - Reclassification of the Gray Wolf in the United States and Mexico, with Determination of Critical Habitat in Michigan and Minnesota:
- Federal Register Notice (1.1 MB PDF)
1974 - Gray Wolf Listed as Endangered in the Lower 48 States and Mexico:
Post-Delisting Wolf Monitoring
Wolf Management Memorandums of Agreement
State Wolf Management in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming:
- Wyoming Game and Fish Department Wolf Management Program Information
- Idaho Department of Fish and Game Wolf Management Program Information
- Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Wolf Management Program Information
