Many Wolf (Canis lubus) Sightings

Observation: TCT President made a VHF announcement that people gathering wood upriver and from Manokotak side should always carry a rifle due to the many wolf sightings especially near Kulukak. We never had this many wolves near our community. A. Atkitiig

LEO says: Gray Wolf range and habitat - The wolf occurs throughout mainland Alaska, on Unimak Island in the Aleutians, and on all of the major islands in Southeast except Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof. This range includes about 85 percent of Alaska's 586,000 square-mile area. Wolves are adaptable and exist in a wide variety of habitats extending from the rain forests of the Southeast Panhandle to the arctic tundra along the Beaufort Sea. Alaska is home to an estimated 7,000 to 11,000 wolves. ADF&G

Wolves are common throughout the northern to central parts of the Togiak Refuge. Wolves are classified as both big game and as furbearers in Alaska. Gray wolves, also known as timber wolves, are described as having the greatest natural range of any terrestrial mammal, excluding Homo sapiens. Togiak National Wildlife Refuge | Alaska, U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service. M. Tcheripanoff

Resource:

• Staying safe in wolf country' brochure from the Division of Wildlife Conservation of the Alaska Department of Fish & Game