Recovery of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region of the United States

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Early Wolf Research and Conservation in the Great Lakes Region

   • Curt Meine

   Pages 1-13

3. Long-term Research on Wolves in the Superior National Forest

   • L. David Mech

   Pages 15-34

4. Wolf and Moose Dynamics on Isle Royale

   • John A. Vucetich, Rolf O. Peterson

   Pages 35-48

5. An Overview of the Legal History and Population Status of Wolves in Minnesota

   • John Erb, Michael W. DonCarlos

   Pages 49-64

6. Wolf Population Changes in Michigan

   • Dean E. Beyer Jr, Rolf O. Peterson, John A. Vucetich, James H. Hammill

   Pages 65-85

7. History, Population Growth, and Management of Wolves in Wisconsin

   • Adrian P. Wydeven, Jane E. Wiedenhoeft, Ronald N. Schultz, Richard P. Thiel, Randy L. Jurewicz, Bruce E. Kohn et al.

   Pages 87-105

8. An Isolated Wolf Population in Central Wisconsin

   • Richard P. Thiel, Wayne Hall, Ellen Heilhecker, Adrian P. Wydeven

   Pages 107-117

9. Change in Occupied Wolf Habitat in the Northern Great Lakes Region

   • David J. Mladenoff, Murray K. Clayton, Sarah D. Pratt, Theodore A. Sickley, Adrian P. Wydeven

   Pages 119-138

10. Growth Rate and Equilibrium Size of a Recolonizing Wolf Population in the Southern Lake Superior Region

    • Timothy R Van Deelen

    Pages 139-153

11. Prey of Wolves in the Great Lakes Region

    • Glenn D. DelGiudice, Keith R. McCaffery, Dean E. Beyer Jr, Michael E Nelson

    Pages 155-173

12. Factors Influencing Homesite Selection by Gray Wolves in Northwestern Wisconsin and East-Central Minnesota

    • David E. Unger, Paul W. Keenlance, Bruce E. Kohn, Eric M. Anderson

    Pages 175-189

13. Dispersal of Gray Wolves in the Great Lakes Region

    • Adrian Treves, Kerry A. Martin, Jane E. Wiedenhoeft, Adrian P. Wydeven

    Pages 191-204

14. Are Wolf-Mediated Trophic Cascades Boosting Biodiversity in the Great Lakes Region?

    • Thomas P. Rooney, Dean P. Anderson

    Pages 205-215

15. Wolves, Roads, and Highway Development

    • Bruce E. Kohn, Eric M. Anderson, Richard P. Thiel

    Pages 217-232

16. Taxonomy, Morphology, and Genetics of Wolves in the Great Lakes Region

    • Ronald M. Nowak

    Pages 233-250

17. Human Dimensions: Public Opinion Research Concerning Wolves in the Great Lakes States of Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin

    • Kevin Schanning

    Pages 251-265

18. Ma’iingan and the Ojibwe

    • Peter David

    Pages 267-277

19. Wolf–Human Conflicts and Management in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan

    • David B. Ruid, William J. Paul, Brian J. Roell, Adrian P. Wydeven, Robert C. Willging, Randy L. Jurewicz et al.

    Pages 279-295

20. Education and Outreach Efforts in Support of Wolf Conservation in the Great Lakes Region

    • Pamela S. Troxell, Karlyn Atkinson Berg, Holly Jaycox, Andrea Lorek Strauss, Peggy Struhsacker, Peggy Callahan

    Pages 297-309

In this book, we document and evaluate the recovery of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The Great Lakes region is unique in that it was the only portion of the lower 48 states where wolves were never c- pletely extirpated. This region also contains the area where many of the first m- ern concepts of wolf conservation and research where developed. Early proponents of wolf conservation such as Aldo Leopold, Sigurd Olson, and Durward Allen lived and worked in the region. The longest ongoing research on wolf–prey relations (see Vucetich and Peterson, Chap. 3) and the first use of radio telemetry for studying wolves (see Mech, Chap. 2) occurred in the Great Lakes region. The Great Lakes region is the first place in the United States where “Endangered” wolf populations recovered. All three states (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan) developed ecologically and socially sound wolf conservation plans, and the federal government delisted the population of wolves in these states from the United States list of endangered and threatened species on March 12, 2007 (see Refsnider, Chap. 21). Wolf management reverted to the individual states at that time. Although this delisting has since been challenged, we believe that biological recovery of wolves has occurred and anticipate the delisting will be restored. This will be the first case of wolf conservation reverting from the federal government to the state conser- tion agencies in the United States.

• Isle Royale
• Moos
• Superior National Forest
• Wisconsin
• biodiversity
• carnivore
• conservation
• depredation
• environmental management
• morphology
• population dynamics
• recovery
• wildlife
• wildlife biology
• wildlife ecology

From the reviews:

"This book documents and evaluates the recovery of the gray wolf in the Great Lakes Region, where modern concepts of wolf conservation developed. Twenty-three chapters written by numerous wolf biologists cover all aspects of the recovery effort, starting with early history, research, and conservation in this area. … This book provides a model for future recovery efforts and the management of wolf populations, as well as of large predators. Summing Up: Recommended. All general, academic, and professional audiences." (R. L. Smith, Choice, Vol. 47 (2), October, 2009)

“Each chapter reads like a scientific paper that addresses its topic with scholarly thoroughness. … The chapters are essentially research papers written by scientists for other scientists. Anyone who can read a newspaper can understand most of this material … . In short, this book is a serious attempt to understand a major topic in wolf restoration. This compilation of scholarship is likely to be the most authoritative and carefully researched book on the topic for a long time to come.” (Steve Grooms, International Wolf, Spring, 2010)

• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Park Falls, USA

  Adrian P. Wydeven

• Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, USA

  Timothy R. Deelen

• Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, USA

  Edward J. Heske

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