. Gray Wolf The gray wolf was reintroduced into the Yellowstone area in 1995 and has the status of a nonessential, experimental population in this area according to section 10 (j) of the Endangered Species Act (1973, as amended). This means that the species is treated either as proposed for listing in the national forest or as threatened in the national park (50 CFR 17) for the purposes of several sections of the Endangered Species Act, including section 7 consultation. Currently nine breeding pairs (as of 9/97) inhabit the Greater Yellowstone Area, mostly within the park boundaries. There are
. Gray Wolf The gray wolf was reintroduced into the Yellowstone area in 1995 and has the status of a nonessential, experimental population in this area according to section 10 (j) of the Endangered Species Act (1973, as amended). This means that the species is treated either as proposed for listing in the national forest or as threatened in the national park (50 CFR 17) for the purposes of several sections of the Endangered Species Act, including section 7 consultation. Currently nine breeding pairs (as of 9/97) inhabit the Greater Yellowstone Area, mostly within the park boundaries. There are occasional forays by individuals and packs outside the park, but no wolves from the nonessential, experimental population are known to be denning outside the park in Montana at this time. 177
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