Grey Wolves in America

Grey Wolves in the United States The wolves of North America have had a difficult time over the last several centuries. Starting from an estimated high of 400,000 when European Americans started settling on North American shores, wolf populations dropped to around 60,000 in the late 1960's and early 1970's. In the lower 48 states, the picture has been much weaker as bounty programs and government- financed trappers effectively removed wolves from all but two states. Today the …

…to the Northeast and that the majority of the public supports this idea. The 1992 plan, which mainly focused on the Great Lakes region, identified three areas in Northeast America for possible wolf recovery: a large portion of land in northwestern Maine and northern New Hampshire, Adirondack State Park in New York, and a site in eastern Maine. A new recovery plan, specifically for the Northeast, is needed to move wolf recovery forward in this region.