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Article: Gray Wolf Numbers in Northern Rockies Up
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BECKY BOHRER, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
03-10-2006
Dateline: BILLINGS, Mont.
The number of gray wolves in the Northern Rockies has surpassed 1,000, a decade after wolves were reintroduced in and around Yellowstone National Park, a report released Thursday shows.
"I'm eating crow," said Ed Bangs, wolf recovery coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Helena. "I never thought we'd get that high."
The report, from state and federal wildlife agencies responsible for wolf management in the three-state region, shows population growth in Montana and Idaho. But it shows an overall decline in Wyoming, where wolf numbers in Yellowstone National Park fell sharply _ mainly because so ...