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Wolf Nation

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by Brenda Peterson


  Goodall, Jane, 96

  gorilla orphans and play, 140

  Graber, David, 71

  Grandin, Temple, 218, 233–234

  Great American Wolf, The (Hampton), 6

  Great Lakes region and wolves: antiwolf bigotry and, 118, 180, 193, 258; killing wolves, 118; protection and, 118, 147; ranges of wolves and, 81

  Great Pyrenees, 201–202

  green world hypothesis, 71

  Greenpeace, 32

  Griggs, Anne/Douglas, 90

  Grimaud, Hélène: childhood, 170–171; Wolf Conservation Center, New Salem, New York and, 165, 166, 168, 173, 174, 175; on wolves/howling and music, 165, 166–167, 168, 169–170, 171, 172, 173–175

  Guardians of Our Ancestors Legacy (GOAL), 251

  gun numbers in America, 160

  gun violence in America: language/wildlife and, 159, 160; Orlando massacre, 159; public lands/lethal management of wolves and, 159; states high in gun-related suicides/killing wolves and, 160; states most resistant to gun control/hunting wildlife and, 160

  Haber, Gordon: death, 48; description, 35, 37; Wolf Summit (1993), 35, 36–37, 38–39; wolves/research and, 35–37, 38–39, 45, 46, 48, 164, 187

  Halfpenny, James C., 141

  Hampton, Bruce, 6

  Haverstick, Brett, 257–258

  Hickel, Walter, 29, 30

  Hidden Life of Deer (Thompson), 41

  High Country News, 132, 135

  HJ Andrews Experimental Forest, 98, 100–104

  Hogan, Linda, 4

  Hoh Forest/Mount Olympus National Monument, 69–70

  Howell, Beryl, 118

  Howell, Maggie, 166

  howling by wolves: culture and, 164, 168; descriptions, 163, 164, 167, 172, 227, 231; dialects/accents, 163; humans and, 166, 167, 167–168, 175; international research on, 163–165; purposes, 163, 164, 165, 166; resonance and, 175; social life and, 163, 164–165, 166, 227. See also Grimaud, Hélène

  “Howling for Justice” blog, 192

  Hoyt, Bill, 185–186

  Huffington Post, The, 49, 128

  Humane Society (US), 43, 194–195, 207, 211, 239–240

  hunters (human): author’s background and, ix, 7–8, 33; bias in state agency names, 8; ecosystem effects, 75, 77; funding wildlife commissions and, 191; pro-wolf recovery and, 12–13

  Idaho and wolves: antiwolf state policies/bigotry, 11–12, 199; killing wolves, 11, 112, 204; Pioneer pack, 204; spending on education vs. killing wolves, 112. See also wolf recovery Yellowstone National Park; Wood River Wolf Project; specific individuals/groups

  In the Temple of the Wolves (Lamplugh), 88–89

  Inhofe, Jim, 118, 149

  International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 30

  Iowa State’s symposium on Wildness, Wilderness, and the Creative Imagination, 71–72

  Jans, Nick, 151

  Jewell, Sally, 111

  Jiang Rong (Lu Jiamin), 155, 156, 157–158

  Johnson, Bill, 125, 126

  Johnson, Mark, 232–233

  Journey: Based on the True Story of OR7, the Most Famous Wolf in the West (Smith), 189

  Journey. See Wolf OR7/Journey

  Julie of the Wolves (George), 151, 154–155

  Jungle Book, The (Kipling, Rudyard), 151, 152–154, 155

  Kayser, Sam, 125, 126, 136

  Kayyem, Juliette, 131

  Kehne, Jay, 125

  Kelleyhouse, David, 32–33

  Kennedy, Jarvis, 130–131

  Kershenbaum, Arik, 164

  keystone species, 71, 77, 80, 206. See also trophic cascades theory; specific species

  Kids4Wolves, 107, 108–109, 110–114

  killing wolves: aerial hunting/Alaska, 29, 30, 33, 38, 40, 45–46, 219; agencies focus on wolf numbers and, 36, 145–146; biologists being “objective” and, 39; bounties, 3, 4, 7, 17, 20, 41, 46, 118, 154, 182, 195; condemnation in Wolf Totem, 157; decreased protection and, 91–94, 98–99, 104–105, 106–107, 108–109, 147–148, 190, 194–195; Denali Park and, 46–47, 48, 147; “denning,” 6–7; extinction in eastern US (by 1856), 16; Frost’s illegal killing, 38, 45; game prey populations and, 30, 32–33, 38, 41–42, 46; government agencies/history and, 3–4, 5–7, 8, 16–17, 20–23, 117, 250; Judas wolves and, 110–111, 169; Leopold and, 20–23; mange introduction and, 245–246; poachers and, 94, 108, 109, 126, 147–148, 161, 179, 180, 181, 182, 185, 187, 190, 194–195, 225, 240; possible reasons, 5; radio collars on wolves and, 30, 32, 34, 47, 48, 92–93, 110–111, 208; remaining family members/effects and, 94, 95–96, 106–107, 188, 208, 239; Seton’s stories/Lobo and Blanca, 16–19; states resistant to gun control and, 160; as unscientific, 36, 145–146, 258; well-known individuals and, 196, 197; Yellowstone wolves/just beyond boundaries, 59–61, 64, 92–94, 108–109, 147. See also livestock/ranchers and wolves; specific individuals/groups; specific places

  Kipling, Rudyard/father, 151, 152

  Klavins, Rob, 180, 189, 192

  Knowles, Tony, 37, 45, 49

  Koch brothers, 133, 134–135

  Ladder Ranch, Ted Turner’s, 228, 229, 230, 231

  Lamplugh, Rick, 88

  Landis, Bob, 141

  Lava Lake Institute for Science, 205–206

  Lava Lake sheep ranch, 221

  Laverty, Suzanne, 54, 58

  Legacy of Conquest, The: The Unbroken Past of the American West (Limerick), 50

  LeGuin, Ursula, 111

  Leopold, Aldo; background, 20–23, 24, 72, 241; conservation and, 23, 24, 72

  LightHawk, 205

  Limerick, Patricia Nelson, 50

  Lindner, Lorin, 139

  Lindskold, Jane, 152

  livestock/ranchers: cattle rustlers and, 181; coyotes and, 123, 124; federal land grazing and, 129, 181, 188; at tipping point in West, 181. See also public lands/states vs. federal control

  livestock/ranchers and wolves: appeasing ranchers and, 188; coexistence and, 185–186, 188, 206, 209, 212–213, 218, 219–220, 222; compensation for losses, 72, 122, 126, 138, 222; early European settlers, 4, 6; grazing allotments selection/loss and, 211, 215, 217–218; grazing on public land/accepting risk, 188, 218–219; Kayser/Johnson in Washington, 125–126; killing wolves and, 106–107, 181, 188; killing wolves as not effective, 106–107, 188, 215–216, 239; livestock guardian dogs (LGDs), 201–203; losses facts/causes, 12, 71, 181, 190, 199–200, 213; Mexican gray wolves and, 228, 239; night corrals and, 201; nonlethal techniques, 110, 125–126, 150, 191, 195, 200–201, 203, 211, 221; opinions on, 121, 123–124; Oregon delisting and, 190–193; in Pacific Northwest (summary), 124–126; pro-wolf recovery/advocates and, 12–13, 124–126, 197, 219; ranchers changing ways and, 210–211; range riders, 110, 125, 126, 191, 203, 207–208, 211, 216, 219; Story Warren on, 109–110; Sweden’s model/compensating for reproduction of carnivores, 222; unscientific policies and, 188, 191–192, 212; WAG agreement on conditions before lethal removal, 149–150; wolf deterrent summary, 125–126; wolves as scapegoats, 181. See also killing wolves; specific individuals/groups; specific places

  Living with Wolves (documentary/website), 104, 106

  Lobo/Blanca story, 17–20

  Lockwood Animal Rescue Center (LARC), 139

  “lone wolf” vs. “lone actor” terms, 159, 160

  Lopez, Barry, 151

  Los Angeles Times, 185, 186, 195

  Lu Jiamin (Jiang Rong), 155, 156, 157–158

  Lucan (television series), 152

  Luna pack, 238

  Lyman, Laurie, 63, 83, 95

  Lynch, Katie, 244

  McDermott, Michael, 71

  McGuire, Sean, 33

  McIntyre, Rick: alpha female wolves and, 57; ancestors, 56, 250; description, 56, 246, 253; presentation/writings on wolves, 253; reputation/as “Wolf Man,” 246, 254; wolf genealogies and, 246, 255; wolf skin/education and, 67–68; on wolf watchers, 248; Yellowstone wolves/wolves and, 4, 5–6, 53–54, 56, 57–59, 62, 63, 67–68, 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 243, 246, 253–257

  McIrvin, Len: criticism of his livest
ock practices, 212–213, 216; grazing permit and, 213; livestock loss/Profanity Peak pack, 207–208; livestock loss/Wedge pack, 207–208

  McKenna, Doug, 9

  McKittrick, Chad Kirch, 59–61

  McNamee, Thomas, 60

  Madden, Francine, 148, 210, 217

  Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation: Bundy family and, 130, 134, 135; description, 130, 131–135; Koch Brothers and, 133, 134; occupiers’ views/inability to change and, 132; Paiute tribe and, 130–131; refuge origins/bird conservation and, 133; wildlife advocates/birders and, 131

  mange introduction/effects, 245–246

  Mao, Chairman, 156

  Marbut, Gary, 96

  Marshall-Pescini, Sarah, 140

  Martin, George R.R., 63–64

  Marvel, Jon, 181

  Maycumber, Ray, 215

  Mech, David, 57, 94–95

  Meeker, Joseph, 172

  Meier, Tom, 74

  Men’s Journal, 192

  Mexico and Mexican gray wolves: births in wild, 230, 240; National Commission of Natural Protected Areas, 240; wolf introduction program, 230. See also wolves, Mexican gray

  Middleton, Arthur, 75

  Millennials and environment, 127–129

  Minnesota’s Endangered Wolf Center, 229

  Monaghan, Patricia, 71

  Monbiot, George, 250

  Montana and gun violence, 160

  Montana and wolves: antiwolf bigotry, 3, 96; delisting and, 91; Eisenberg and, 73–75; killing wolves, 59–61, 91, 93–94, 98, 99, 104–105, 118, 211; mange introduction, 245–246; Native Americans and, 210; research, 57, 167; tourism and, 146–147; wolf advocates, 146–147, 258. See also wolf recovery Yellowstone National Park

  Montana Wolf Project, 74

  Morgan, Russ, 191

  Mortarello, Donny, 210, 213, 220

  Mossotti, Regina, 239

  Mount Olympus National Monument/Hoh Forest, 69–70

  mourning by animals, 94, 107

  Mowat, Farley, 151

  “Mowgli’s Brothers,” 152–154. See also Jungle Book, The

  Muir, John, 23

  music: examples of animals responding to, 168–169; humans and, 166–167. See also howling by wolves

  Musselman, Annie Marie, 231–232, 235

  Najera, Fernando, 222

  naming wolves in Yellowstone, 243

  National Commission of Natural Protected Areas, Mexico, 240

  National Geographic, 119

  National Institute for Play, 141

  Native Americans: First Nations/bison and, 78–79; Malheur National Wildlife Refuge land, 130–131

  Native Americans and wolves: Battle of Little Big Horn story, 252; creation stories and, 14; education and, 198; Guardians of Our Ancestors Legacy (GOAL), 251; Nez Perce tribe, 198; Oneida story, 15–16; Profanity Peak pack and, 212; relationships, 5–6, 14–16, 23, 212, 251–252; sanctuary for wolves, 198; Speak for Wolves conference and, 251; traditional Skin-walker necklace and, 24–26, 42–43; tribe examples, 14, 15; Wolf Advisory Group (WAG), 212; Wolf Education and Research Center (WERC), Oregon, 198

  Natural Resources Conservation Service, 205

  Nature, 75–76

  Nature Conservancy, The, 205

  Nava, Alexander, 171–172

  Never Cry Wolf (Mowat), 97, 151

  New Mexico and Mexican gray wolves: current politics/denying reintroduction, 224, 228, 229–230, 238–239; delaying tactics/strategy, 238, 239; livestock industry and, 228, 239; public support, 229–230; removing Guardian (wolf) and, 238–239; Ted Turner’s Ladder Ranch and, 228, 229, 230, 231; USFWS releasing wolves despite objections, 229–230; Wolf Management Center, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge, 225

  New Scientist, 145–146

  New York Times, 8, 32, 37, 54, 63, 66, 92, 117, 133, 154, 157, 158, 159, 173

  New Yorker, 24, 168

  Niemeyer, Carter, 11–12, 187, 215

  Northeast Wolf Advisory Council, 165

  Northern Rockies’ Wolf Program, USFW, 199

  NPR, 4, 87, 134

  Obama administration, 46

  Of Wolves and Men (Lopez), 151

  Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle, 214

  OR7: The Journey (quasi-documentary film), 187–188. See also Wolf OR7/Journey; Wolf 06

  Oregon and wolves: beginnings of wolves returning, 98, 180; Inmaha family/pack, 179; Nez Perce tribe and, 198; Oregon welcoming, 185–186; poaching of wolves, 194–195; protection loss (starting 2015), 189–193, 194. See also specific individuals/groups

  Oregon Wild, 180, 181, 184, 189, 191, 192, 193, 194

  Otter, Butch, 91, 105, 118

  Outside magazine, 56, 60, 93

  Owyhee pack, 198

  Pacific Wolf Coalition, 125, 225

  Paine, Robert T., 71

  Palin, Sarah, 46

  Park Service hundred-year anniversary, 243

  Parrish, Li, 182–183

  parvo, 227

  Peavey, John, 203–204

  Pedery, Steve, 184

  Peterson, Brenda: 1970s and, 24–26; career/writings, 24, 30, 31; childhood, ix, 7–8, 33; climbing Douglas fir, 101–103; on howling and tragedy, 172; traditional Skin-walker necklace and, 24–26, 42–43; Wolf Haven International and, 223, 224, 226–227. See also specific events/individuals

  Peterson, Rolf, 57, 248–249

  Phillips, Mike, 57, 230

  Physics of Beauty, The (Russell), 240

  Pinchot, Gifford, 23–24

  play: brain and, 141; evolution and, 140; fun and, 140–141; laughter and, 142; preparation for future activities and, 140; rewards/animal examples, 141; risk-taking wolves vs. dogs, 140; traumatized animals/orphans and, 140; veterans/wolves eco-therapy program, 139; wolves and, 35, 53, 54, 58, 62–63, 67, 84, 85, 139, 140–142, 194, 223, 224, 226, 232, 254–255

  Plumas National Forest, California, ix, 185

  Pope, Alexander, 97

  Portland Zoo wolves and girl observer, 57

  Predator Defense, 216

  Predator Paradox: Ending the War with Wolves, Bears, Cougars, and Coyotes (Shivik), 10–11

  predators: government control and, 8–11; Guardians of Our Ancestors Legacy (GOAL), 251; human deaths statistics by predators/hunters, 105; Native Americans and, 251; Sweden’s model/compensating for reproduction of carnivores, 222. See also specific species

  Profanity Peak pack: calling off more killing and, 220; Colville National Forest, 206–207, 220; McIrvin and, 207–208, 212–213; Native Americans and, 212; public support for wolves, 207, 208–209, 210, 212, 215, 216–217; range/grazing allotments and, 217–218; remaining members after killings, 208, 220–221; state vs. federal rights and, 215, 220–221; WAG/lethal removal protocol and, 207–208, 209, 213–214; Washington state killing members and, 206–208, 210; Washington State University and, 213; wolf advocates rally (Olympia), 215

  Protect the Wolves, 212

  Provine, Robert, 142

  Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), 47

  public lands/states vs. federal control: COWS (Coalition of Western States), 134; history of free land and, 132; Koch brothers and, 133, 134–135; land grab movement/“Free the Lands,” 133; lobby groups and, 134–135; poaching wildlife and, 131; Profanity Peak pack and, 215, 220–221; Sagebrush Insurgency, 133, 135; summary, 135, 136; symbols and, 135; wildlife advocates and, 131. See also Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation

  Qin, Amy, 157

  Rachmaninoff/music, 169–170

  Rain Bear Stands Last, 251, 252

  ranchers. See livestock/ranchers; livestock/ranchers and wolves

  Red Wolf Coalition, 249

  Red Wolf Revival (documentary), 249–250

  Return to the Wild: A Modern Tale of Wolf & Man (documentary film), 206

  rewilding; in Europe, 250. See also wolf recovery

  Ripple, William, 69

  Robertson, Aaran, 191

  Rocky Mountain Magazine, 24

  Romulus and Remus legend, 152

  Roose
velt, Theodore, 23–24, 69, 133–134

  Root-Gutteridge, Holly, 163–164

  Russell, Sharman Apt, 240

  Rutledge, Linda, 145–146, 249

  Safina, Carl, 56

  Sagebrush Insurgency, 133, 135

  Sand County Almanac (Leopold), 20, 21

  Santa Fe New Mexican, 229–230

  Saunders, Linda, 224

  Sawtooth Legacy, The (newsletter/WERC), 198

  Sawtooth wolf pack, 104, 105–107, 198

  Schenk, Clemens, 187

  Science Daily, 140

  Scientific American, 4–5

  sea lion (Ronan) and music, 169

  Seattle Times, 30, 57, 99, 180, 209, 213

  Seattle Weekly, 132–133

  Seton, Ernest Thompson, 17–19, 24, 72, 240

  Shaddox, Rex, 9–10

  Shadow Mountain: A Memoir of Wolves, Wilderness, and a Woman (Askins), 34

  Shakespeare, 151–152

  Shasta of the Wolves, 152

  She-Wolf (documentary), 84

  Sheldon, John, 151

  Shivik, John A., 10–11

  Shumaker, Peggy, 44

  Sierra Club, 23

  Simmons, Matthew, 139

  Simpson, Jay, 189

  Sinclair, R. E., 250

  Skin-walker necklace, 24–26, 42–43

  Smith, Douglas: wolf 06 and, 87–88, 92; on wolves and livestock, 222; Yellowstone wolves/wolves and, 54, 61, 64, 65, 67, 87–88, 92, 94, 141, 245, 248, 250–251, 257

  Smith, Emma Bland, 189

  Smith, Randy, 32

  Smuts, Barbara, 143

  Soriano, Nancy, 214–215

  Speak for Wolves conference (2016), 243, 251

  Species Survival Plan/Program, 165, 223, 225, 228, 229, 236

  Spencer, Wendy: wolf handling and, 225, 232, 234; Wolf Haven International/wolves and, 223, 224, 225, 232, 234, 235, 236, 237, 240

  Starr, Oliver; grandfather of, 187; as wolf advocate, 187–188

  Statesman Journal (Oregon), 182

  Steiner, Richard, 46–47

  Steinmasel, Dusty, 59–61

  Stevens, Mike, 206

  Stevens, William K., 63

  Stevenson, Justin, 205

  Stgoggard, Jimmy, 210, 251

  stochastic effects, 77

  Stone, Suzanne: chasing away wolves, 205; coexistence and, 220; grazing allotments and, 217; livestock/wolves and, 205, 207, 208, 217, 220, 221; Profanity Peak pack and, 208; WAG/lethal removal protocol, 207; Wood River Wolf Project, 199–200, 205

  stories with animals: Battle of Little Big Horn, 252; characters/individuals in stories and, 196–197; children raised by wolves and, 151, 152–155, 158–159, 160; personalizing wolves and, 96, 97, 197; Yellowstone wolves, 90, 97. See also specific books/films

 

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