Idaho Department of Fish and Game estimates Idaho’s wolf population decreased to 1,235
After the government and settlers drove them to near extinction in the West, the U.S. government reintroduced wolves to Idaho and Yellowstone National Park in 1995 and 1996. (File photo courtesy of Gary Kramer/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Officials with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game estimated the wolf population in Idaho to be about 1,235 wolves as of May 2024, which state officials said Thursday is a decrease of almost 100 wolves from the year before.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game Wildlife Research Manager Matt Mumma presented the new population estimate and a summary of the new methods the state uses to estimate the wolf population at the Idaho Fish and Game Commission’s meeting Thursday in Coeur d’Alene, which was streamed live online by the state.
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