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USDA FOREST SERVICE
RESEARCH PAPER NC-52
1971
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Ecological
Studies of the
TIMBER
WOLF
in
Northeastern
Minnesota
NORTH CENTRAL FOREST EXPERIMENT STATION
FOREST SERVICE
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
FOREWORD
The largest population of timber wolves remaining in the United States
(excluding Alaska) lives in northern Minnesota. Many of these wolves
inhabit the Superior National Forest, so protecting the habitat of this
endangered species is largely a Forest Service responsibility.
As the "Age of Ecology" broadens into the 1970's, wolves and wolf
habitat will become a subject of concerted research. Forest land
managers will have to know more about how the timber wolf fits into a
forest system. Building on nearly 50 years of research in northern
forests, we at the North Central Station intend to expand our studies
of wildlife habitat. We are happy to publish the enclosed papers as one
step in this direction.