This project was a cooperative effort among the Michigan Department of
Natural Resources, The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, the U.
S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northern Michigan University, the Huron
Mountain Wildlife Foundation, and the National Audubon Society.
The Michigan and Minnesota Departments of Natural Resources provided the
legal permits and logistical support necessary for the transplant. The
Fish and Wildlife Service assisted in the planning and fund-raising for
the overall project, and provided the technical expertise in the
live-trapping, radio-tagging and radio-tracking of the wolves. Northern
Michigan University initiated and administered the project and conducted
the Michigan aspects of the work. Financial support was provided by the
Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation and the National Audubon Society.
Dr. U. S. Seal of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Minneapolis
analyzed and interpreted the blood samples, and Dr. Ray D. Barnes,
University of Minnesota, the female reproductive tracts.
The authors wish to thank all of the people mentioned above and the
following individuals: Ralph Bailey and Robert Rafferty, Michigan
Department of Natural Resources; Jeff Renneberg, U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service; Fred Harrington, State University of N. Y. at Stony Brook;
Roger Peters, University of Michigan; Tom Jernstad, Leo Maki, and Leo
Wouri, Huron Mountain Club; the late William P. Harris Jr. and Theodore
A. McGraw of the Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation; Edward H. Brigham
III, National Audubon Society; Dennis Diaz and William Rowloff, pilots
of Northern Airmotive; Robert Neil, owner of the research airplane;
Denis Kallery, Cynthia Watt, and George Wilson of Marquette; and last
but certainly not least, wolf-trapper Robert Himes of Ray, Minnesota.