Yellowstone Wolf Tracker

02/05/2023

Tails wagging, playing and other rally behavior reinforces pack bonds, heirarchy and is probably also a lot of fun for the .

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📸: / Quinn Harrison

02/04/2023

Wind and fresh snow didn't keep the wolves down yesterday!

📸: / Quinn Harrison

6 Likes, 0 Comments - Quinn Harrison () on Instagram: "The Junction Butte Pack traveling across a ridgeline in Northern Yellowstone. We watched these guys for a while before they rallied and moved into the wind, testing some sheep before disappearing into the drifts to the south. On....

02/04/2023

to visit Yellowstone?
This is a common question on our tours. It’s so hard to answer because each season has great things! Follow these posts for seasonal highlights.

Summer (June – August): Wildlife babies are still arriving and growing bigger. Bear breeding season continues until early July. Bison breeding season (bison rut) July – August. Bull bison bellowing and challenging each other for breeding opportunities. Wolves move around trying to feed hungry pups back at the dens and rendezvous sites. Wildflowers at higher elevations. Pack your patience, it’s a busy time of year for visitation.

Learn about our tours at www.wolftracker.com or book a reservation at [email protected].

📸: Bonnie McDonald

02/03/2023

We visited a bull bison returning to the earth. He took his last breath in December. Now, his bones are being buried by winter's snow. Scavengers have consumed the meat. Rodents will make use of his bones. His fur will be used to make nests in the spring. His life is supporting many others now.

Learn about our tours at www.wolftracker.com or book a reservation at [email protected].

📸: Bonnie McDonald

02/02/2023

Bobcat sighting!!!

📸: Michelle Holihan

753 Likes, 15 Comments - Yellowstone Wolf Tracker () on Instagram: "We spotted a bobcat on our custom winter wolf watch yesterday. Bobcat are somewhat common in Yellowstone but very elusive. As temperatures plunged this week more waterfowl concentrates on the geyser fed rivers that never...

02/01/2023

Free livestream lecture tonight! 7pm MST.

Dr. Chris Servheen has worked with grizzly bears for 35 years as a bear biologist and served as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's first Grizzly Bear Recovery Coordinator.

Don't miss one of the world's leading leading experts on griz conservation when he sits down with MoJo founder Todd Wilkinson to discuss the real future of grizzly bears at the Emerson Center for Arts and Culture in Bozeman on Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Register at gallatinvalleyearthday.org

Gallatin Valley Earth Day
Gallatin Wildlife Association

01/31/2023

Another sighting by our guide, Quinn Harrison.

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47 Likes, 1 Comments - Quinn Harrison () on Instagram: "Between drifts of snow and frigid winds, we got a brief show from the Junction Butte pack yesterday after they took down a deer in northern Yellowstone while guiding for . After eating their fill in the exposed sage-...

01/30/2023

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01/29/2023

New research! A new article coming out in February shows the effects of human-caused mortality on wolves that live near national parks. These losses are disruptive to pack dynamics and can possibly lead to pack collapse.

“This seminal study confirms what we have been observing in Yellowstone – when pack leaders are killed, the pack disbands. It’s a disruptive dynamic to ecotourism, which relies on pack stability and consistency. More importantly, it devalues what Americans love about their national parks – places where wildlife can exist largely unfettered by human exploitation,” said Dr. Nathan Varley, wildlife biologist and owner of Yellowstone Wolf Tracker.

This study examines 118 years of cumulative data from five national parks and packs that ranged in size from 2 - 37 wolves.

Transboundary movement of wildlife results in some of the most complicated and unresolved wildlife management issues across the globe. Depending on the location and managing agency, gray wolf (Canis ...

01/28/2023

to visit Yellowstone?
This is a common question on our tours. It’s so hard to answer because each season has great things! Follow these posts for seasonal highlights.

Spring (April – June): Spring babies arrive! Bears emerge from hibernation. Nesting birds. Wolves localized around their den sites. Spring flowers. It could be sunny and warm one day and snow the next. Bear breeding season. And much more!

Learn about our tours at www.wolftracker.com or book a reservation at [email protected].

📸: Bonnie McDonald

01/27/2023

🐾 Who left these tracks? 🐾 We followed these tracks along an icy creek. It walked on top of ice, went under ice bridges, and slid when it could. It’s a river otter! We love winter tracking and snowy hikes in .

Learn about our tours at www.wolftracker.com or book a reservation at [email protected].

📸: Bonnie McDonald

01/25/2023

Our guide, Quinn Harrison, got a great view of the Junction Butte pack this morning!

📸: Quinn Harrison

46 Likes, 1 Comments - Quinn Harrison () on Instagram: "We got a nice look at the Junctions today while on tour for in Yellowstone. I hadn’t gotten a look at this pack for a bit, so seeing them at 24-strong was great and it’s always a treat to glass that line of wolv...