Wolf Notes No. 3, Winter 1998/99 (NWT Esker/Wolf Project, Winter 1998/99)
This Winter 1998/99 newsletter reports on the NWT Esker/Wolf Project's ongoing research into wolf movements, denning habitat, and tracking technology in the central Arctic. The project describes Phase 2 preparations including transition from satellite to VHF collars, a wolf management workshop held in Lutsel K'e, GPS collar testing results, and 1998 field data on wolf movements and pup counts across 12 monitored dens.
- Date
- 1998
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Lyle Walton, Marco Musiani, Dean Cluff, Paul Paquet, West Kitikmeot Slave Study Society, GNWT Resources, Wildlife, and Economic Development, Helicopter Wildlife Management, Kennecott Canada Inc., Diavik Diamond Mines Inc., Echo Bay Mines Ltd., BHP, University of Saskatchewan, University of Calgary, Wolf Education & Research Center, Center for Conservation Research & Technology, Earthspan, Canadian Embassy
- Locations
- Northwest Territories, Central Arctic, Lutsel K'e, Rennie Lake, Saskatchewan, Ekati, Lac de Gras, Diavik, Contwoyto Lake, Jolly Lake, Providence Lake, Yamba Lake, Courageous Lake, Aylmer Lake, Lake Mackay, Clinton-Colden Lake, Fletcher Lake, Jericho Lup, Bathurst caribou range, Poland, Italy, Yellowknife, Saskatoon
- Parameters
- wolf movements, denning habitat, satellite radio-collars, VHF radio-collars, den site fidelity, pup counts, pack size, GPS collars, wolf density estimates, Bathurst caribou range, breeding pairs, eskers, wolf harvest
- Pages
- 2
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