Folks thought it was reaching a natural carrying capacity-
Wisconsin wolf population surges. By Lee Bergquist and Paul A. Smith of the Journal Sentinel
I thought it was leveling off, but then population growth or decline of relatively small populations of any animal are subject to random events like favorable weather.
Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
