Wolf poop is gold for a variety of studies of wolves-
Yellowstone study collects, examines wolf scat for clues. By Brett French. Billings Gazette.
This time tested activity was partly replaced by radio collar-based research, but with the development of sophisticated DNA and hormone analysis, it now has new importance.
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.
Maybe we’ll have a lot less collaring???
It could possibly lead to that timz.
I am sure,for job security, park biologists will determine a need for collaring in order to find the scat.