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Wolves of the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem

Photographs of the wolves and their prey in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem.

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In April 2017, we found all seven of these 7–10 days old pups from the Bowman Bay Pack curled up in a ball underneath a black spruce tree. This was the "den" the pups were born in. Albeit an unconventional den, the branches of the black spruce were dense and drooped to the forest floor forming a dense wall that hid the pups.

Wolf V028, the breeding male of the Moose River Pack until 2018, was photographed here on a remote camera. Remote cameras are an invaluable tool for studying wolves in densely forested areas like Voyageurs.

An aerial image taken of the Shoepack Lake Pack in February 2019. The second wolf from the left is Wolf V074, a 3–4 year old male wolf that was collared in October 2019. Repeated observations confirmed this pack consisted of 4 wolves in the winter of 2018-2019.

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From the Field

A collection of images from our time in the field studying the wolves of the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem.

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In spring 2018, we collared Wolf V062 of the Bowman Bay Pack. This photo was taken shortly after we sedated V062, and shows project lead Tom Gable working with field crew members Greg Robertson and Rachael Riley to get the wolf positioned so we can collar it.

Austin Homkes carefully collects a blood sample from Wolf V055 of the Sheep Ranch Pack. Blood samples can be used for genetics, diet, and disease/parasite screenings.

Though most of the large lakes in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem are accessible by motor boat, many of the smaller, more remote lakes and rivers are only navigable by canoe.

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The Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem

Photographs of the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem taken while doing fieldwork

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The colors of beaver ponds in the fall are remarkable. This shot was taken while doing our annual beaver population survey of the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem.

One of the >1,000 active beaver lodges in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem.

Beautiful sunsets over the lake are never in short supply in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem.

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VOYAGEURS WOLF PROJECT

PHOTOGRAPHS

Wolves of the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem

Pups of Bowman Bay in 2017

Wolf V028

Shoepack Lake Pack on Beaver Pond

From the Field

Collaring Wolf V062

Drawing Blood

The Way of the Canoe

The Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem

Beaver Pond from the Air

Beaver Lodge

Northwoods Sunset