North American Wolf Conference

The North American Wolf Conference serves as a bridge bringing together leading wolf biologists, conservationists, livestock owners, depredation specialists, educators and state, tribal and federal wolf managers to share information ranging from ecological and genetic research, nonlethal techniques to reduce livestock conflicts, to economic and environmental impacts of wolf restoration.

Former presenters include Ed Bangs, Jamie Rappaport Clark, Lu Carbyn, Bud Fazio, William Lynn, L. David Mech, Marco Musiani, Paul Paquet, Steven Fritts, Doug Smith, Dave Parsons, Robert Wayne, Vic Van Ballenberghe and Carita Bergman.

The conference was last held in April 2008 in Pray, MT.

For more information contact our Rocky Mountain Region office.

History

The North American Wolf Conference began 20 years ago in northwestern Montana as a small interagency wolf recovery meeting, hosted by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. As wolves were restored to Yellowstone and central Idaho, the meeting became an annual regional conference, co-sponsored by the Wolf Recovery Foundation, which continued to grow in scope as new participants attended from across North America, and often included guest presenters from Europe and Asia.

In 1999, Defenders of Wildlife became an official co-sponsor and assumed much of the duties from the US Fish and Wildlife Service for organizing this annual event. Due to the conference's origins, it has traditionally been held in the USA northern Rockies, near the outskirts of beautiful Yellowstone National Park, world renowned for its wildlife watching opportunities.