wolves in the desert?

[bone collector 12]

I was told today that there is a female wolf in the desert unit with pups,anyone know or heard anything?

[yote]

Which desert unit? 

[romaknows]

The only one, gmu 290.

[bone collector 12]

The only one, gmu 290.

[Possum197]

Within 10 years wolves will be in every GMU....for sure! 

[iRem]

It's time for it to be open season on these guys

[BIGINNER]

wow,... does this person know the difference between a wolf and coyote?  when were they seen?  I want to say that there's no way that a wolf can be there, especially with pups,... but I might be wrong. 

[spur_ride]

If its true its going to make hiking in to some duck hunting spots next year awfully interesting. I heard the confirmed 2 hybrids in soap lake but hasn't heard anything about this.

[GrainfedMuley]

They are as far south as the Rosevelt unit but that is way east of GMU290. If they are that far south, they would have to have crossed I-90.

[Special T]

Not saying they arn/t there, but they would have to trave through the gauntlet as far as coyote whacking territory.... I would think that there would bee lots of burried wolves crossing that hay country to the north. 

[villageidiot]

The pups comment raises eyebrows.  They breed in Feb. and have pups in April.   Could of been last years pups they are referring too but they would be full sized now.  Just sayin.

[Northway]

Not saying they arn/t there, but they would have to trave through the gauntlet as far as coyote whacking territory.... I would think that there would bee lots of burried wolves crossing that hay country to the north. 

Agreed. Dispersers into that type of terrain are often shot as coyotes. It's only a matter of time before a disperser ends up in the Potholes, but an actual pack would be an occasional one hit wonder as opposed to an ongoing thing, imo.

[Northway]

Question: Does anyone one know how the Bureau of Reclamation works when it comes to owning/managing land? I get their mission statement, but I'm not sure how it ties into large landholdings?

http://www.mytopo.com/products/hunt-area-unit.cfm?state=WA&species=ALL&gmu=290

[Special T]

I'd search BigTexes posts. I rember him talking about the differnt roles that each kind of publican land plays. As i remeber they usually own land that has no "real" $ value. Mostly in the basin area it revolves around water storage and transportation.