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Aspen Wolf Pack Mostly Removed 

The majority of the Aspen pack were darted from a helicopter and removed yesterday.  So you will not see the Aspen pack in the list of the flight report.  F1040 and M1039 Aspen pups from 2006 are now dispersed and called singles.

There is still one un-collared depredating pup left, but it is a big relief to have most of the pack removed and depredations should be a lot less onerous than they were with 6-7 wolves in the pack.
A report on the Aspen wolf pack was done this month, based on a two day trip to the Adobe Ranch South of Magdalena New Mexico.  This video is necessary due to potential political fallout over the pending removal of the Aspen pack.  It is literally a carnage fest over there, carcasses of calves killed by wolves litter the area and there is simply no keeping up with it.  If a carcass is removed a fresh calf is killed.  We were late getting to the ranch headquarters because we witnessed a wolf on the side of the road stalking a bunch of heifers with a very small calf that she was apparently after.
You can read more about the this story and see the video at Mexican Wolf Aspen Pack Must Be Removed! 

Aspen pack incidents, probably a good 15 head confirmed and untold baby calves since January the majority in October and November. The video shows 4 days worth prior to darting of wolves.  Aspen pack and its old alpha male were involved earlier this year in attacking  many dogs and killing a little girls horse.

You can see more wolf videos on the wolf videos page.  http://wolfcrossing.org/category/wolf-videos/

Here are a few more of the stories on Aspen habituated wolf pack in the last year.

• Aspen, Horse Killing Wolf Pack Kills Again 
• Mexican Grey Wolf Pack Slaughters Horse in Gila Forest US Fish & Wildlife Confirms
• Miller Family Watch Horse Killing Wolves Decimate and Waste Baby Elk

Too see a long list of the stories and history of the aspen pack in just 2007, use the search in the right hand side menu on our website.  Here is a link to many of the links and stories on the aspen wolf pack.
http://wolfcrossing.org/?s=aspen

Silver City Wolf Sightings

I have also been getting calls about a rash of wolf sightings in and around Silver City New Mexico.  The Silver City Daily Press ran a story on this topic just today.  I have been getting sightings from Pinos Altos, Lake Roberts (many), Bayard, and Santa Clara.  One sighting in September was a wolf pack close homes near Walmart in Silver City.  They were reported as uncollared.

If you see a wolf please do email admin@wolfcrossing.org and let us know where, when and what the wolf was doing.  Please try to note if the wolves were collared or not.
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Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project Telemetry Flight Locations for the Week of December 3, 2007
Standard Operating Procedure 26.0 Location Dissemination Guidelines directs that the Reintroduction Project posts approximate wolf locations from weekly monitoring flights at http://www.azgfd.gov/wolf within 48 hours of each flight. Wolf location information includes two bearings (N, S, E, W, NE, SW, etc.) and distance (to the nearest ½ mile) from a landmark. Note: As requested by the White Mountain Apache and San Carlos Apache tribes, the Project does not post or otherwise provide to the public any wolf location information for the Fort Apache Indian Reservation and the San Carlos Apache Reservation.
The Reintroduction Project provides the public with information on wolf locations with the following caveats: (1) inclement weather can limit the availability and quality of location information; (2) location information is largely limited to radio-collared wolves and uncollared wolves associated with them; and (3) wolves are mobile, so wolf location information tends to be outdated from the moment it is collected. Again, the prudent assumption for any person is that Mexican wolves might be present in any part of the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area at any time.

IN ARIZONA:
Bacho Pack (AM990)
12-5-07 – Located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
Bluestem Pack (AF521, AM806)
12-5-07 – Located 3.5 miles east of Reservation Lake and 3 miles southwest of Big Lake.
Bluestem Pack (F1042)
12-5-07 – Located 4 miles east of Reservation Lake and 2.5 miles south of Big Lake.
Hawks Nest Pack (AM619)
12-5-07 – Located 4 miles northwest of Gobbler Peak and 5 miles northeast of Crosby Crossing.
Lofer Pack (AF1056)
12-5-07 – Located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.
Paradise Pack (M795, M1044)
12-5-07 – Located 5 miles west of Greens Peak and 1 mile north of Brown Butte.
Paradise Pack (M1045)
12-5-07 – Not Located.
Rim Pack (AF858)
12-5-07 – Located 2.5 miles northeast of Ackre Lake and 2 miles southeast of Lost Cienega.
Rim Pack (fp1104)
12-5-07 – Located 6.5 miles east of Reno Lookout and 4.5 miles north of Strayhorse.
Single M1107
12-5-07 – Located 6.5 miles east of Gobbler Point and 2 miles north of Ackre Lake.
San Mateo Pack (AF903)
12-5-07 – Located 5 miles north of Milligan Peak and 2 miles northeast of Indian Peak.
Single M1038
12-5-07 – Located 3.5 miles east of Escudilla Mountain Lookout and 6 miles west of Bishop Peak.

IN NEW MEXICO:
Durango Pack (AM973, F1047)
12-5-07 – Not located.
Luna Pack (AM583)
12-4-07 – Located 4 miles northwest of Feathery Hill and 4 miles north of N Bar Park.
Middle Fork Pack (AF861, AM871)
12-4-07 – Located 3 miles south of Black Mountain Lookout and 5 miles southwest of Beaver Points.
Dark Canyon (AF923, AM992)
12-4-07 – Located 6.5 miles northwest of Feathery Hill and 5 miles east of Sign Camp Mountain.
Single M1039
12-5-07 – Located 5 miles east of Mount Sedgwick and 3 miles northeast of Cerro Colorado.
Single F1040
12-5-07 – Not located.