https://dnews.com/local/wildlife-managers-to-use-game-cameras-to-count-wolves/article_2955f12c-1270-51c1-9d0e-6b458788512b.html  

• Associated Press
• Jul 26, 2019

COEUR D’ALENE — Idaho wildlife managers are hoping hundreds of hunter game cameras will help the state get an accurate count of wolves.

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s current wolf population estimate comes from a computer model that extrapolates numbers based on data from 2009, the Coeur d’Alene Press reported. That estimate puts the statewide number of wolves at 835, divided among 94 packs with 49 breeding pairs.

But for the past several years the department has been running a project that uses hunter game cameras to find animals of various species. Earlier this year, the cameras were shifted to a 90-day effort to focus solely on wolves.

Biologists and technicians used wolf rendezvous sites, predictable wolf habitat and historical information collected from collared wolves to deploy more than 800 game cameras throughout the state. The cameras started shooting images…