CHAlTItR 2: AFFECTEO KNVIRONMIM 



Table 5. Summary of the number of wolf-related complaints received and investigated by the U.S. 



Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Wildlife Services Wolf 

 Depredation Control Program in Montana 1997-2002, according to federal fiscal years (October 

 1 - September 30). Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health 

 Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, Montana Field Office. 



1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 



YEAR 



Figure 9. Number of cattle depredations confirmed by Wildlife Services as wolf-caused in Montana, 

 1980-2001 (USFWS unpubl. data). 



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