Table 35. Estimated livestock losses (confirmed and probable) and the economic value 

 of livestock and domestic animal losses in the year 2015 for Alternative 2 

 (Updated Council) 128 



Table 36. Implementation budget for Alternative 2 (Updated Council) 129 



Table 37. Estimated livestock losses (confirmed and probable) and the economic value 

 of livestock and domestic animal losses in the year 2015 for Alternative 3 

 (Additional Wolf) 134 



Table 38. Implementation budget for Alternative 3 (Additional Wolf) 135 



Table 39. Estimated livestock losses (confirmed and probable) and the economic value 

 of livestock and domestic animal losses in the year 201 5 for Alternative 4 

 (Minimum Woin 139 



Table 40. Implementation budget for Alternative 4 (Minimum WolO 141 



Table 41. Estimated livestock losses (confirmed and probable) and the economic value 

 of livestock and domestic animal losses in the year 2015 for Alternative 5 

 (Contingency) 145 



Table 42. Implementation budget for Alternative 5 (Contingency) 146 



Table 43. Summary of environmental consequences for each alternative 148 



LIST OF FIGURES 



Figure 1. Wolf pack distribution in Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming, federal recovery area 

 boundaries, and state boundaries (shown in bold). Large symbols represent 

 established packs. Small symbols indicate newly formed packs or packs whose 

 status is unknown at the present time 14 



Figure 2. Grey wolf population trends in the Northwestern Montana, Greater 



Yellowstone, and Central Idaho recovery areas from 1979-2002 15 



Figure 3. Wolf pack distribution and land ownership patterns in Montana. Approximate 

 wolf pack territories are designated by the polygons with horizontal lines. Gray 

 tones represent public lands and white indicates private lands 16 



Figure 4. Minimum fall number of wolves in the State of Montana, 1979-2001 , and the 

 first known dispersal event leading to a new pack in the Montana population 

 (USFWS unpubl. data). The arrows show the years of the first known dispersals 

 of radio-collared animals into the State of Montana to start a new pack or join an 

 existing pack 17 



Figure 5. Total number of elk hunters and total elk harvest in Montana, 1954-2001 28 



Figure 6. Total bull elk and antlerless elk harvest in Montana, 1960-2001 28 



VII 



