CHAITKR M ALTERNATIVES 



Table 24. Continued. 



* Montana shares a legal requirement with the states of Idaho and Wyoming to maintain a minimum total of 30 

 breeding pairs in the region. For the purposes of adaptive management, Montana will apply the federal breeding 

 pair definition (a male and a female and at least two pups on December 31 ) since mil all packs successfully breed 

 and have pups every year. Montana would need to maintain 14-18 social groups (defmcd as four or more wolves 

 traveling in winter) statewide to reliably maintain a minimum number of 10 breeding pairs with at least two pups on 

 December 3 1 . 



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