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Table 2. The spectrum of potential management activities to maintain viable populations of prey species Montana. 

 The adaptive management model calls for selection of different management strategies as the number of 

 wolf packs changes from less than 15 to 15 or greater. The different management settings (Public Lands 

 and Mixed Land Ownerships) call for different strategies, depending on landownership patterns, social 

 factors, land use patterns, biological constraints, and the physical attributes of the environment. Some 

 management strategies may apply across all numbers of wolf packs or management settings, as indicated 

 by the right arrows. 



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

 breeding pairs in the region. Since not all packs successfully breed and have pups every year, Montana will 

 maintain at lca.st 14-17 packs statewide to insure achievement of a minimum number of 10 breeding pairs with at 

 least two pups on December 3 1 . 



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