Dan, I've heard of the place before but haven't visited. I too have been a follower of wolves ever since my first night on Isle Royale (a national park in Lake Superior). There has been an on-going study of the wolf-moose relationship on this island for a long time. When the wolf population is up, the moose population is down and vice versa - go figure. I've backpacked many times on Isle Royale & have heard their call and seen footprints etc, but I've never seen a wolf there. In the best of times (for the wolf) there have been as many as 40 to 50 there. There have also been as few as 10-20 in recent years.
If you really want to see wolves in nature - Alaska in general & Denali National Park are your best chances. I posted a PAW awhile ago from a recent trip to Denali in which I watched a wolf pack finish off a Caribou they had brought down. Shot several hundred images over a 3 and a half hour period. The best wolf photography I've ever encountered. When I lived in the St Louis area in the mid 80's I was a member of the Wolf Sanctuary, just west of St Louis. It was highly supported by Marlin Perkins (http://www.wolfsanctuary.org/Home/default.htm). They had great programs from simply going there and watching to volunteering to help out with the care of the animals there. I've also heard of but haven't visited a place in northern Indiana that also has a pack of wolves (I think it's a place called Battleground Indiana.) Maybe our love of wolves starts in the fact that we're both from N.J.! Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: OT: Wolf Photography > For those of you who are located in the NY, NJ, PA area of the USA, or > who may be travelling to that area, there is an interesting Wolf > Preserve in Northwestern New Jersey. I, of course, love wolves, and > have supproted Wolf Haven in Washington State for many years and visited > there two years ago. I highly recommend that facility for those in the > Northwest with an interest in wolves. If you have never howled with the > wolves, you don't know what you are missing. > > The New Jersey facility is the Lakota Wolf Preserve, in Columbia, NJ. > In addition to twice daily wolf watches, they offer photography > sessions, one with two wolf packs, and one with wolves, bobcats and > foxes. Their website is at: > > http://www.lakotawolf.com/ > > I plan to visit soon, and will post any relevent comments. > > Dan M >
