Alaskan Wolf

This wolf was photographed in Hallo Bay, which is part of Katmai National Park in the Aleutians chain in Alaska. His eagerness to catch salmon or to... more

by Phyllis Taylor

Title

Alaskan Wolf

Artist

Phyllis Taylor

Medium

Photograph - Photography

Description

This wolf was photographed in Hallo Bay, which is part of Katmai National Park in the Aleutians chain in Alaska. His eagerness to catch salmon or to steal them from the grizzlies brought him close to my camera. He was an amazing sight to see and I enjoyed photographing him as much as the bears.

The wolf (Canis lupus) occurs throughout mainland Alaska, on Unimak Island in the Aleutians, and on all of the major islands in Southeast except Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof. This range includes about 85 percent of Alaska’s 586,000 square-mile area. Wolves are adaptable and exist in a wide variety of habitats extending from the rain forests of the Southeast Panhandle to the arctic tundra along the Beaufort Sea. Presently wolves are common over much of the state with densities as high as about one wolf per 25 square miles in favorable habitats. Densities are lower in the coastal portions of western and northern Alaska. Although the distribution of wolves has remained relatively constant in recent times, their abundance has varied considerably as prey availability, diseases, and harvests have influenced their numbers.

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September 7th, 2017