Habitat

In Alaska, occur where suitable prey populations exist, from dense coastal rain forests to open arctic tundra (MacDonald and Cook 2009). Forests, open meadows, rocky ridges, and lakes or rivers all comprise a pack’s territory (Herman and Willard 1978).

References

Herman, M. and E. E. Willard. 1978. Rocky Mountain wolf and its habitat. Missoula, MT:USDA USFS, National Forest System Cooperative Forestry, Forestry Research, Region 1. 17 p.

MacDonald, S. O. and J. A. Cook. 2009. Recent Mammals of Alaska. University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, AK. 632