#8221; (parents at the top, non-breeding adults in the middle, and pups at the bottom.)The eastern timber wolf is extremely territorial. A wolf pack’s territory may cover from 20 to 120 square miles. The packs territory usually is centered around their den. While neighboring wolf packs might share a border together, their territories rarely overlap by more than a mile. When a wolf trespasses onto another pack’s territory, it risks the chance of being killed by that pack. Since wolves require a lot of space, conflicts between them and humans can happen frequently. The eastern timber wolf once ranged from the Great Lakes region to Maine and also up into Canada. Now, they have been nearly wiped out in New England and only exist in some parts of New York, Wisconsin and Minnesota. One reason for their destruction was when in the 1800’s, many settlers killed the wolves to protect their farms. Another reason for their demise is the over hunting of deer and moose, which is the main food supply of the eastern timber wolf.Since the 1970’s, there has been an effort to help bring back the eastern timber wolf population. Laws have been passed to protect the wolf. In the late 90’s, four sights were proposed for areas which eastern timber wolf would be put in the wild to try to increase its population in the Northeast. The sights are in Northern Maine, Southern Maine, New Hampshire, and in New York. If this project succeeds, eastern timber wolves might be removed from the endangered species list in 2002 when a new list is made....
