I was in the Lamar Valley three weeks ago. We took an 18 mile horse trip to the third meadow on Slough Creek to fish. Our guide has lived in the area his whole life and has accepted the fact that the wolves are back, but wants the ranchers to be able to shoot those that are killing livestock. He says that the elk calves are especially suffering from wolf predation, and it is starting to affect the herd populations.
While waiting for my mother-in-law at the dentist's office today, I was reading an article in Outside magazine about the consideration by the feds removing wolves from the endangered species list. It appears that the eco-extremists will only be happy when wolves have reached the population levels that existed before man settles this country.