Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Serving the Platte Valley since 1888
Thirty years ago this month, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and central Idaho. Today, the people who made it happen remember the mayhem and magic of one of the 20th century’s most controversial acts of ecosystem management.
Editor’s Note: This the last in a 3 part series
WOLVES ARRIVE IN YELLOWSTONE, CENTRAL IDAHO (Continued)
MIKE JIMENEZ, WOLF PROJECT LEADER FOR THE NEZ PERCE TRIBE:
Mike Jimenez was the project leader for Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho’s wolf reintroduction program. He continued to work on wolf issues post-reintroduction, eventually serving as the management and science coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Northern Rockies region. He retired in 2016 and lives near Polson, Montana.
Myself and Ed Bangs took off and got halfway there in a helicopter. But it was like a whiteout, so we had...
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