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1. Cade
1958
Canis lupus
8 July Unimet, Alaska
Harold Griffin informed me today that
he and Carl Boesk shot 43 wolves
from a plane working out of Unimet,
from 15 February to 15 April.
The area covered was mainly the Colville
valley from Unimet upstream, along
the Killik and across the base of the
mountains to the Dravoik River and
also out onto the coastal plain fronting
the northern foothills. About 20 of
the animals came from the general
locality of Kinnupa Lakes, where
wolves were concentrated. In all
300 wolves were taken by 18 planes
operating out of Unimet or Anaktuvuk
during this period. The total area
covered by these operations extended
east and west from Liberator Lake
to Schwader Lake and north from the
Brooks Range to the Fish Camp in
the Meade River country. About 200 of
these animals were taken in the area
bounded by the Colville River, Eltuvik River,
and the Anaktuvuk River,
again the area where most of the wolves
were concentrated. In all this activity
no one has yet seen evidence of a