Native Great Lakes wolves were not restored

Native Great Lakes wolves were not restored.

Wolves from the Great Lakes area were historically decimated due to habitat loss and predator control programmes. Under the protection of the US Endangered Species Act, the population has rebounded to approximately 3000 individuals. We show that the pre-recovery population was dominated by mitochondrial DNA haplotypes from an endemic American wolf referred to here as the Great Lakes wolf. In co...

Crying wolf: concluding that wolves were not restored

In 2007, the USA removed (delisted) the grey wolf (Canis lupus) in the upper Midwest from the Endangered Species List. After 35 years of being considered endangered, these wolves had increased from 750 in 38 400 km 2 of Minnesota (Fuller et al. 1992) to over 4100 inhabiting 110 000 km 2 of Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Conservationists celebrated this event as a most significant success. ...

Invasive dreissenid mussels benefit invasive crayfish but not native crayfish in the Laurentian Great Lakes

Article history: Received 26 September 2016 Accepted 12 January 2017 Available online 1 March 2017 Invasive ecosystem engineers, such as dreissenid mussels, may facilitate subsequent invaders. Despite their potential ecological importance, interactions between dreissenid mussels and crayfish in the Laurentian Great Lakes have received little research attention. Invasive rusty crayfish (Orconect...

Native Fish Migrations Deliver Nutrient Subsidies to Great Lakes Tributaries

Fourth Reintroduction of Native Fishes Workshop Great Lakes Fishery Commission