Wolves in Utah

Information regarding the future of wolves in Utah

Utah Wolf Management Plan

• Download the entire 2005 Utah Wolf Management Plan — PDF

Wolf information and references

Fact sheet

• Wolf management in Utah (updated Oct. 29, 2020) — PDF

Legal status

• Wolf conflicts: What a livestock owner should know (updated March 30, 2021) — PDF download
• US Fish & Wildlife Service news and information
• Ute Indian Tribe resolution

Delisting of wolves contract report

• June 2020 report — PDF
• December 31, 2019 report — PDF
• June 2019 report — PDF
• December 31, 2018 report — PDF
• June 2018 report — PDF
• July 2017 report — PDF
• September 2016 report — PDF
• June 30, 2014 report — PDF
• June 30, 2013 report — PDF

Utah Wolf Working Group activities

The Wolf Working Group completed its directive of developing a recommended a wolf managment plan for Utah in 2005. Listed below is an archive of their activities while the group was still active.

• What was the Wolf Working Group?

  The Division of Wildlife Resources created a Wolf Management Working Group in the summer of 2003, composed of 13 members that represented diverse public interests regarding wolves in Utah.

  The Wolf Management Working Group included representatives from academia (USU faculty), wolf advocates (Utah Wolf Form), sportsmen representatives (Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation), agricultural interests (Utah Farm Bureau and Utah Wool Growers), representatives of local government, including the Ute Indian Tribe and the Utah Association of Counties, two at-large conservation organization representatives, and a member of the Utah Wildlife Board. Technical advisors from the Utah Division of Wildlife Resoruces, the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the US Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services assisted the committee. A professional facilitation firm, Dynamic Solutions Group of Casper, Wyoming, facilitated the Working Group meetings.

  The Working Group assisted the Division of Wildlife Resources in developing a wolf management plan for Utah. After gathering public comment through a series of public scoping meetings, and reviewing available information on the biological, social-political and legal issues surrounding wolves and Utah, the Working Group drafted a wolf management plan in 2005.

• Wolf Working Group charter — PDF