The Nashata Pack: the most remote wolf pack in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem #Video

Three days ago, we learned that the Nashata Pack—one of the most remote and challenging wolf packs to study in the Greater Voyageurs Ecosystem—did indeed produce a litter of pups this year and that 4 of those pups are still alive! The evidence was this really neat video of the pack with 4 pups in tow in early October!

This is particularly satisfying for us because we documented the genesis of the Nashata Pack back in early 2020, when the pack carved out a territory between the Cranberry Bay and Shoepack Lake territories somehow.

However, the pack did not produce pups last year, which is relatively unusual for packs in our area so we questioned whether the Nashata Pack would continue to occupy this area or just sort of fizzle out. Clearly, they are not fizzling out!

The Nashata Pack occupies the central portion of the Kabetogama Peninsula, a beautifully remote and wild area in the heart of Voyageurs National Park that is very hard to access. There are only a few hiking trails and no roads.

Figuring out where wolves travel in this area—and thus where to put trail cameras—is a real challenge but after several years of effort and lots of failure, we have figured out a few reliable spots, which allow us to get insights like this!

Learn more about the Voyageurs Wolf Project:
Website: http://www.voyageurswolfproject.org
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