Table of Contents
Map of Northeast Yellowstone National Park
Select Yellowstone Wolf Pack Territories 2004–2009
Principal Wolves
Prologue
Previously in Lamar Valley
Part 1: 2004
1 To Be the Alpha You Have to Beat the Alpha
2 The New World Order
3 480’s Trial by Combat
Part 2: 2005
4 Outnumbered
5 Hard Times in Lamar Valley
6 Four Mothers at Slough Creek
7 The Fate of the Slough Pups
8 The Sloughs Expand Their Territory
Part 3: 2006
9 The Mating Season
10 The Den Siege
11 Resurgence
12 Summer
Part 4: 2007
13 302’s Walkabout
14 The Battle of Mount Norris
15 The Druids and the Sloughs
16 The Oxbow, Agate, and Leopold Packs
17 Conflict Among the Packs
Part 5: 2008
18 The Two Interlopers
19 The Tragedy of Light Gray
20 Occupational Injuries
21 A New Pack Forms
Part 6: 2009
22 The 06 Female
23 302 and His Pups
24 No Country for an Old Wolf
Epilogue
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
References and Suggested Reading
Index