PROTECT YELLOWSTONE'S WOLVES BEYOND THE PARK

Yellowstone's wolves don't recognize park boundaries.

Inside Yellowstone National Park, wolves are protected. But when they naturally cross the park's invisible boundaries into Wyoming, they can become vulnerable to legal hunting.

This year, northwest Wyoming's wolf population has fallen significantly, prompting the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to reduce the number of available wolf hunting licenses for the 2026 season to just 22.

But Yellowstone wolves—including wolves like 1090F—can still be put at risk simply by moving beyond the park boundary.

These wolves are part of Yellowstone's ecosystem, and their survival shouldn't depend on which side of an invisible line they happen to be standing on.

We're calling on the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission to:

• Establish a no-hunt buffer around Yellowstone National Park to protect park wolves that naturally cross its boundaries.
• Suspend recreational wolf hunting in northwest Wyoming while the population recovers.
• Work with Yellowstone National Park and wildlife biologists to adopt science-based management that minimizes human-caused mortality of wolves primarily living within the park.

Yellowstone itself recognizes the challenges of managing wolves across political boundaries and has recommended strategies such as smaller hunting zones and quotas near the park to reduce impacts on Yellowstone's packs.

Send a letter to the Wyoming Game and Fish Commission and tell them: crossing an invisible boundary shouldn't cost a Yellowstone wolf their life.

Protect Yellowstone wolves beyond the park.