1. Clearwater Region Elk

2. Clearwater Elk Harvest

3. Clearwater Region Elk Harvest by Zone, 2008

4. 2009 CLEARWATER REGION ELK STATUS RELATIVE TO PLAN OBJECTIVES ZONECOWSBULLSADULT BULLS PALOUSE ABOVE HELLS CANYON ABOVE ELK CITY MEETS DWORSHAK MEETSBELOW BELOW SELWAY BELOW LOLO BELOW

5. Palouse Zone Population (Units 8, 8A, 11A) Cow Objective Bull Objective

6. Hells Canyon Zone Population (Units 11, 13, 18)

7. Elk City Zone Population (Units 14, 15, 16)

8. Dworshak Zone Population (Unit 10A)

9. Selway Zone Population (Units 16A, 17, 19, 20)

10. Lolo Zone Population (Units 10, 12) Cow Objective Bull Objective

12. Lolo Zone Harvest

13. Palouse Zone—Units 8, 8A, 11A Add 3 days of cow elk hunting on private land to the B-tag hunt, Oct 15 – Oct 17 Add Unit 11A to the January 8X controlled cow hunt & modify its boundary to mirror “greenfield” hunt area Dworshak Zone—Unit 10A Add a controlled hunt for cow elk in Hunt Area 10A-1, Aug 1 – Sept 15 Elk City Zone—Unit 16 Add a controlled hunt for cow elk in Unit 16, Dec 10 – Dec 31 Lolo Zone—Units 10, 12 Establish an A-tag quota of 404 (-7%) Reduce the B-tag Quota to 1,088 (-14%) Elk Season Changes for 2010

14. Ungulate Ecology Study

15. Lolo Zone Elk Population

16. Lolo Zone Cow Elk Survival

17. Expected Adult Survival

18. Accidents/ Malnutrition Causes of Cow Elk Deaths

19. Dec–Jun Calf Elk Survival

20. Expected Dec-Jun Survival

21. Accidents/ Malnutrition Causes of Calf Elk Deaths

22. Cow Survival = 75% - 79% Dec-June Calf Survival = 73% (9%) Calf Recruitment < 15 Calves:100 Cows Cow Population Growth = - 13% to -15%/year Lolo Zone Elk Population

23. Elk Mgmt Zone (Units) Annual Survival Rates (%) % of Mortalities by Cause Sex/ Age Class 2005- 06 2006- 07 2007- 08 2008- 09 Legal Hunting Harvest Wolf Predation Cougar Predation Unknown Predation 1 Other Causes 2 Lolo (10, 12) Adult Cows 8272718424718637 6mo Calves 73 nd9067154 Lolo Elk Management Zone, 2005-2009

24. Wolf Status

27. Palouse- Hells Canyon Dworshak- Elk CitySelwayLolo Region Total # Packs 1127828 # Breeding Pairs 17UNKNOWN412 # Depredations 15006 Min # Wolves 103662173 Min # Pups 326UNKNOWN1544 Clearwater Region 2009 Wolf Population Summary

28. Wolf ZoneHarvest Limit Number Harvested Limit Remaining StatusSeason Dates Palouse-Hells Canyon 550 CLOSED 18 Dec 09 Oct 1 – Mar 31 Dworshak-Elk City 18 0 CLOSED 16 Nov 09 Oct 1 – Mar 31 Selway 17116 Open Sept 15 – Mar 31 Lolo 271314 Open Sept 1 – Mar 31 TOTALS 674720 Clearwater Region Wolf Zones and Current Harvest