Wolf seen on video won’t find suitable habitat in Silver State
This video shared by the Nevada Department of Wildlife shows the first confirmed wolf sighting in Nevada since 1922. It was spotted in Nov., 2016 on Fox Mountain in Northern Washoe County.Nevada Department of Wildlife
The first confirmed wolf to visit Nevada since 1922 caused a stir on social media but likely won’t find much of a life in the Silver State.
The historical record shows Nevada is notoriously inhospitable terrain for wolves. And it suggests the state has little to no chance to ever become home range for viable packs.
“Records show that Nevada is and always has been poor wolf habitat,” stated a Nevada Department of Wildlife paper from 2003 on the history of wolves in Nevada.
The main reason is the prey species required to support viable wolf habitat are few and far between in Nevada, the paper stated.
“Because this primary factor of wolf habitat is and always has been absent, Nevada is not now, nor has it ever been, the likely home of a viable wolf habitat,” the paper’s author wrote.
On March 24, the Nevada Department of Wildlife announced it had confirmed a wolf sighting from November 2016.
The department said it was the first confirmed sighting since 1922.
Source: Video: Nevada’s lone wolf endures inhospitable terrain