Project Area

The Wood River Wolf Project implements proactive, nonlethal deterrence strategies across a defined Project Area within the Wood River drainage of Blaine County, Idaho.

This landscape includes U.S. Forest Service grazing allotments within the Sawtooth National Forest, where tens of thousands of sheep graze each year. Sheep enter the Project Area in May and remain through October, with the final bands departing after the annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival.

The Project Area spans rugged, high-elevation terrain across portions of the Pioneer, Boulder, and Smoky Mountain ranges — a vast and challenging environment where wolves, livestock, and native wildlife intersect.

Since its founding in 2008, the Wood River Wolf Project has expanded its efforts to include adjacent Forest Service allotments, increasing protection for both sheep and wolves across a broader landscape.