The report, "At a Crossroads: TheWolf and its Place in the Northern Rockies, " examines the progress of wolf projects, but also looks at the obstacles in the way of successfully restoring wolf populations.
Conservation groups, including the Humane Society, opposed the decision, butthe Minnesota-based International Wolf Center argued that wolves are a threat to domestic animals wherever the two coexist.
Alaska is the only state where wolves are not listed under the Endangered Species Act, but conservationists maintain the legislation could put wolf populations at risk.