Wolf populations in Northern Rockies states

Gray wolf numbers in the Northern Rockies have declined about 6 percent from 2011, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Congress removed the wolves from the federal endangered species list in 2011. A state-by-state breakdown of year-end 2013 minimum wolf count and percentage change over two years:

—Idaho: 659 wolves; down 14 percent

—Montana: 627 wolves, down 4 percent

—Oregon: 61 wolves; up 110 percent(asterisk)

—Utah: 0 wolves; no change

—Washington: 38 wolves; up 46 percent(asterisk)

—Wyoming: 306 wolves, down 7 percent

—NORTHERN ROCKIES TOTAL: 1,691 wolves; down 6 percent

(asterisk)includes wolves only in eastern portion of state