Yellowstone Wolf Directory

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Famous and Iconic Wolf #9F

["The Mother of Legends"]

[Original Alpha Female of Rose Creek and Mother of 21M]

a. 1995 Arrivals

b. 98 lbs as alpha female

c. Black wolf who turned silver-gray when old.

d. Released March 22 1995, exit March 29

e. Original Rose Creek Member and First Alpha Female

f. Still Rose Creek Member and alpha female as of Dec 31 1996

g. Bred with 10M in captivity and delivered a litter of 8 pups in April 1995

h. Mother of 16F, 17F, 18F, 19F, 20M, 21M, 22M, 23M born in april 1995

i. Bred with 8M in 1996

j. Mother of 3 pups in April 1996

k. One of the 3 Rose Creek Females who bred in 1997 (18F and 19F are the others)

l. 0 of her 7 pups survived the year end (1997).

m. 8M is supposedly the father of her 1997 litter

n. All her daughters from the litter fathered by 10M bred in 1997 (16-19F)

o. She and her daughter 18F bred in 1998 for the Rose Creek Pack.

p. She had a litter of 5 pups in 1998

q. Her Daughter 18F forced her out of the pack in 1999.

r. She resided in the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness now after her forced leaving of Rose Creek.

s. She and her daughter 18F and grand-daughter 78F bred for Rose Creek in 1999.

t. She had 8 pups in 1999.

u. She joined the Clarks Forks Pack in 1999

v. She join the Beartooth Pack in 2000 and likely die in it in 2002.

* That is the nickname I gave her...*

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Recap 

ID : #9F

Nickname* : "Mother of Yellowstone Legends", "Natasha"

Birth : unknown

Weight at release : 98 lbs as alpha female

Color : Black but turned silver-gray with age

Status in the Rose Creek Pack :

First Alpha Female of the pack history (March 1995-1999)

Loner after her daughter 18F force out in 1999

Beartooth alongside 77F & an uncollared black male [Acted as a breeding female]

Died in 2002

Packs : Rose Creek (1995-1999), Clarks Forks (1999) and Beartooth (2000-2002)

Mates : 10M (first mate) and 8M

Ancestry : Canadian wolves

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Descendance :

Famous Wolf 7F aka "Rosie" [Founder and longtime Alpha Female of Leopold with Famous 2M from 1996 to 2002] *

Famous Wolf 16F [Longtime Alpha Female of Chief Joseph and Founder of The Sheep Mountain Pack]*

Famous Wolf 17F*

Famous Wolf 18F [Second Rose Creek Alpha Female]*

19F*

20M

Iconic Wolf 21M aka "The Legendary Alpha Male of The Druid Pack"*

22M

23M

51F

52M [Founder of The Sunlight Basin Pack]*

53F

85F

153F*

154F

155F

156F

190F*

208M [Could also be 18F or 78F] [Presume to be 78F]*

#86

#87

#88

#89

#90

#100

#157

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Descendance Legacy (Descendance that produced known pups) *Alive if colored* as of Jan 2020 :

Famous Wolf 113M [Longtime Alpha Male of Agate Creek and Father of "The 06 Female"] [Grandson] [Son of 17F]

115F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 17F]

150M [Grandson] [Son of 2M]

Famous Wolf 151F [Founder & Longtime Alpha Female of The Cougar Creek Pack] [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 7F]

Famous Wolf 152F [Founder of The Swan Lake Pack] [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 7F]

161M [Grandson] [Son of 18F]

162M [Grandson] [Son of 18F]

164M [Grandson] [Son of 16F]

Famous White Wolf 192M [Founder & Longtime Alpha Male of The Bechler Pack] [Grandson] [Son of 18F]

Famous Wolf 193M [Longtime Mollie's Alpha Male] [Grandson] [Son of 18F]

Famous Wolf 194M [Grandson] [Son of 18F]

207M [Grandson] [Son of 7F]

Famous Wolf 209F [Longtime Alpha Female of Leopold] [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 7F]

217F [Founder of the Slough Creek Pack] [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

219M [Grandson] [Son of 21M]

220F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 7F]

251F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

253M [Grandson] [Son of 21M]

255F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

259F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 7F]

287M [Grandson] [Son of 7F]

290F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 2M]

Famous Wolf 302M aka "The Casanova" [Founder of the Blacktail Deer Plateau Pack] [Grandson] [Son of 7F]

344F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 7F]

353F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

376F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

391F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

Famous Agate Creek Alpha Female Wolf 472F [Mother of "The 06 Female"] [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

Famous Wolf 480M aka "302M Brother" [4th and Longtime Alpha Male of the Druid Pack] [Grandson] [Son of 7F]

527F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

529F [Grand-Daughter & Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M and 286F]

Famous Wolf 569F [Grand-Daughter & Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M & 286F]

694F [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

"Half-Black" [Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 21M]

"U-Black" aka 427F [Grand-Daughter] [Founder of The Specimen Ridge Pack] [Daughter of 21M]

261M [Great Grandson] [Son of 193M]

Famous Wolf 286F ["Last Mate of 21M"] [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Half-Black"]

295M [Great Grandson] [Son of 113M]

304M [Great Grandson] [Son of 151F]

Famous Wolf 383M [Great Grandson] [Son of 113M]

Famous Wolf 469F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 220F]

Famous Wolf 470F [Founder of The Oxbow Creek Pack] [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 209F]

Famous Wolf 471F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 113M]

Famous Wolf 478F [Longtime Cougar Creek Alpha Female and Oldest Wolf Recorded in YNP History] [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 151F]

Famous Mollie's Alpha Male Wolf 495M [Great Grandson] [Son of 193M]

525F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 113M and 472F]

536F [Founder of The Oxbow Creek Pack] [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 220F]

545F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 192M]

590M [Great Grandson] [Son of 113M]

632F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 151F]

625F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 209F]

636M [Founder of The Mary Mountain Pack] [Great Grandson] [Son of 151F]

641M [Great Grandson] [Son of 193M]

686F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 193M]

692F [Great Grand Daughter] [Daughter of 113M and 472F]

Famous Wolf 693F [Founder of the Blacktail Deer Plateau Pack] [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 113M and 472F]

Famous Wolf 712M aka "White Lady's Mate" or "The Canyon Alpha Male" [Great Grandson] [Son of 193M]

715F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 113M & 472F]

778M aka "Big Brown" [Great Grandson] [Son of 480M]

830F [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 302M]

The Famous Wolf 832F aka "The 06 Female" or "O-Six" [Founder of The Lamar Canyon Pack] [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 113M and 472F]

838M aka "Big Blaze" [Great Grandson] [Son of 480M]

"Bright Bar" [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 480M]

"Dull-Bar" [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 480M]

"Medium Gray" [Great Grandson] [Son of 480M]

[i]Bechler Female [Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 192M][/i]

380F [Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 261M and 217F]

642F [Founder of The Mount Everts Pack] [Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 383M and 472F]

Famous Wolf 779F [Longtime Mollie's Alpha Female] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 495M]

Famous Wolf 821F [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 469F]

870F [Founder of The Junction Butte Pack] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 495M]

"Patch" aka Famous Wolf 890M [Current Mollie's Alpha Male] [Great Great Grandson] [Son of 693F]

Famous Wolf 909F [Longtime 8-Mile Alpha Female] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 469F]

"Puff" aka Famous Wolf 911M [Founder of The Junction Butte Pack] [Great Great Grandson] [Son of 693F]

Famous Wolf 926F aka "Spitfire" or "Famous Daughter of "The 06 Female" or "Mother of Little-T" [Longtime Lamar Canyon Alpha Female] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 832F/O-Six/"The 06 Female"]

953F/1204F [Current Alpha Female of Cougar Creek] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 478F]

970F [Founder of The Junction Butte Pack] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 495M]

"Hook" [Great Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 380F]

"Ragged-Tail" [Founder of The Junction Butte Pack] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 495M]

"The Wapiti White Alpha Female" [Founder & Current Longtime Alpha Female of The Wapiti Lake Pack] [Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 712M]

Famous Wolf 907F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Puff" (911M) and "Ragged-Tail"] [Former Longtime Alpha Female Of Junction Butte : UBF (her daughter) is now the alpha] [One of the breeding females of the pack]

Famous Wolf 969F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Puff" (911M) and "Ragged-Tail"]

978F/1239F [Former Alpha Female of Mollie's & now a member/breeding female of the pack] [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 779F]

1005F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 909F] [Founding Alpha Female of The Phantom Lake Pack] [Current Alpha Female of The 1005F/1200M Group]

Famous Wolf 1014M [Current Wapiti Lake Alpha Male] [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of 779F]

Famous Wolf 1015M [Current 8-Mile Alpha Male and Former Wapiti Lake Alpha Male] [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of 779F]

1047M [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of 909F] [Alpha Male of Junction Butte]

1048M [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of 821F] [Beta Male of Junction Butte]

1049F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 909F] [Subordinate Member of Phantom Lake] [Died in May 2020]

1090F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 779F] [Current Alpha Female of Mollie's]

1091F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female"]

1118F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 779F]

[color=#000000]1119F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 909F] [Current Alpha Female of The Phantom Lake Pack]

"Little-T" [Current Alpha Female of Lamar Canyon] [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "Spitfire" (926F)]

'Brindle" [Current Alpha Female of 8-Mile] [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 909F]

1106M [Great Great Great Grandson & Great Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" & 1015M] [Founding & Alpha Male of Phantom Lake]

1109F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 890M ("Patch") and either 821F or 909F] [One of now at least 4 Breeding Females of Junction Butte]

UBF [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 890M & 907F or 969F] [Current Alpha Female of Junction Butte]

1104F [Great Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 1015M and 1091F] [Localized in Grand Teton NP]

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Living Legacy [Alive Descendance that didn't produce pups or known pups [# or nicknamed] :

963F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of 909F] [Missing since 2018 when she traveled outside the park and was then monitored by the Montana F&W]

996M [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of 821F] [Subordinate Member of 8-Mile]

1155M [Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of 779F] [Lone Wolf]

1198F & 1199F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughters] [Daughters of 953F/1204F] [Members of Cougar Creek]

1156M [Great Great Great Grandson & Great Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" and 1015M] [Member of 8-Mile]

1197F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter or Great Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of either 926F ("Spitfire") or 926F daughter (Little-T), the latter being presumed] [Member of Lamar Canyon]

1201F & 1203F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughters & Great Great Great Great Grand-Daughters] [Daughters of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" and 1015M] [Members of Wapiti Lake]

1234M & 1236M [Great Great Great Grandsons & Great Great Great Great Grandsons] [Sons of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" and 1014M] [Members of Wapiti Lake]

1235F [Great Great Great Grand-Daughter & Great Great Great Great Grand-Daughter] [Daughter of "The Wapiti White Alpha Female" and
1014M] [Member of Wapiti Lake]

1238M [Great Great Great Grandson & Great Great Great Great Grandson] [Son of 978F and "Patch" (890M)] [Member of Mollie's]

"Two Dot" [Great Great Great Grand-Pup or Great Great Great Great Grand-Pup (presumed)] [Pup of either 926F ("Spitfire") or her daughter ("Little-T")] [Gender Unknown] [Member of Lamar Canyon]

1230M & 1231M & 1232M & 1233M [Great Great Great Great Grandsons] [Sons of 1015M and "Brindle"] [Members of 8-Mile]

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*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

Photo credit of these gorgeous pictures : Wolf 7F & 9F in the Rose Creek pen; Jim Peaco; 1995

*This image is copyright of its original author

Photo Credits :  Wolf #9 in the Rose Creek pen; Jim Peaco; 1995

*This image is copyright of its original author

Photo Credits : Wolf #9 of the Rose Creek pack in Rose Creek pen; Barry O'Neill; 1995

*This image is copyright of its original author

Photo Credits : Wolf #9 in the Rose Creek pen; Barry O'Neill; March 1995

Description of the first 2 pictures and sixth picture : The Black Wolf is #9F (7F's mother) and her daughter (7F) is the other wolf on this picture.

Context of the 3rd, 4th and 5th picture : The father of the litter of 8 pups (#10M) was shot. They captured the mother and her pups to give them a chance and help the YNP wolves population grow faster.

Beautiful pictures Jim, Douglas and Barry !

Copyright policy of YPC :

*These images are in the public domain and may be reproduced, free of charge with the proper credit line.*

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Source of these informations : Yellowstone Wolf Projects Annual Reports and "Charting Yellowstone Wolves (25th Anniversary)"

(1995 and 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999)

(The link to the Wolf Annual Reports is in the first post of the thread)

*Edit of this post will come in shorter or later moments after all the 1995 reintroduced wolves (#2M-15M) are done !*

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*Note* : I transferred this thread to my forum : The Domain of the Wolf and updated and added many informations from the multiples sources I red. Hope it is understandable.  Also, there is a problem with the spacing between texts sometimes which i can't fix. Sorry for the inconvenience it might cause.

Although all the informations are based from my review, searches and documentation of my searches on the Internet, some informations can be, and are inaccurate due to new papers coming out, new genetics analyses, etc etc.

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