WILDLIFE -- A multi-state, multi-agency effort getting underway should greatly improve our regional understanding of the elusive tough-guy of the weasel family.

Western states team up on wolverine study
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Washington state will work together on a multiyear, multistate study of wolverine populations. Wyoming began a pilot project in the southern mountains of the state, and next winter bait stations with hair traps will be put up in Idaho, Montana, Washington and northern Wyoming.

Also participating in the Western States Wolverine Conservation Program are the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Northern Arapaho, Eastern Shoshone, and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai tribes, and the University of Montana, Montana State University and Colorado State University.