MINNESOTA
Something to
howl about
By Maggie Barnett
Times Staff Writer
Stalk the elusive gray wolf on a week-long tour of the Boundary Waters
Canoe Area Wilderness and Quetico Provincial Park in northern Minnesota.
The guided tour starts Aug. 15 with a visit to the International Wolf
Center in Ely, Minn., before the group embarks by canoe on the
interconnecting waterways of the 1.5-million-acre Boundary Waters
park. The park is home to the largest gray wolf population in the
Lower 48.
The group will learn about the wolves' natural habitat and social behavior,
including wolf pack hierarchy, predator-prey relationships, pup rearing,
mating systems and pack communication.
Participants might communicate with the wolves themselves.
"Each day we do group howls," said Jim Blauch, owner and
outfitter of Moose Track Adventures.
Cost: $895 per person. This includes guide, all meals,
kevlar canoes, gear and camping equipment. (Transportation from
Los Angeles in not included.)
Contact: Moose Track Adventures, Ely, Minn.; (800)
777-7091, www.moosetrackadventures.com |
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Photo by Dennis Davis
Wolf Sculpture at the
International Wolf Center, Ely, MN
Photo by Dennis Davis
Paddle in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness in
kevlar canoes.
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