My wife and I have been 4x to YNP over the last 10 months. All trips had one purpose: see and learn about wolves. During our trip in late June 2021 we saw the Junction Butte pack with pups. I lost count of people lined up to see these wolves along Slough Creek, on Specimen Ridge and in Lamar Valley. We made another trip to YNP in early September 2021. Then as the end of the year approached we learned that members of the Junction Butte pack were killed while leaving the park; three of the pups dead. So-called hunters equipped with nite-vision goggles/scopes, thermography, lights, bait (you name it - anything appears justified just to kill wolves) are sitting just outside the park boundaries waiting for wolves (tolerant to humans). Their hate for this social and essential creature is unbridled. We returned in January /February 2022. Wolves were harder to see - further away. Should we come back to states that sanction bounty killings of an apex predator?

Special Interests like watchable wildlife, backpacking, birdwatching, fishing and hiking should not have to be silent while ranching, hunting, trapping and agricultural businesses utilizing public lands have their way with politicians.

Return a sense of fair chase to the hunters by limiting the arsenal of weapons at their disposal to hunt wolves in and around the National Parks in MT, ID and WY.

Give agricultural interests options from Federally funded budgets paid for by ALL interests. Penalize those that refuse to follow the letter of the law, and be sure that these penalties are significant to influence future actions.

I visit YNP 3-4 times a year and have been doing so since I saw my first wolf in 2006. My primary purpose is to see and learn about wolves. I make a point to support local small businesses - I start by staying at a wolf sanctuary B&B. I rent from an independent car rental agency, I shop at grocery stores in Bozeman and Livingston and Gardiner. I visit restaurants in all three of those towns, I have also stayed in SilverGate and Gardiner. I hire a guide, or take classes with Yellowstone Forever. I buy items from local businesses, including gear and jewelry. I watch these wolves, get to know their numbers, and then when I am home, I read Yellowstone Reports and follow information on social media about them. Having a quota in the areas around the park a good balance. Killing park wolves, who are are more habituated to humans because of the intensity of them being observed, is not ethical. The state is killing the goose that lays the golden egg for MT residents and businesses.

We are planning a summer trip to Yellowstone this summer and have put our trip on hold due to the state's war on Yellowstone wolves. Our projected budget for the 5-day trip was $3,000 for local lodging, food and recreation.

I am not against all wolf killing. There is some point beyond which wolves and humans cannot co-survive, as is the case with grizzlies. But I am very much against the killing of any wolf who manages to pass out of the boundaries of YNP. And I am willing to pay a surcharge that would offer compensation to any rancher suffering harm from wolves. Some wolf control is inevitable; what we have at the moment is too much.

I say all this as someone who for twenty years has taken at least two and often three trips through Paradise Valley (stopping almost every year at Dupuys at least twice) to Gardiner for four or five days each trip to fish (staying usually at Riverside Cottages in Gardiner and last year at VRBO offering) to fish the Lamar Valley and occasionally elsewhere.

Could I support reasonable hunting quotas as part of an ethical, science-based strategy to manage Montana's wolf population? Sure. Do I believe the harvest in zones 313 and 316 should be absolutely minimal to protect the wolves and the residents whose livelihoods depend on them? Absolutely. Do I condone Governor Gianforte and the Montana state legislature's efforts to use wolves as a pawn in a rancorous culture war to appease their anti-federalist grudge? Not a chance. They have the right, the choice and the votes to pass short-sighted, anti-wildlife legislation. They can tip the scales to support other industries whose revenues are dwarfed by the sums generated by non-consumptive tourism and recreation. They can choose to deliberately impoverish the kind people who have welcomed me to your state and shown me why it is proud to be known as the Last Best Place. I also have the freedom to spend my discretionary income in another place that shares my value for wildlife.

This is so disgusting I have canceled my trip to Yellowstone & surrounding areas. Why aren't ranchers doing non-lethal methods to curb depredation? Wolves have always been a keystone animal. Cattle not! So disturbing that with very little attacks on cattle, that wolf hunts are necessary to begin with. Just sick of this mentality! Time to evolve!

My family and I were coming to visit Gardiner Montana in May 2022. We have decided to cancel and vacation elsewhere. My whole reason to come to the area was to visit Yellowstone and the possibility to view the wolves. With a stroke of a pen these wonderful beings are being unfairly shot and trapped and I will not spend one dime in Montana now. I can't believe the lawmakers are not listening to the people. The wolves of Yellowstone belong to all of us, what a shame and a waste.

I would never..... Ever enjoy watching .trapping any animal.. I love to watch the wolves. I went from new England to Montana, wyoming, idaho I landed in Misaulia And left from Boseman.. Total miles 3,600 miles 7,000 with plane fair car rental hotels. horseback riding.. rodeo.. whitewater rafting.... Went to see Yellostone the film sight.. a chuckwagon meal.. tour of lamar valley...

Our family visited Yellowstone in January of this year, 2022. This was a trip we had been looking forward to for months; we were especially excited to see wolves. What we'd hoped would be an joyous and inspiring trip was marred by news that broke the night we landed in Bozeman, Montana. Twenty wolves had been shot just outside of park. We were heartsick. Our time in Gardiner was over-shadowed by the horrible killings that happened near the North Entrance of the park. It was amazing to see the wildlife in Yellowstone, the hunting and trapping of wolves is a dark stain on your beautiful state. Please, protect wolves.

I've been to Yellowstone National Park 5 times since 2012. We go for the wildlife. 2018 was the first time we saw wolves. We were so thrilled. Since we stay in the Park, we don't spend a lot outside the park, though we get gas and food at various places outside the park. My thoughts on Wolf Hunting and trapping is that the state governments are pandering to hate and violence.. Killing wolves is all about hate and violence. The proof is in the pictures and comments posted by hunters. The proof is in asking a wolf hater to leave the guns at home and take a camera instead. They won't. I know, I made that challenge to several. No response. Montana, Idaho ( with Idaho, you can see their mentality about wildlife with their game crossing signs) and Wyoming listen solely to money, ignoring science and the public. It is reprehensible that these three states prefer to pander to hate and violence rather than science and the public.

My wife and I live in California. We have been visiting Montana and the Yellowstone area for over 15 years
The place and the people are wonderful. The wildlife is amazing. But the one thing that captivated us, that we see as unique, beautiful and worth returning to experience multiple times each year is the wolves.
We spends days of each visit searching for and watching the wolves. When we go home we follow their stories online
We talk to our friends and colleagues and encourage them to visit the park and see them too.

For accommodation, food, gas, trips and services we are spending over $5000 each visit. We visit two to three times each year and are planning longer stays in coming years.

We are watching the escalating cull of wolves in Montana, candidly, in horror. The disproportionate impact of the cull on the Yellowstone packs is heartbreaking. On an almost daily basis we learn of the death of a wolf we have personally watched from pup to adult over years of visits. It makes