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The Great Predator Debate trilogy, the monthly C3 journal, our illustrated biology guides and Sherlock Bones for younger naturalists.
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Wolf Education & Research Center · thirty years in the field
The pack we raised taught a generation.
Now it's the world's turn.
For three decades we cared for the Sawtooth and Owyhee packs so children and scientists could see a wolf's story up close. The packs have passed. Our work — teaching, publishing and defending wild carnivores wherever they meet people — continues.
Our mission
We turn three decades of fieldwork into classrooms, publications and coalitions — so the next generation inherits a world where predators and people thrive side by side.
30
years in the field
From caretakers of the Sawtooth and Owyhee packs to mobile classrooms and coexistence trainings — the work has never paused.
3
continents reached
Reporting, educators and field partnerships across North America, South America and Africa — wherever wild carnivores meet people.
501(c)(3)
verified nonprofit
EIN 82-0453409. Ninety-four cents of every dollar goes to programs — not overhead.
Passport to Wildlife Academy
A platform for teaching biology, ecology & wildlife science.
Built by biologists, ecologists and science educators. Designed for real classrooms. Delivered worldwide.
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Free expert-built lessons in biology, ecology and wildlife science.
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Create classrooms, assign coursework and track student progress.
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Students unlock savings and benefits as they complete lessons.
Three ways in
Choose how you show up for wild carnivores.
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Fund the fieldwork
A recurring gift funds tracking, research grants, outreach events and the journal. A legacy gift carries the work past your lifetime.
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Act
Show up, speak up
Volunteer at local outreach events, join the C3 membership or bring a WERC educator to your classroom or community.
Get involved →The long story
From the Sawtooth pack to classrooms across three continents.
We were founded around two iconic packs — the Sawtooth, ambassadors of the Nez Perce reintroduction, and the Owyhee, rescued a decade later. For twenty years, they were how a generation of biologists, educators and ordinary families first met a real wolf.
The last wolf of the old era passed in February 2020. The Center did not. Since 2015 we have been pivoting to Passport to Wildlife — a mobile classroom, a conflict-response program, a documentary trilogy and the monthly C3 journal that now reaches readers on three continents.
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1996 — 2020
Sawtooth & Owyhee packs
2015 →
Passport to Wildlife
Monthly
The C3 journal
Trilogy
The Great Predator Debate
Latest stories
From the field & the forest
April 1, 2026
Wolves Without Passports
Wolves don’t recognize national borders—but humans do. This mismatch creates “transboundary accidents,” where the same animal moves across radically different legal systems, risk landscapes,…
March 24, 2026
Wolves, Coyotes, and Dogs
A practical field guide to telling wolves, coyotes, and dogs apart in real-world conditions. Learn how to read silhouette, tail, gait, and behavior to…
March 20, 2026
Wolves and Water
Water doesn’t just keep wolves alive, it quietly maps their movements. From snow consumption in winter to shared summer water corridors with prey, livestock,…
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Every wolf counts. Every gift counts.
A recurring gift funds tracking collars, research grants, outreach events and the C3 journal. Ninety-four cents of every dollar reach the field. Cancel anytime.
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Guardian
$25/month
Funds livestock-coexistence training for one ranch per year.
Become a GuardianPack leader
$100/month
Underwrites a research grant and gets you into our private field briefings.
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