{"id":610999,"date":"2025-10-14T11:11:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/?p=610999"},"modified":"2026-02-04T10:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:06:26","slug":"catching-up-with-karl-antoine-a-grey-wolf-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/all\/catching-up-with-karl-antoine-a-grey-wolf-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Catching Up with Karl-Antoine: A Grey Wolf Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Karl-Antoine Hogue has been working hard this summer, documenting the activity of grey wolves, caribou, and moose!<\/em>

Earth Rangers, I\u2019m so excited to share my last report with you \u2013 it\u2019s been such a busy time for me! I\u2019ve been working hard with the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation Land Guardians to document grey wolf activity in their Traditional Territory. One important thing you should know about grey wolves: they\u2019re not easy to observe. I bet you\u2019re wondering: if you can\u2019t find them, how do you know what they\u2019re up to? Great question! The answer is: game cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n

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This game camera records and measures snowfall – how cool is that?!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Game cameras detect motion and take pictures of an animal as it passes by. We have a large network of game cameras, so we\u2019ve been able to gather a lot of really useful information about wolves, caribou, and moose. And we got some great pictures! Check out some of my favourites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, with all the useful information the game cameras gather, we\u2019re able to learn about the inner workings of a wolf\u2019s life. We\u2019re particularly interested in how wolves use the Old Crow Winter Road and how that road impacts the ecosystem here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you might know, grey wolves play a really important role: they\u2019re apex predators. They eat animals like caribou, moose, and hares (among others) and they help to keep ecosystems in balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we\u2019ve discovered (so far\u2026there\u2019s still lots of data to analyze!) is that wolves tend to like to use the Old Crow Winter Road, while other animals, like caribou and moose, do not. Now we have to ask ourselves the most important question: why is that?<\/p>\n\n\n

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A pack of wolves makes their way across their territory – hmmm, I guess if I was a moose or caribou I’d probably steer clear too!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The answer is: we don\u2019t know for sure (yet). But our hypothesis (that\u2019s our best guess, based on the data we have) is that the road offers wolves an easier way to travel and better hunting opportunities. We hope to investigate more in the future, and to look into how human activity along the road affects grey wolves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I really love what I do and I can\u2019t wait to continue to work with the Land Guardians. Earth Rangers, I hope you<\/em> find a job you love one day. Who knows? Maybe I\u2019ll see you up north sometime in the future!<\/p>\n\n\n

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