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Estimated number of elk situated west of the valley in 2009: 1,632
Estimated number of elk situated east of the valley: 2,048
Number of elk harvested in the 2009 season west of the valley: 189
Number of elk harvested east of the valley: 236

Number of deer harvested west of the valley in the 2009 season: 315
Number of deer harvested east of the valley: 592

Estimated number of mountain goats in the
Boulder and Smoky mountain areas in 2009: 146
Number of pronghorn antelope in the
Little Wood and Muldoon drainages in 2009: 200

Number of wolf packs within a 100-mile radius
(Phantom Hill pack, Little Wood pack, Soldier Mountain pack,
and numerous sightings in the mid-Wood River Valley area): 3 or 4
Number of wolves shot in the valley of the 10 hunted in the Southern Mountains Zone: 3

Total acres in The Nature Conservancy’s Silver Creek Preserve
and conservation easement area: 9,500
Number of bird species spotted there in 2009: 200
Estimated number of sandhill cranes in the 2009 fall survey of Silver Creek: 381
Number of bald eagle nests: 2
Estimated number of red-tailed hawks: 100

Estimated number of migratory bird species: 30
Number of rare Siberian accentors, a small,
shy and sparrow-like bird, spotted (in 1996): 1
Number of rare hooded crane species from Siberia spotted (in 2010): 1

Number of choice Wood River Valley fishing spots geared
toward families and the likelihood of catching fish: 5
Number of types of hunting and fishing licenses issued by the
Department of Fish and Game for the 2009 season: 20

Estimated number of fish species in the Big Wood River: 11
Estimated number of rainbow trout over 8 inches (per river mile): 1,329
Estimated number of beaver ponds along the Big Wood River: 12

Number of permanent Department of Fish and Game officers in the Wood River Valley
area tasked to “protect state’s fish and wildlife as well as inform and educate public,
assist biologists in research and enforce other state laws as certified peace officers”: 1

valley wildlife
By the Numbers
Compiled by Pat Murphy