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<p>Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks wolf biologist Kent Laudon listens for transmitter signals from his trapline to determine if any traps have been triggered by wolves. Trapping is necessary to fit a wolf with a radio collar so a pack can be monitored.</p>

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Running a trapline - Pursuing a wolf pack requires patience
June 15, 2013 10 p.m.

Running a trapline - Pursuing a wolf pack requires patience

Baited with scent and concealed under forest duff and sticks, the traps are set Thursday on the likely travel routes surrounding a newly discovered wolf denning area in the Salish Mountains southwest of Lakeside.