L. David Mech is a senior-research scientist with the Biological Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey Layne G. Adams is a research biologist with the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center in Anchorage, Alaska Thomas J. Meier is a wolf recovery biologist for the U.

S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Kalispell, Montana John W. Burch is a wildlife biologist for Gates of the Arctic National Park and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve in Alaska Bruce W. Dale is a wildlife biologist for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.