Current Numbers: 2
Pack Status: Active without pack status. Designated as a pack in 2015.
Evidence of wolf activity in the South Snake River Unit (by wolves other than the Snake River Pack or the Imnaha Pack) began as early as August 2014, and information of repeated use was later documented in January 2015. Although evidence of at least two wolves was confirmed.
Remote camera photographs taken near the end of March 2015 showed the wolves were part of a pack with six wolves, including at least 2 pups born in 2014. They were officially designated as the South Snake Pack in 2014, as well as being confirmed as a breeding pair.
The pack was then discovered in early 2015 in the northeastern portion of the Pine Creek Unit. The pack produced at least 2 pups that survived to the end of 2015 and qualified as a breeding pair. A female wolf was radio-collared in June.
Reproduction was not confirmed in 2016, and the pack was not counted as a breeding pair. There were no radio-collars in the pack during 2016, and the pack was not located during the spring, summer, or fall. Three wolves were located in the southern portion of the use area during January 2017.
In 2018, a new pair produced four pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair. It is unknown if these wolves are related to the wolves of the previous South Snake Pack.
Reproduction was not confirmed in 2019, and the group was not counted as a breeding pair. In 2020, the South Snake Pack produced two pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair. There was a minimum of four wolves confirmed in the pack for the year.
Radio-collar data showed a 275 mi² use area with 98% of location data points on public lands and 2% on private lands.
In 2021, the South Snake Pack produced at least two pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair. There was a minimum of five wolves confirmed in the pack.
Five wolves were also documented at the end of 2022. No pups were documented during the winter count, and the pack was not counted as a breeding pair for the year.
In 2023, the South Snake Pack produced four pups that survived until the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair, with nine wolves in the pack.
Three wolves from the pack were killed by poison in 2024. The South Snake Pack did not produce pups for the year, and only two wolves were documented during the winter count. This means they no longer count as a pack as of 2024.
