Isle Royale wolf relocation project wraps up for the year

HOUGHTON, Mich. (AP) — Officials at Isle Royale National Park say they’ve wrapped up the first phase of a multi-year effort to rebuild the gray wolf population.
Three females and one male were trapped on the Minnesota mainland in recent weeks and flown to the Lake Superior park. A fifth wolf died during transit.
Two other wolves were already at the park — the last survivors of a population that had nearly disappeared because of inbreeding and other factors.
Officials had hoped