AR-News: (US MT) Wolf politics make NWC skittish; Intern program at college suspended ove

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By ALLISON BATDORFF
Gazette Wyoming Bureau 
POWELL, Wyo. - Students at Northwest College have tracked wolves, mapping 
their territories and studying wolf behavior in the field as interns with the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 
But the college suspended the program after spring break, deciding that 
hot-button wolf politics were potentially a threat to the students' safety. 
Removing the burden 
"It's so hot and people are so mad that we decided to remove them after the 
midterm," said NWC associate professor of biology Ron Hitchcock. "We don't want 
to put that burden on the students." 



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http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2004/03/30/build
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