Thanks for that explanation MD....so if costal browns and mountain griz have the exact same DNA but it is biologically accepted that they're "different" animals, I don't think it is out of the question to consider the northern Rocky Mountain wolf "different" than the northwestern (Mackenzie Valley) wolf which I believe inhabits northern Alberta where the transplants came from, but who knows how/if their habits or niches evolved differently or how those differing niches would have affected elk differently in the lower 48.
Like I said in my first post in this thread, there's so much misinformation and uncertainty out there that I can't make heads or tails of the whole situation.
