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John W. Winship

A wildlife biologist and pilot remembered for fieldwork in the American West and Upper Midwest, he is best known to many readers as one of the contributors to a classic study of Minnesota timber wolves.

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Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota

Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota

by L. David Mech, Louis Daniel Frenzel, P. D. Karns, Robert R. Ream, John W. Winship

About the author

John W. Winship is listed as a co-author of Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota, a long-circulating scientific work on wolf ecology. Records gathered during this search also connect him with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

An oral history transcript from the Service identifies him as a pilot and biologist who worked first in the Minneapolis Regional Office and later in Albuquerque. That background helps explain the practical, field-based perspective associated with his published work.

Detailed biographical information about his early life, education, and other publications was not clearly available in the sources I could confirm here, so this overview stays focused on the parts of his career that are well supported.