Jamie Klund, Nevada's sports information director, said the historical information on the Web site will be updated.

Amaroq Weiss, director of Western species conservation for Defenders of Wildlife, said wolves must have been prevalent in Nevada and California given the history of references to wolves in tribal cultures.

"The Paiute tribe has several creation stories that use the wolf as well as several tribes throughout California. It's a strong indication that the wolf must have been there in real numbers," she said from Ashland, Ore.

Weiss also pointed to a paper published in 2001 by Malcolm Margolin, which said there were roughly 80 tribal languages in California when Europeans arrived in California in the 18th century "and virtually all had distinct words for wolf, dog, fox and coyote — so they knew there was a difference."

Hank Vogler, a longtime rancher and hunter in eastern Nevada's White Pine County, is among those who wanted the wolf taken off the protected list in Nevada. He said Idaho's wolves already have started crossing the Snake River into Oregon and it's only a matter of time before they show up in Nevada.

"I'm for anything to keep them from being elevated into some high and noble position to where we can't do anything about it if they show up," he said.

Vogler said that under the Fish and Wildlife Service's way of thinking, dinosaurs might as well be listed as endangered.

"How 'bout the wooly mammoth? When was the last time you saw one of those? Or the saber-tooth tiger?" Vogler said. "How far back do you want to go?"