About Jim & Jamie Dutcher

Jim also received the prestigious Wrangler Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in 1991 for his documentary Cougar: Ghost of the Rockies. In 1995, the Governor of Idaho appointed Jim as an ex officio member of the Idaho Wolf Management Committee, where he served until 2001.

Jamie Dutcher, Jim's wife and co-producer, was formerly an employee in the animal hospital of the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., bringing to the film projects her knowledge of animal husbandry and medical care. Combined with her gentle instinct, these skills enabled Jamie to quickly gain access to the sensitive and secret inner lives of wolves. Her photographs complement the Dutchers, three books on The Sawtooth Pack.

Together, the Dutchers founded the nonprofit organization Living with Wolves in 2006, seeking to reestablish the wolf in its rightful place as a part of the ecosystem. After devoting their lives to bringing the story of The Sawtooth Pack, and all wolves, to the world, they know that education is the key to understanding. Jim and Jamie travel extensively throughout the United States, Canada and Europe, presenting programs to audiences at museums, zoos, libraries, clubs, and schools, and distributing books and DVDs. Many thousands of adults, and even more important, children have heard them speak and have seen their extraordinary images of wolves, gaining indelible knowledge. ...read more