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Cattle ranchers in Oregon, Colorado, and Wisconsin say gray wolf populations have bounced back, but current federal law leaves them with few options when wolves kill livestock.

The Washington State Legislature has approved $390,000 for 2026, and another $390,000 for 2027, to help the Department of Fish and Wildlife develop new conflict-mitigation strategies for wolf recovery and livestock protection

Earlier this week, the Center for Biological Diversity announced its plans to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service if a national gray wolf recovery plan is not developed.

On Tuesday, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife staff killed an adult female non-breeding wolf from the Sherman pack.

Earlier this month, central Washington Representative Dan Newhouse, wrote a letter to the new head of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, asking that grizzly bears not be reintroduced in the north Cascades ecosystem.

An adult male wolf from California appears to have relocated to Central Oregon. ODFW says CA102 entered Klamath County in May of this year.

R-CALF USA is calling on Congress to pass the Pet and Livestock Protection Act of 2025.  The Legislation, introduced in late January by Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert and Wisconsin’s Tom Tiffany, seeks to remove the gray wolf from the Endangered Species List and return management authority to individual states.  R-CALF CEO Bi...

According to the Washington Gray Wolf Conservation and Management 2024 Annual Report, while the number of gray wolf packs in Washington increased in 2024, the state’s wolf count declined overall last year.   As of December 31st, 230 wolves were counted in 43 packs in Washington.  WDFW sai...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife is looking for the person or persons who killed a gray wolf in Central Oregon.  Investigators say on March 10th, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and State Police were called to a report of a dead male gray wolf near Sisters.  Th...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife has increased its reward for information after three wolves were found dead in central Washington.     Fish and Wildlife raised its reward to $10,000 for information leading to arrests and convictions after dead wolves were found in Klickitat and Okanogan counties.  Investigator...