gray wolves

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife was called out to the Big Lookout Mountain area of Baker County last week after two dead calves were discovered.  On Wednesday, the carcasses of two 10-month-old calves, weighing roughly 500 pounds each were found in a 5000-acre private-land pasture.  At the ...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews are investigating a depredation that occurred in Baker County's Big Lookout Mountain area.  Investigators were called out Wednesday evening, after a livestock producer found an approximately 450 pound, six-month-old, injured calf in a 1000-acre private-land pasture.  ODFW sa...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says the Rogue Pack is responsible for three confirmed depredations over the past week.  All three took place in the Ft. Klamath area of Klamath County. On the morning of Friday, July 22nd, a ranch manager found a dead, 850-pound, yearling steer in a large private-land grass pasture.  OD...

Last week, Dan Newhouse, chair of the Western Caucus, joined 20 of his House Republican colleagues in introducing the Trust the Science Act, which looks to strengthen state management of the gray wolf. The legislation would require the Department of the Interior to reissue the 2020 final rule delisting the gray wolf from the list of endangered species in the lower 48 states ...

In late October the federal government announced it was removing gray wolves from the Endangered Species List, making many in the Ag community very happy, especially the livestock industries. While the announcement was welcomed news, many in farm country understand the battle is far from over ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed a wolf depredation in the Horseshoe Ridge area of Umatilla County. ODFW crews were called out to an injured livestock guard dog that was protecting sheep on private lands in the area ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed a wolf depredation near the Immigrant Gulch area of Baker County. A producer reported finding an injured two-day old calf on fenced private pasture land. ODFW responded to the area Monday morning and examined the calf ...

Late last week, a King County Superior Court Commissioner denied a motion for a temporary injunction that would have prohibited the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife from killing wolves in the Old Profanity Territory pack.  Because of Thursday’s decision, the Department can remove wolves from the OPT pack as authorized July 31st by WDFW Director Kelly Susewind.   A...

Late last week, a King County Superior Court Commissioner denied a motion for a temporary injunction that would have prohibited the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife from killing wolves in the Old Profanity Territory pack.  Because of Thursday’s decision, the Department can remove wolves from the OPT pack as authorized July 31st by WDFW Director Kelly Susewind.   Altho...

The Department of Interior continues to look at delisting the gray wolf in the Lower 48.  When a proposal was announced earlier this year, a comment period was opened.  That comment period came to a close earlier this month.  Central Washington’s Dan Newhouse said at this point, Interior plans to go through those comments with a fine-toothed comb.   “My underst...