NE Washington

The region has seen quite a change from Mother Nature over the past couple of weeks, with cooler temperatures and stormy conditions. In fact the past 10 days or so, the PNW has seen storms roll in from the Pacific on average every 36 to 48 hours ...

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What is the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife going to do about the Wedge wolf pack in the northeast corner of the state? That question remains nearly a week after additional depredations were attributed to the pack. Last weekend, WDFW said seven more cattle were attacked on private pasture land; leaving all cows with injuries ...

What’s to be done about the growing wolf population in Washington, and the growing number of depredations attributed to those wolves?   Northeast Washington representative Joel Kretz, says for producers to protect their livelihood and their income, they need to know where the wolves are.  That’s w...

Governor Jay Inslee is asking the Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife to kill fewer wolves in the northeast corner of the state.  In a letter written to Director Kelly Susewind this week, Inslee asked that changes be made to the gray wolf recovery program to increase the reliance on non-lethal methods and to “significantly” reduce the need of lethal removal of wolves.  Inslee said th.

The Washington state Department of Agriculture announced this week two Ag groups will receive grant money for non-lethal wolf deterrent efforts.   The Cattle Producers of Washington will receive $144,908 for a project that involves using conflict specialists to address wolf issues in Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille and Okanogan counties.  Me...

The Washington state Department of Agriculture announced this week two Ag groups will receive grant money for non-lethal wolf deterrent efforts.   The Cattle Producers of Washington will receive $144,908 for a project that involves using conflict specialists to address wolf issues in Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille and Okanogan counties.  Me...

Because of the high number of depredations at the hands of the Old Profanity Territory, or OPT pack, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says additional wolves will be killed.  On Wednesday WDFW Director Kelly Susewind reauthorized WDFW staff to lethally remove wolves from the OPT pack in response to repeated depredation of cattle on federal grazing lands in the Kettle River range of Fe

Because of the high number of depredations at the hands of the Old Profanity Territory, or OPT pack, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says additional wolves will be killed.  On Wednesday WDFW Director Kelly Susewind reauthorized WDFW staff to lethally remove wolves from the OPT pack in response to repeated depredation of cattle on federal grazing lands in the Kettle River range of Fe

On Wednesday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife authorized killing some members of a wolf pack that are preying on cattle in the northeastern corner of the state.  Agency director Kelly Susewind said the state will kill part of the OPT pack, for the second year in a row, in an effort to change the behavior of the pack.  Th...