Stevens County

Last week, the Washington state Department of Agriculture awarded the Northeast Washington Wolf-Livestock Management grant to the Cattle Producers of Washington. The Association will receive $397,440 for its wolf deterrence project. CPoW’s project involves using conflict specialists to address wolf issues in Ferry, Stevens, Pend Oreille and Okanogan counties. I ...

Washington state Department of Fish and Wildfire crews were called to a possible wolf attack on a bull in the northeast corner of the state on Friday March 26th. While WDFW staff investigated, they determined the injured bull which triggered the call had not been attacked by a wolf ...

Last week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife killed the two known remaining members of the Wedge wolf pack. The Department confirmed the killing of the adult male and adult female Thursday. WDFW said the former Stevens County pack was responsible for 16 depredations, with the last one coming August 1st ...

Last week, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind authorized the lethal removal of one to two wolves from the Leadpoint pack in northern Stevens County. Thursday’s announcement came in response to repeated depredations of cattle on private grazing lands. Sin ...

On Monday, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced the lethal removal of an adult, non-breeding female member of the Wedge wolf pack. The Department says this pack has repeatedly preyed on cattle on public and private grazing lands in Stevens County ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife was called out to another wolf depredation on private pastureland in Stevens County last week. An 800-pound calf was found with bite wounds and lacerations on Wednesday June 17th. Investigators say this was the 4th depredation since May 11th to occur in the Wedge pack territory ...

The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife said the Wedge Pack is responsible for two more wolf depredations in Stevens County this month. On Tuesday, May 19th, WDFW crews were called to private pasture land to a report of a dead calf ...

The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife said the Wedge pack is responsible for a wolf depredation that occurred in northern Stevens County last week. On Monday, May 11th, WDFW crews were called out to the calf found injured on private pastureland ... Read More ...

The storms that have pounded the Northwest throughout the month have been a blessing and a curse at the same time.  The snow and cold temperatures have improved the snowpack across Washington, but according to NASS some farmers have reported damage from this late blast of winter.  ...