Wallowa County

A nearly $100 thousand federal grant aimed at helping farmers and ranchers find new ways to stop wolves from killing their livestock is coming to Oregon.  Elli Gage, with Western Landowners Alliance, said preventing depredations is difficult because wolves are very intelligent. “...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has authorized lethal removal of four additional wolves from the Chesnimnus Pack in response to continued livestock depredations in Wallowa County.  The newly issued lethal take permit will allow the affected livestock producer or their agents to remove up to four wolves from the Chesnimnus pack in private pastures or grazing allotments legally occupied b

The Greater Idaho Movement has changed its proposed map, trimming the amount of Oregon that would break away and join the Gem state. Mike McCarter, President of “Move Oregon’s Border”, said they decided to remove the southern Oregon coast. “So, it start ...

On Friday, Oregon Governor Kate Brown declared a drought in Baker, Douglas, Wallowa, and Wheeler Counties. The declaration directs state agencies to coordinate and prioritize assistance to the region. "Baker, Douglas, Wallowa, and Wheeler Counties are facing historic challenges from drought conditions that are creating hardships for the people, farms, ranches, communities, and ecosystems of

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a wolf was killed after chronic depredations in the NE corner of the state. The yearling male was a member of the Chesnimnus Pack and was killed Tuesday May 3rd under a kill permit issued by ODFW to a livestock producer after three calves were killed in three days ...

After roughly four weeks of quiet, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called to their 2nd depredation in as many days last week. On Tuesday, May 26th, a livestock owner reported seeing eight wolves around the remains of a six-week-old, 180 lb ...

Earlier this week, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife crews were called out to the first depredation reported in roughly a month. On the afternoon of Monday April 25th after a livestock owner found the remains of a two-month-old, 170 lb ...

The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for your help finding the person or persons responsible for shooting a wolf to death in Wallowa County. Investigators said the wolf was reported to OSP and the state Department of Fish and Wildlife on Saturday January 8th. T ...

Crews with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife were busy with several depredations to wrap up October. Investigators were called to a dead cow as well as an injured cow in the Howard Butte area of Wallowa County. The two cows were discovered early Thursday morning on 23,000 acres of private forested land ...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildfire crews were call to a trio of depredations in the Deer Creek area of Wallowa County over the weekend. It started Saturday morning, when a hunter came across a dead 700 pound calf (calf A) in a 15,000 acre forested private land allotment ...