wolf depredation

Late last week, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife approved lethal action against the Lookout Mountain Pack, after a 4th depredation in 14 days. The Department said it will provide a kill permit to the livestock producer who requested the option after ODFW confirmed that the Lookout Mt Pack killed or injured four of their cows between July 14th-26th ...

Investigators with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife were called to a pair of depredations in Baker County over the weekend. It started Friday morning when a livestock producer found a dead 850-pound, 18 month old heifer on private land in the Nodine Creek area ...

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 ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a calf found dead in the Meacham area of Umatilla County last week was killed by nearby wolves. ODFW crews were called to a 4,000-acre forested private-land pasture Wednesday morning where a 300 pound calf had been discovered ...

On Wednesday, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife was called out to a dead calf found in the Manning Creek area of Baker County. The calf was discovered by a producer on an over 3,500 acre public land allotment. ODFW investigators say when they arrived the calf carcass had been heavily fed upon ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife says a four month old calf was killed by wolves in Baker County over the weekend. A rider came across the carcass just outside of a 400-acre private rangeland pasture Monday. ODFW investigators say the calf carcass was intact and had not been scavenged, but did have tooth scrapes on both back legs ...

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife investigators were called out to Grant County to at least one, and possibly a second depredation earlier this month. On May 8th, ODFW was called to the Fox Valley area were a 400-pound yearling heifer was fond in an 800-acre rangeland pasture on private land ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed Monday that two calves were killed by wolves in Baker County late last week. Investigators were called out to a pair of two-month-old calves, found by hunters on a large public land allotment ...

According to the latest numbers from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, the wolf population in Washington continued to grow in 2020. WDFW's annual report, released late last week shows the minimum count of wolves reached its highest levels since the species began returning to the state ...

Oregon’s gray wolf population grew in 2020 with the state Department of Fish and Wildlife documenting 15 more wolves. ODFW released its annual Wolf Conservation and Management Report this week, which stated there are at least 173 known wolves. ODFW determ ...