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The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said a wolf killed a three-year old cow in the Foster Gulch area of Baker County last weekend. A ranch manger told ODFW the 1,100 pound cow was found injured on the morning of Saturday January 16th, on public land adjacent to a large private rangeland pasture ...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed one wolf depredation, and one probable depredation in Baker County.   ODFW was called to private timber land on February 16th.  When they arrived, Investigators found a dead yearling steer as well as an injured two-year-old bull.  ODFW al...

A southern Idaho lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow for year-round wolf hunting.  The legislation introduced last week by Senator Bert Brackett would create 11 big game hunting units, primarily located south of the Snake River, as “wolf-free zones,” allowing hunters and trappers to take wolves any time of the year.  The bill would...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife is investigating two wolf depredations the occurred in Jackson County within hours of each other.  Investigators were called to the Rancheria area, Between Crater Lake and Medford, Friday October 18th where a five-month old 300 pound calf was found dead on private pasture land.  OD...

A federal appeals court has overturned a U.S. District Court’s dismissal of a lawsuit by environmental groups challenging a federal agency’s killing of wolves in Idaho.  Last week, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled that a U.S. District Cour...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife shot and killed a member of a Ferry County wolf pack over the weekend.  WDFW said a marksman fatally shot a male member of the Togo pack.  The shooting near Danville in northern Ferry County took place Sunday, just a few days after a Thurston County judge cleared the Department to kill the wolf which was wearing a radio collar.   ...

The 2018 Oregon legislative session gets underway February 5th, and for the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association there are three key issues ranchers will want to watch closely this session.  OCA’s Executive Director Jerome Rosa told the Washington Ag Network on the top of the list is proposed Cap and Trade, which he says will negatively impact Oregon farmers,   “It will drive up their input costs, their

A Liberty Lake man was fined $8,293 in Pend Oreille County District Court last week in a plea bargain agreement for killing two wolves in 2016.  Terry Leroy Fowler, 55, pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful taking of endangered wildlife, while a third count was dismissed under the agreement.  Fo...

Wildlife officials say a gray wolf that left its pack in northeastern Washington trekked 700 miles across Idaho and Canada before being shot in central Montana last month.  The Washington Fish and Wildlife Department captured the male wolf in February and fitted it with a GPS tracking collar.  Th ...

Washington continues to report successes when it comes to its gray wolf repopulation efforts.  Last month, Department of Fish and Wildlife announced a 19th known pack, this one in Ferry County.  Of those 19 packs, all but three reside in Eastern or North Central Washington.  Donny M...