Wolf (Canis lupus)

[TheNormalGuy]

• California
  

Quote:The gray wolf (Canis lupus) is a native species that was likely extirpated from California in the 1920s. The gray wolf is now returning to California on its own by dispersal of individuals from populations in other states. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is working to monitor this recovering endangered species.

(California Department of Fish & Wildlife)

wildlife.ca.gov/conservation/mammals/gray-wolf

California’s Known Wolves – Past and Present (PDF

Quote:nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=178550&inline

The link above bring you to an small report of Wolf Activity in California (April 2020)

They mostly are active in Plumas and Lassen County [If the term county is the right term to use, i'm canadian so i do not know lol]

Quote:OR-7


Born into northeast Oregon’s Imnaha pack in 2009, OR-7 was collared with a GPS transmitter
by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) in February 2011. OR-7 dispersed
from the pack in September 2011 and followed a southwesterly course across eastern
Oregon to the southern Cascades. On December 28, 2011, he crossed the Oregon state line
into eastern Siskiyou County just north of Dorris. OR-7 spent much of 2012 and early 2013
in California. He spent the greatest amount of time in mountain habitats west of Lake Almanor
(near the junction of Butte, Plumas and Tehama counties), and roamed widely throughout
northeastern California, including the Sacramento Valley floor near Redding and Red Bluff.
OR-7 returned to Oregon in April 2013, found a mate, and they formed the Rogue Pack.
OR-7 and his mate produced three pups in 2014, and subsequent litters in 2015, 2016, 2017,
and 2018. Three of OR-7’s offspring have been detected in California: the breeding male of
the Lassen Pack (“CA08M”), and a female (“CA10F”) detected in eastern Siskiyou County in
2017, and OR-54.

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There is currently one pack in California : The Lassen Pack.


The Lassen Pack is California’s second contemporary pack, and the only currently known wolf
pack in the state. 

The Shasta Pack is a former/defunct pack of California.

Informations from a source previously stated above : 

CALIFORNIA’S KNOWN WOLVES – PAST AND PRESENT (February 2020)

• Washington
  

Quote:As of the end of 2014, Washington has at least 68 wolves in 16 packs with 5 breeding pairs.

wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/packs

Quote:"Since wolves began to naturally recolonize Washington in the mid-2000’s, their population has been concentrated mostly in the Columbia Highlands and Kettle Range of northeast Washington, with a few packs confirmed in the North Cascades as well as the Blue Mountains and canyon country of our state’s southeast corner. Wolves have been slower to recolonize the rest of the Cascade Mountains, particularly south of Interstate 90. According to an annual report produced at the end of 2017, no wolf packs have yet been confirmed in this area.

Still, unconfirmed reports of wolves and alleged photos of wolf tracks have filtered in frequently from Washington’s South Cascades in recent years. Potential sightings have been reported from places including the upper Green River watershed, Bumping Lake, White Pass area, and near the Yakama Indian Reservation."


www.conservationnw.org/news-updates/wolf-survey-deterrence-relocation-study-funded

Quote:wdfw.wa.gov/species-habitats/at-risk/species-recovery/gray-wolf/observations (Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife)

The above link shows an interactive map with red dots where wolves have been reportedly sighted in the state of Washington.

Sightings occured outside and inside North Cascades, Olympic and Mount Rainier NP


Also, if you click on the red dot : it gives you a lot of informations about the sighting [Which is ******* amazing]

• Oregon
  

Quote:In northeast Oregon, also in July 2008, wolf howls were heard by biologists who identified at least 2 adults and 2 pups. This was the first confirmed breeding pair in Oregon.

www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/121669711311520.xml&coll=7

By December 2011, Oregon's gray wolf population had grown to 24. One of the Oregon gray wolves, known as OR-7, traveled more than 700 miles (1,100 km) to the Klamath Basin and crossed the border into California.

wallowa.com/free/former-imnaha-pack-wolf-or--enters-california/article_ccdb208c-3281-11e1-a1f0-001871e3ce6c.html

Oregon's wolf population increased to 77 wolves in 15 packs with 8 breeding pairs as of the end of 2015.

www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pressrel/2015/04032015_ServiceStateAgenciesReleaseNRMWolfNumbers.php

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