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    • November 18, 2020

    CDFW has posted new depredation investigation reports from October 30 and October 31, 2020 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

    Categories: General
    • October 29, 2020

    CDFW has posted a new depredation investigation report from October 22, 2020 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page

    Categories: General
    • October 28, 2020

    CDFW has posted its Quarterly Wolf News Updates on the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

    Categories: General
    • October 27, 2020

    CDFW has posted a new depredation investigation report from October 19, 2020 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page

    Categories: General
    • September 22, 2020

    CDFW has posted new depredation investigation reports from August 28 and September 5, 2020, to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page

    Categories: General
    • September 21, 2020

    CDFW has posted a new depredation investigation report from September 15, 2020 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page

    Categories: General
    • May 28, 2020

    CDFW has posted a new depredation investigation report from May 14, 2020 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

    Categories: General
    • April 10, 2020

    CDFW has posted a new depredation investigation report from March 30, 2020 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

    Categories: General
    • March 24, 2020

    CDFW has posted a new depredation investigation report from March 17, 2020 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

    Categories: General
    • February 6, 2020

    OR-54, a female dispersing wolf approximately 3-4 years old, was found dead in Shasta County on February 5, 2020. 

    OR-54 was born into Oregon's Rogue Pack most likely in 2016. She was the fourth Rogue Pack wolf known to have spent time in California. OR-54 weighed 83 pounds when collared by ODFW biologists in October 2017. On January 24, 2018, she crossed the state line into eastern Siskiyou County. Since then, she spent much of her time in California, although she made two trips back to Oregon. She covered more than 7,646 miles after leaving the Rogue Pack. OR-54 traveled widely in northeastern California, through portions of Butte, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou and Tehama counties. In late September 2019, she crossed to the south side of Interstate 80 and briefly entered Nevada before returning to California and crossing back to the north side of the highway the following day. Her travels represent the southernmost known wolf locations in the state since wolves returned to California in 2011.

    Gray wolves are covered under both the Federal Endangered Species Act as well as the California Endangered Species Act. CDFW takes very seriously any threats to this recovering wolf population. We are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding OR-54’s death. We remind the public that killing a wolf is a potential crime and subject to serious penalties including imprisonment.

    Categories: General

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