April 2026 - Wolf News Update
CDFW has posted several new documents to its gray wolf webpage. The new documents are the Quarterly Wolf News (January - March 2026 (PDF), the Approximate Area of Gray Wolf Activity Map: March 2026, and an updated version of California's Known Wolves - Past and Present: March 2026 (PDF).
CDFW's new Quarterly Wolf News Update summarizes known packs, areas of wolf activity, and dispersing wolves. It also summarizes wolf-livestock depredation investigations, compensation for confirmed and probable depredations, and outreach.
The new Approximate Area of Gray Wolf Activity map reflects CDFW’s known wolf activity through March 2026. CDFW relies on help from the public in determining the presence of wolf activity and encourages the public to report potential wolf sightings on its Gray Wolf Sightings Report page.