Gray Wolf Updates

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  • August 5, 2020

CDFW has posted new wolf photos and video on the CDFW Gray Wolf web page and CDFW YouTube Channel.

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  • 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
  • January 27, 2020

CDFW has posted its Quarterly Wolf News Update and Wolf Activity Map on the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

Categories: General
  • October 18, 2019

CDFW has posted its Quarterly Wolf News Update, Known Wolves of California, and Wolf Activity Map on the CDFW Gray Wolf webpage.

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  • October 18, 2019

CDFW has posted two new depredation investigation reports from September 30 and October 3, 2019 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

Categories: General
  • October 1, 2019

CDFW has posted a new depredation investigation report from September 25, 2019 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

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  • September 30, 2019

CDFW has posted a new depredation investigation report from September 21, 2019 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

Categories: General
  • September 24, 2019

CDFW has posted a new wolf video of the September 2019 wolf capture on the CDFW YouTube Channel.

Categories: General
  • September 24, 2019

CDFW has posted a new depredation investigation report from September 12, 2019 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

Categories: General
  • September 20, 2019

CDFW has posted a depredation investigation report from September 12, 2019 to the CDFW Gray Wolf web page.

Categories: General

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