Waking up from my winter hibernation to pass along this amazing video from ODFW. I have no idea why other media haven’t picked up on it.
Shot on December 30, it gives us a close up look at three members of the Imnaha wolf pack in Northeast Oregon. That includes the alpha female and a pair of one year old pups. By now, the pups are full grown.
ODFW says it counted 16 pack members, bigger than previously believed. The agency thinks the pack produced six pups last year instead of four.
Oregon Fish and Wildlife is giving us our first look at the newest members of the state’s growing wolf population.
The three photos, released late Wednesday afternoon, show the two pups born this year to the Wenaha wolf pack in Northeast Oregon.
ODFW captured, weighed and measured, then released the pups last Friday.
The alpha male of the Imnaha wolf pack is in the foreground, still wearing his radio collar. The alpha female is in the background. The image was recorded by a trail camera on August 11, 2010. ODFW photo.
ODFW just released this photo showing the alpha male of the Imnaha pack in Wallowa County. The photo was taken a couple of weeks ago as he and the alpha female stepped in front of a trail camera.
If you’ve been following the wolf news this summer, you’ll remember that his radio collar stopped transmitting in late May. He went missing just as the controversy over wolf attacks on livestock was reaching the boiling point. So there was some concern he’d been killed by a poacher. ODFW was saying all along that a broken collar was a far more likely explanation. Turns out they appear to be correct. You can see him wearing the collar in the photo.
Still waiting for photos of the two new wolf pups in the Wenaha pack.
Male wolf from Wenaha pack was fitted with a radio collar on Aug. 4, 2010. ODFW photo.
For the first time, wildlife officials have captured one of the wolves in the Wenaha pack in Northeast Oregon.
The two year old male was caught on Wednesday, outfitted with a tracking collar, and released.
It’s a big deal for Oregon Fish and Wildlife. That’s because it will now be a whole lot easier for the agency to monitor the pack and learn more about how well the wolves are doing.
One of 45 goats released at Mt. Jefferson. Photo by Jim Yuskavitch.
For the first time in more than a century, wild Rocky Mountain goats are back home in the Central Oregon Cascades.
45 goats – relocated from the Elkhorn Mountains – were released Tuesday at the base of Mt. Jefferson. It’s part of an ongoing effort to help the Rocky Mountain goat recover in the state.
Oregon’s only breeding pair of wolves has done it again.
Oregon Fish and Wildlife says the Imnaha pack has – at least – four new wolf pups this year.
The photos of the pups romping through a field in Wallowa County are sure to delight environmentalists, and to dismay many Northeast Oregon ranchers.
Hands Across the Sand at Neptune State Park. Photo by Gus Gates, Oregon Surfrider.
If you missed the weekend protest against offshore oil and gas drilling, here’s a way to experience it on your computer.
We’re getting video and photos from some of the Hands Across the Sand events in Oregon. There were 17 of these gatherings in Oregon on Saturday, part of a national movement to draw attention to the dangers of offshore drilling, and to promote clean and renewable energy.
Hundreds of Oregonians, maybe thousands, will join hands tomorrow to send a message about offshore oil drilling.
It’s called Hands Across The Sand. More than a dozen events are planned across the state.
Phantom Hill Wolf, Wood River Valley, Idaho. Photo by Randy Flood.
With the debate over wolves in Oregon heating up, the timing couldn’t be better.
The documentary, Lords of Nature, has a showing Monday night at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland.
Maybe it was at home when you first heard it. The loud thud at the window. A bird strike.
While they may seem like rare events, bird strikes into windows are actually very common. They’re the number two killer of wild birds in the country, after habitat loss.
But no one really knows how many birds die this way, and how much damage it’s doing to bird populations. The best estimates put the death toll at hundreds of millions per year. In Portland, the Audubon Society is leading an effort to get some answers.
