On Thursday, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission takes a look at a new Wolf Management Plan. For those who care about the future of wolves in our state, this is the moment we’ve been waiting for. The agenda includes time for comments from the public. Wolf supporters – and detractors – are hoping...
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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.
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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...
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The Wenaha wolf pack in Northeast Oregon has produced at least two pups this season. ODFW confirmed the news this afternoon. They appear to the first pups born to the Wenaha pack. And there’s some good news to report on Oregon’s other wolf pack. After being missing for almost three months, the alpha male...
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Fish and Wildlife asked for comments on the state’s Wolf Management Plan, and Oregonians responded in a big way. ODFW says it received more than 22,000 letters and emails from the public and stakeholder groups such as the Oregon Cattleman’s Association, Oregon Wild, and the Hells Canyon Preservation Council. After sorting through the pile,...
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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...
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Thanks to a federal judge in Montana, Oregon’s wolves are back on the Endangered Species List. District Judge David Molloy ruled today that the federal government made a mistake last year when it delisted wolves in four states, including Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana – but kept them on the list in...
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As if old growth logging, and competition from barred owls wasn’t enough. There’s another threat to Oregon’s fragile population of northern spotted owls. Research from Oregon State University says climate change may also hurt the spotted owl’s chances for survival.
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6PM: UPDATED WITH NEW INFO FROM ODFW The hunt for wolves in Northeast Oregon is – for all practical purposes – on permanent hold as federal officials begin the job of studying how the hunt will impact the state’s small population of gray wolves. Dan Kruse of Cascadia Wildlands says his group received a...
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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.
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