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.
About a month ago, a federal judge blocked plans to ship garbage from Hawaii, through the Columbia Gorge, to a landfill in Eastern Washington.
It was a victory for environmental groups and the Yakama Nation. They said the federal government didn’t do a good enough job evaluating the risks of invasive species that might be hidden in the piles of trash.
Too bad for Hawaii that they didn’t have a back up plan. The garbage pile is growing to monster size. They’re trying to find other ways to get rid of it.
See the full story on Yahoo News.
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 of the Imnaha pack has been located.
This post was written by Nick Engelfried, a volunteer for Sierra Club and one of the organizers of the Paint Past Coal event.
On Tuesday students and supporters involved in the Beyond Coal campaign used art to put our vision of Oregon’s clean energy future on canvas as part of an event titled Paint Past Coal.
Give the gang at Coal Free Oregon some credit for coming up with new ways to keep their cause in the news.
Washington DNR gave final approval today for a major expansion of the trail system in the Yacolt Burn State Forest.
The new plans covers about 40,000 acres, nearly all of them in Clark County.
