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OR-7, California's first resident wolf in over 80 years. In late December 2011, OR-7, a male gray wolf from Oregon, became the first confirmed wild wolf in California since 1924, when wolves were considered extirpated from the state.
A California gray wolf, dubbed OR 85, in 2023. The wolf was fitted with a satellite collar to help the California Department of Fish and Wildlife track the state's burgeoning wolf population.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) monitored the expansion of wolves in Oregon and began in 2011 to prepare for the possibility of wolves recolonizing the state. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] The repopulation of wolves in California was recognized in late December 2011, when OR-7 , a male wolf from Oregon , became the first confirmed wild ...
The Lassen Pack, which lives in Lassen National Forest, is California's second pack since wolves were eradicated from the state in the 1920s. [46] In June 2017, CDFW biologists fitted the female of the Lassen Pack breeding pair with a tracking collar. [47] OR-85 is a male wolf that traveled from Oregon to Siskiyou County in November 2020.
There are currently nine packs of grey wolves in California confirmed by wildlife officials, including three new ones this year alone. SF Gate reported earlier this month that wildlife officials ...
Two gray wolves were captured in north-central Washington state in July 2008, one of which was a nursing female. This was the first evidence of reproducing wolves in the state since the 1930s. [135] As of the end of 2022, Washington has at least 216 wolves in 37 packs with 5 breeding pairs. [136]
The Idaho state government opposed the reintroduction of wolves into the state, and many ranchers and hunters there feel as if the wolves were forced onto the state by the federal government. The state's wolf management plan is prefaced by the legislature's memorial declaring that the official position of the state is the removal of all wolves ...
Lassen National Forest is also the site of significant events in California history: Ishi Wilderness was the refuge of the "last wild Indian", [citation needed] Caribou Wilderness was one of the first protected "primitive areas" decades before the federal wilderness system was established, and the volcanic explosion of Mt. Lassen was the first ...