![]() ![]() If you are interested in receiving email notifications from WDFW about wolf activity updates, you can sign up here. Counting wolves is a daunting effort that currently employs a variety of tools, including radio collars, helicopters, and dart guns, but might eventually move to noninvasive-and safer-approaches, such as using trail cameras and AudioMoths (recording devices that enable researchers to listen for wolf howls). Oregon and Washington have similar climates, but their wetlands differ due to differences in each state’s landscape. WDFW counted 132 wolves in 24 packs and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (CTCR) reported 46 wolves in five packs in Washington at the end of 2020. WDFW biologists conduct an annual wolf population survey to obtain a minimum count of wolves in the state. You can also watch a video of the presentation on the annual wolf report. WDFW produces an annual report documenting the status, distribution, and management of wolves in the state of Washington over the previous year. Citizen reports of wolf activity and problems are encouraged as WDFW staff members monitor the growth of Washington’s wolves. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is managing this recovering endangered species, guided by a citizen-developed plan to address conflicts with livestock and impacts to other wildlife species. This is known as the “ Gray Wolf Conservation and Management Plan.” Because wolves have endangered status in Washington, the state is required to develop a recovery plan with objectives for downlisting the species. ![]() The salamanders head is small, round, and full with small bulging eyes. Ambystoma gracile is a huge, heavy-bodied salamander with brown, green, gray to the nearly black coloration of their soft skin. They are endemic to the Pacific Northwest in North America. Wolves are protected with legal status under the federal Endangered Species Act and under state law in Washington. Pacific northwest salamanders exist in wet forests or partially woody regions. Wolves dispersed into eastern Washington and the North Cascades on their own from adjacent populations in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and British Columbia. Wolves are returning to Washington on their own there have been no federal or state actions to reintroduce wolves into Washington. In 2008, Washington wildlife managers documented the state’s first breeding wolf pack in modern times. Infrequent reports of animals continued in the following decades, suggesting that individuals continued to disperse into Washington from neighboring states and British Columbia. By the 1930s, wolves were considered eradicated from the state. Historically, gray wolves were common throughout much of Washington, but their population declined rapidly because of trapping, poisoning, and hunting as ranching and farming by European-American settlers expanded between 18. The gray wolf ( Canis lupus), is a native Washington species. ![]()
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