Ryan Torland News Today

SENECA — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife have confirmed another depredation in Grant County, this time attributed to wolves in the Murderers Creek area of known wolf activity. State wildlife managers investigated the depredation of one injured four month-old-calf on private land in Bear Valley on Wednesday, Dec. 13., said Ryan Torland, ODFW wildlife biologist for the John Day District.

JOHN DAY — The Grant County Sheriffs Office responded to a report of a calf being killed by a wolf on a ranch in the vicinity of Luce Creek, south

JOHN DAY — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will hold a public meeting to discuss road closures during next year’s archery season to promote elk security on Tuesday,

JOHN DAY — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will hold a public meeting to discuss road closures during next year’s archery season to promote elk security on Tuesday,

A judge’s decision to restore federal protections for gray wolves last month has put Grant County at ground zero for relisting the predators under the Endangered Species Act.

IZEE — An investigator from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife could not determine whether a pair of wolves seen feeding on a dead cow near Izee in a

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has identified a new area of known wolf activity in the Murderers Creek Wildlife Unit of Eastern Oregon. Ryan Torland, an ODFW district wildlife biologist, said the area in southern Grant County east of Seneca has seen at least two different wolves over the past three years. One was black, he said, and it appears to have moved on about a year or two ago. He told the EO Media Group a gray wolf started to show up roughly a year ago. Torland said this was...

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife identified a new area of known wolf activity in the Murderers Creek Wildlife Unit. Ryan Torland, an ODFW district wildlife biologist, said the area in southern Grant County east of Seneca has seen at least two different wolves over the past three years. One was black, he said, and it appears to have moved on about a year or two ago. He told the Eagle a gray wolf started to show up roughly a year ago. Torland said this was throughout the winter and then...