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A draft plan crafted to see grizzly bears restored to the North Cascades Ecosystem of Washington state proposes to release bears that would be treated as a "nonessential experimental population," a designation that would provide more options for managing the species, which currently is protected under the Endangered Species Act. The last confirmed sighting of a grizzly bear in
Washington Fish and Wildlife is offering a $51,400 reward for people with information on who killed six endangered grey wolves with poison.
Skip to main content Washington's gray wolf population grew in 2020, but species is not out of the woods yet Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail 1of5 Report: Washington's gray wolf population grew again in 2020Raimund Linke/Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less 2of5 Report: Washington's gray wolf population grew again in 2020Raimund Linke/Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less 3of5 4of5Gray wolf Ladyhawk roams her enclosure at Wolf Haven International in Tenino, Wash. on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016.GRANT HINDSLEY/SEATTLEPI.COMShow MoreShow Less 5of5 Washington wildlife officials are "encouraged" by the results of the ...
Senate Approves Bill to Kill 90% of Idaho’s Wolves; Opposition Ensues Senate Bill 1211 which calls for the killing of up to 90% of Idaho's wolf population was pushed through the senate on Thursday. Republican Sen. Mark Harris testified on behalf of Idaho's agricultural industry claiming, “These wolves, there’s too many in the state of Idaho now," of which are destroying ranchers and wildlife and that the bill is needed. According to The Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho's wolf population has been steady at 1,500 in the past two years. This bill would cut that down to 150 pushi...
“Washington wolf recovery continues to make solid progress,” state Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind said in a news release. “For the first time the North Cascades wolf recovery area has met the local recovery objective - four successful breeding pairs - during 2020.” Thirteen breeding pairs were documented by Fish and Wildlife in 2020 while the agency documented 10 in 2019. The state’s wolf population was almost wiped out in the 1930s, but a resident pack was documented by the state in Okanogan County in 2008 and the number of wolves has increased every year since. In 2019...