Wolves

As the legislative session heats up, here’s how Oregon Republicans are gaining ground within the state’s Democratic supermajority.

As wolf populations grow in Southern Oregon, ranchers are looking for non-lethal ways to keep the protected animals away from their livestock.

A new pack of endangered grey wolves was recently confirmed in Northern California, on the border of Lassen, Plumas and Shasta counties.

Gray wolves will keep their endangered status in Washington state.

The wolves kept other species in check, like deer and elk, and maintained a healthy environment.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife and the state police are offering $25,000 for information about the poisonings that leads to an arrest, conviction or civil penalty. Poisoning a wolf is a felony in Oregon and could result in up to five years in prison.

Oregon's gray wolf population took several hits in 2023, causing its growth rate to drop to zero for the first time since wolves started returning to the state.

Like hundreds of other ranchers in Colorado, the Stanko family is anxious about wolf packs being airlifted back to this state, where they were eradicated by the 1940s. Supporters of the effort, however, see a bright future.

Colorado's ambitious plan to restore wolves taps into years-old tensions in Oregon.

Colorado's booming urban population flipped the state from red to blue, allowing a referendum on reintroducing wolves to pass. But that growing population now may be too big for them to thrive.