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March 2015 - Jan 20, 2022 4:27:51 GMT
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Post by Hill on Aug 20, 2015 23:52:24 GMT
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March 2015 - May 1, 2023 4:20:37 GMT
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Post by diane9247 on Sept 11, 2015 6:21:30 GMT
Hill, it's nice to hear about California wolves, I hadn't really kept informed about them. Oregon's wandering wolf, OR-7 (also known as Journey), passed near where I live 3 1/2 years ago on its way to Siskiyou County, California. It fathered several pups in 2014 by a female from NE Oregon and still wanders back and forth between Oregon and California. Now, another Oregon wolf, this one without a GPS collar, was seen in July on a trail camera and tracks were seen on a trail. The Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife believed it, too, was headed for Siskiyou County, where your Shasta Pack is located.  The origin of these wolves is a large pack in NE Oregon, called the Imnaha Pack, which had migrated from Idaho in 2008. As of the end of 2014 there were 77 confirmed wolves i Oregon with 8 breeding pairs. OR-7 is the founder of what's now known as the Rogue Pack, named for the Rogue River, near which the pack is now based. This is not the best image, but OR-7's wanderings are marked in orange.  The genealogy of these packs is fascinating (once I started reading about it, I couldn't stop). "Wolf OR-7’s father is known as OR-4. He is the largest wolf to be collared by the state of Oregon, and also suspected to be responsible for many of the livestock depredations by the Imnaha pack." ( Source of quote and above map.) All of Oregon's "High Desert" - about 1/2 of the state - is cattle country and, naturally, the ranchers are not happy about their wolves.  MapSo, it looks like you can expect more wolves in California. |
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