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Washington’s wolf population is down for the first time since resident packs were confirmed to be returning to the state about 16 years ago, new figures show. The state and tribes counted a minimum of ...

This Nov. 7, 2017, photo released by the National Park Service shows a wolf in the road near Artist Paintpots in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Wolves have repopulated the mountains and forests of ...

Washington’s wolf numbers shrank slightly last year for the first time in 16 years. The Department of Fish and Wildlife’s 2024 Wolf Conservation and Management Report put the year-end minimum count ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. (Washington State Standard) — Washington’s gray wolf population is at its highest count since the state began monitoring in 2008. State and tribal officials counted a minimum of 270 ...

Wildlife experts captured wolves in Oregon and released them in Grand County in December 2023. (PHOTO: Screengrab via Colorado Parks and Wildlife from video footage shot by Jerry Neal). Washington’s ...

Gray wolf pack numbers are growing in Washington even though the overall wolf count is down. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's (WDFW) annual report, 2024 was the first year ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) are looking for the killer of a federally listed endangered gray wolf. The male wolf was killed in ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.— Washington’s wolf population increased by 20% in 2023, according to figures released today by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. Even with this increase, wolf populations ...

The gray wolf population in Washington bounced back last year after recording its first decline in 16 years. Washington had at least 270 wolves across 49 packs at the end of 2025, according to the ...