12/24/2023 0 Comments California gray wolfOregon’s original famous wandering wolf, OR-7, traveled from the Wallowa Mountains in northeast Oregon, down into California in 2011. They often travel long distances during these dispersals. It’s common for young wolves to leave their home packs to find mates or look for food. “I think it’s indicative of the fact that California has plentiful suitable habitat for wolves.”ĭefenders of Wildlife has been pressing the Biden administration to restore federal protections for gray wolves. “If you would have asked me even just a few years ago if I thought gray wolves would ever make it to Ventura County, I would have said ‘You’re crazy!” said Pamela Flick, California program director for Defenders of Wildlife. All of California was historically gray wolf habitat. But wolves are still protected as an endangered species at the state level in California. The Trump administration removed federal endangered species status last January. Oregon removed gray wolves from its endangered species list in 2015. Livestock producers are a strong voice of opposition. Just as in Oregon, opinion is divided on the issues of allowing wolves to expand into California, reviving the species there a century after wolves were extirpated. It’s not like he’s at the beach with a whole bunch of people or anything like that,” Traverso said. But this is the northern (part of the county). “If this wolf is in Ventura County, you’re starting to get closer into the Santa Barbara area. Traverso says it’s “probable” that the wolf sighted is OR-93, but the agency won’t know for sure without forensic evidence. OR-93 traveled through 16 California counties before his collar went silent. However, he did cross over Highway 99 and Interstate 5, and both of those are major artery freeways in our state,” she said. “For the most part, he’s been… staying away from any kind of city centers. That collar stopped transmitting in April from an area a little farther north in California. OR-93 was fitted with a purple tracking collar last summer before he dispersed south. The Ventura County reports indicated the wolf was wearing a purple collar. 1, that it received three reports last month matching the description of OR-93 in the northern part of the county, and officials were able to confirm wolf tracks in the vicinity. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday, Oct. The endangered gray wolf that traveled at least 1,000 miles from Oregon to California's Central Coast before his tracking collar stopped giving signals in the spring may still be alive and roaming in Ventura County. “If this is OR-93, he’s traveled the farthest south we’ve seen since 1922 when one was captured in San Bernardino,” said Jordan Traverso, a spokesperson for the California wildlife agency.įILE - This February 2021 file photo released by California Department of Fish and Wildlife, shows a gray wolf (OR-93), near Yosemite, Calif., shared by the state's Department of Fish and Wildlife. The wolf is believed to be OR-93, a 2-year-old male from the White River pack, whose territory covers part of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation near Mount Hood.
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