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Grizzly bears, black bears, wolves, coyotes, cougars/ mountain lions,bobcats, wolverines, lynx, foxes, fishers and martens are the suite of carnivores that originally inhabited North America after the Pleistocene extinctions. This site invites research, commentary, point/counterpoint on that suite of native animals (predator and prey) that inhabited The Americas circa 1500-at the initial point of European exploration and subsequent colonization. Landscape ecology, journal accounts of explorers and frontiersmen, genetic evaluations of museum animals, peer reviewed 20th and 21st century research on various aspects of our "Wild America" as well as subjective commentary from expert and layman alike. All of the above being revealed and discussed with the underlying goal of one day seeing our Continent rewilded.....Where big enough swaths of open space exist with connective corridors to other large forest, meadow, mountain, valley, prairie, desert and chaparral wildlands.....Thereby enabling all of our historic fauna, including man, to live in a sustainable and healthy environment. - Blogger Rick

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Monday, October 24, 2011

4th oregon wolf Pack patrolling the Snake River Wildlife Mgmt Area in Northeast Oregon, bordering the Idaho Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

 

Snake River wolf pack 4th confirmed in Oregon

Wolves throughout Oregon are protected by the state Endangered Species Act (ESA). West of Hwys 395-78-95, they are also protected by the federal ESA. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the lead management agency for wolves west of this boundary.

LA GRANDE, Ore. - Biologists have confirmed reports from hunters of a new wolf pack in Hells Canyon on Oregon's border with Idaho.

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife surveyed the area last week after receiving reports and trail camera photographs from hunters indicating wolves were in the area.Tracks from at least five different wolves were documented on Thursday.

"These public wolf reports from Oregon's outdoor enthusiasts really help us target our survey efforts and make the best use of limited resources." said Russ Morgan, ODFW wolf program coordinator.
The new wolf pack is using the Snake River wildlife management unit of northeast Oregon, which borders Idaho and includes the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area and Wilderness.

The confirmation of the Snake River pack marks the fourth wolf pack confirmed in Oregon since the mid-2000s, when wolves began returning to the state from Idaho.

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