Migrating wolf in California!
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Catherine French
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Date: March 23, 2021 at 5:54:25 PM PDT
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California Fish and Wildlife News
Gray Wolf in Fresno County
Posted: 22 Mar 2021 06:56 PM PDT
The GPS-collared gray wolf known as OR-93 continues to travel farther south
in California than the collared wolves that have preceded him.
OR-93 has traversed a significant distance since the California Department of
Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announced he was in Modoc County in early February.
Over the past few weeks, he moved from Mono County, through parts of
Tuolumne, Mariposa, Merced and Madera counties. The last collar reading
showed the wolf in agricultural areas in central Fresno County.
OR-93 is a young male that dispersed from Oregon’s White River pack,
southeast of Mt. Hood. He was fitted with a tracking collar by the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs within the White
River pack’s territory in June 2020. Like many young wolves, he subsequently
left his pack in search of a new territory and/or a mate.
Gray wolves are listed as endangered pursuant to California’s Endangered
Species Act (CESA). It is unlawful to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot,
wound, kill, trap or capture gray wolves. Anyone who believes they have seen
a wolf in California can report it to CDFW at
wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Mammals/Gray-Wolf/Sighting-Report.
Though gray wolves are generally much bigger than coyotes, they can sometimes
be misidentified. We encourage the public to review this identification page
that provides tips for differentiating between wolves, coyotes and dogs.
OR-93 also has a purple collar around his neck which should make the animal
more identifiable.
Gray wolf management in California is guided by CESA as well as CDFW’s
Conservation Plan for Gray Wolves in California, finalized in 2016. More
information is available on CDFW’s wolf webpage at:
wildlife.ca.gov/conservation/mammals/gray-wolf.
Gray wolves pose very little safety risk to humans. CDFW is working to
monitor and conserve California’s small wolf population and is collaborating
with livestock producers and diverse stakeholders to minimize wolf-livestock
conflicts.
CDFW will continue to monitor his whereabouts with the cooperation of the
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
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Media Contact:
Jordan Traverso, CDFW Communications, (916) 654-9937
Photo courtesy of Austin Smith, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
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