Washington wildlife officials are “encouraged” by the results of the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (WDFW) newly released 2020 annual wolf count which shows gray wolf populations growing in the state.
The new report found that Washington hosted 132 wolves and 13 breeding pairs in 2019, up from 108 wolves and 10 breeding pairs in the previous year. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, which counts population on their own land, reported 46 wolves in five packs in 2020.
The population has been increasing by an average of 26% per year since 2008, and the report marks the 12th consecutive year of population growth.
Four new packs formed in
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