Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission members have been told by agency staff that wolves have made an impressive recovery — to the point that their “endangered” status is no longer required. But ...

A gray wolf. (Photo by Gary Kramer/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) Washington’s wolf population is down for the first time since resident packs were confirmed to be returning to the state about 16 ...

The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission has rejected a request to donate 15 wolves to Colorado, with some commissioners saying it would be strange to give away a state endangered species. The ...

Washington’s gray wolves won’t be used to help boost Colorado’s struggling wolf population, at least for now. A juvenile wolf, born April 2024, of the newly formed Grouse Ridge Pack, standing in front ...

A Washington lawmaker proposes requiring wolf advocates who seek to stop wildlife managers from killing wolves to sue in the county where the wolves are attacking livestock. Republican Sen. Shelly ...

WDFW biologists Ben Maletzke, left, and Trent Roussin do a health check on a wolf after collaring it prior to releasing it. (Photo courtesy of Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife) The gray wolf ...

Wildlife officials are considering killing wolves from two packs in northeast Washington after two separate series of attacks on livestock. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado will not receive gray wolves this winter for its reintroduction program from Washington, the coastal state’s Fish and Wildlife Service Commission voted Saturday. The ...

Over the weekend, the state of Washington denied Colorado’s request for up to 15 gray wolves to continue its wolf reintroduction program. Kelly Susewind, director of the Washington Department of Fish ...

The gray wolf population in Washington may no longer be considered to be endangered. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is preparing to take a vote that may result in the removal 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 ...