The gray wolf population in Washington has experienced positive growth since breeding pairs returned to the state in 2008.

Washington’s gray wolf population grew by more than 17% in 2025, reaching its highest level since wolves naturally returned ...

Washington’s gray wolf population is at its highest count since the state began monitoring in 2008. State and tribal officials counted a minimum of 270 wolves and 49 packs, including 23 breeding pairs ...

In 2025, ODFW confirmed 106 livestock deaths, up from 69 the previous year. The department killed 20 wolves in response, ...

Washington’s wolf population grew by 17% last year, resuming an upward trend following a momentary decline in 2024. At the ...

"It's always exciting to see when you have growth," said Kristin Botzet with the Defenders of Wildlife.

Washington state's wolf population is at its highest level to date since its decimation in the early 20th century, but packs ...

People looking on Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s website for its monthly map updating where collared gray wolves have recently been didn’t find the map on its normal release date as the agency chose to ...

Washington is inching closer to delisting gray wolves as an endangered species. Once the wolves establish a presence in the ...

Wolves killed by authorities also increase in 2025 Oregon’s wolf population continued to grow and disperse westward in 2025, ...

A state study in 2025 found new gray wolf packs in Eastern Washington, the North Cascades and on the Colville Reservation.