GRANTS PASS, Ore. — An annual report finds that wolves continued to grow in numbers and spread across Oregon in 2014, while livestock attack cases were down.
The report released Tuesday by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife will be a key document as the state Fish and Wildlife Commission considers taking wolves off the state endangered species list in coming months.
Biologists found 77 wolves, compared to 64 last year. For the first time there is a pack in the southern Cascades, as well as another pair of wolves.
Wallowa County rancher Todd Nash says the report “bodes well” for delisting, showing wolves continue to thrive.
Steve Pedery of the conservation group Oregon Wild says a slower rate of population growth should give the commission reason to move slowly on delisting.
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