Pacific Wolves

05/26/2026

❗Calling all California residents❗

You can now share your input on California's wolf-livestock compensation program!

📍 ALL California residents
🕑 Takes approximately 20 minutes
📅 Deadline: June 11th

This program provides resources, funding, and assistance for ranchers to support the proactive use of non-lethal deterrents in areas where humans and wolves coexist. Prioritizing funding for this proven way to support the lives of both wolves and people can help build a better future for wolf country in California.

While the compensation/nonlethals program will be used by livestock operators, the program is funded by taxpayer dollars, and ALL Californians have a stake in how wolves are prioritized and supported in the program's operations.

You can also write to CDFW at [email protected] AT ANY TIME to let them know your perspectives on California's wolf-livestock compensation program!

05/18/2026

Let’s go, Bae! 😍

05/15/2026

This and every day, we're fighting to protect the endangered species, the gray wolf. 💪

Wolves were nearly eradicated from the lower 48 by colonial settlers. We're grateful to experience the beauty and power of wolves in the modern day, thanks to the continued efforts of experts to conserve, reintroduce, and protect them. 🐾

As wolves naturally return to the Pacific West, they continue to face persecution and human violence. Despite this, they persist, returning slowly but surely to their historic range. ❤

To all the organizations, scientists, environmentalists, and wolf-lovers out there working to protect wolves, thank you. 🐺

05/10/2026

This , we’re thinking of the fierce wolf moms defying all odds to raise their pups 💖

Despite threats from humans, so many wolf moms keep their wolves strong and healthy each year, raising the next generation of wolves across their historic range. 🐺

Right now, many wolf moms across the Pacific West are just giving birth to the litter they’ve held for a little over two months, and can expect to birth an average of 4-6 pups at a time. Then she’s in full-time mom-mode, staying in the den for the first few weeks to take care of her new pups while the rest of the pack supports her.

Whether you’re a wolf mom or a wolf-loving mom, Happy Mothers Day to you today! 💘

🎥: in Yellowstone

05/01/2026

We are so excited to see continued recovery for naturally migrated wolf populations in California ❤

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife released its quarterly update this week, confirming 12 established packs and an estimated 90 wolves throughout the state. 🐾

🐺🐺 In California, a pack is defined as two or more wolves detected in a specific area within six months, or with recorded evidence of breeding.

Most of these packs are in Northern California, with the Yowlumni Pack in the south, still ruling over a territory in the Sequoia National Forest!

Learn more about the latest wolf news at: wildlife.ca.gov/Subscribe/c/805/ce/436775515/view/preview

And check out www.pacificwolves.org/californiawolves to stay updated on all things California wolves!

📸: CDFW

04/27/2026

Did you see the news? Both Oregon and Washington have released their 2025 annual wolf reports! 🐺

Check out these press releases from the Center for Biological Diversity for more information 👇

Oregon: http://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/oregons-wolf-population-rises-13-but-deaths-remain-high-2026-04-17/

Washington: https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/washingtons-wolf-population-increases-more-than-17-2026-04-17/

Center for Biological Diversity: OLYMPIA, Wash.— Washington’s wolf population increased by 17.4% last year and the number of successful breeding pairs increased by 27%, according to figures released today by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.

04/17/2026

Great news for wolves in Washington! 🎉

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife's 2025 Annual Wolf Report was released today, reporting 270 wolves, 23 breeding pairs, and 49 packs across the state.

This minimum year-end wolf count was an increase of more than 17% compared to 2024. That puts the wolf population in Washington at its highest level to date!

Read the full report: https://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/02707

04/10/2026

BEY03F, "Bae," continues to make history in her trek across California!

In her quest for a new home and a mate, she passed through L.A. county in February, making history as the first wolf to do so in over a century.

Not long after, she pushed deeper into the Sierra Nevadas, and she's been in at least 12 counties and has possibly covered more than 1,000 miles in her lifetime, a major feat!

She was most recently spotted in Owens Valley and will likely continue her quest to find a permanent partner and pack to call home.

📸: California Department of Fish and Wildlife

04/06/2026

Wow, "Bae" is really making history with her movements across California!

04/03/2026

Wolves are integral to ecosystem functions that create wetlands and wet meadows. In turn, these habitats help mitigate climate change by storing large amounts of atmospheric carbon. 🌊

Wolves play their part by altering the use of aspen, cottonwood, and riparian woody vegetation by elk and deer. 🌳 In response, these plants grow in size and abundance.

Beavers now have food and material available for building, maintaining, and expanding their dam complexes, which support wetland ecosystems.

These changes, initiated by wolves' presence in the ecosystem, decrease the sensitivity of vegetation and stream flows to short-term variation in weather and longer-term climate trends.🐺

Learn more about the science of wolves and water at pacificwolves.org/water