California Wolf Foundation

06/07/2026

🐺🤝🐄 Coexistence in Action

In a region with high wolf activity, the California Wolf Foundation recently partnered with a local rancher to help protect both livestock and wolves.

Through this collaboration, we reimbursed the cost of a night pen—a simple but highly effective tool that brings hundreds of vulnerable yearling cattle into a secure enclosure overnight, when the risk of wolf encounters is highest.

This project is a powerful example of what’s possible when we invest in proactive, nonlethal solutions:

🐄 Protects livestock
❌ Reduces conflict
🤠 Supports ranching communities
🐺 Allows wolves to remain on the landscape

Coexistence isn’t just an idea—it’s happening right now, one partnership at a time. Though this night pen option would not work for everyone, it’s a great asset for this ranch. We help find solutions that work for each individual operation.

If you believe in practical solutions that work for both people and wildlife, please help our 100% volunteer run organization continue this work by making a tax deductible donation.

👉 Support coexistence. Support solutions.

We accept PayPal donations at PayPal.Me/CAWolfFound and Venmo donations as well as through social media and our website: californiawolffoundation.org

06/05/2026

Safe passage for California Wildlife | The first wildlife over-crossing in California has officially opened in Siskiyou County! 🎉🦌🚗

Previously plagued by one of the highest rates of wildlife-vehicular collisions in the region, has made this region much safer for travelers and for wildlife. 🚗 Deer were documented using the crossing just 15 hours after it opened. 🦌.

We were excited to get to see the crossing firsthand this week as we visited with ranchers in the area to provide them with wolf-livestock deterrent tools. 🐺🐄

Wildlife needs room to roam—and safe ways to cross.

The new wildlife crossing along Highway 97 in Northern California is a powerful step forward, helping animals like wolves, deer, elk, and countless other species move safely across the highway. These crossings reduce deadly vehicle collisions and reconnect habitats that have been divided for decades.

For California’s recovering wolf population, safe passage isn’t just helpful—it’s essential. Young wolves dispersing into new territory face enormous risks, and highways are one of the biggest. Crossings like this one give them a fighting chance. The same is true for their natural prey species that suffer substantial losses due to vehicle strikes.

At the California Wolf Foundation, we believe coexistence is possible—and infrastructure like wildlife crossings proves it. When we design and retrofit roads with wildlife in mind, we protect biodiversity, improve public safety, and invest in a more connected future.

🐾 This is what coexistence looks like.
🐾 This is how we protect California wildlife.

👉 Support efforts that expand wildlife crossings across the state. Together, we can keep wild places connected.

06/03/2026

What a great collaboration between the Sheriff’s office and the Loyalton high school FFA! Great idea, and great work!

Loyalton High School students cleaned up scattered bones while learning professional tracking skills from the sheriff.

06/02/2026

“Deer became the first wildlife to successfully cross a roadway using the newly constructed overpass on U.S. 97 in Siskiyou County, stepping onto the structure just 15 hours after construction crews wrapped up work for the day. A bobcat and other wildlife have also been spotted using it, even with workers still in the area finishing final touches.

The overcrossing was designed to give animals a safe way to cross the highway while reducing the wildlife-vehicle collisions that have been a persistent problem along the corridor. Highway 97 runs through some of the most wildlife-rich terrain in Northern California, connecting the Klamath Basin to the Mount Shasta region through open rangeland and forest where deer, elk, bears, bobcats and mountain lions regularly cross the road.”

California just built its first wildlife overcrossing, and it took animals exactly 15 hours to figure it out.

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05/31/2026

We’re excited to announce the recipient of our 2026 research grant, Ian Keith. Thanks to the support of our generous donors, we have provided $7,000 in support of this innovative research on livestock ear tags and other early warning wolf detection/real-time motion-activated AI camera systems that can alert ranchers of wolf presence. 📸🐺

Ian is a master’s student at Colorado State University that is committed to finding solutions to rancher-wolf conflicts in Northern California. His career background includes working for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, recently as a human-wildlife conflict specialist in Northern California from 2022 to 2024, where some of his duties involved working with ranchers to reduce wolf-related issues. This led Ian to recognize there is a drastic need for new strategies in California to mitigate wolf conflict. 🐄

We are excited to support this vital research. 📸🔋💻. Please join us in congratulating Ian!

Ranchers in Siskiyou County are facing increased pressure from wolf-livestock predation making the need for new technologies and approaches urgent.

Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support non-lethal deterrent tools and further research! We are run fully by volunteers; 100% of every dollar donated goes directly to work on the ground.

If you would like to support our mission and projects like this, we accept Venmo (), PayPal (CAWolfFound), and credit card donations through our website in addition to social media based donations and tax smart donor advised funds.

05/28/2026

If you haven’t been to see the bats at the Causeway, go! It’s an amazing experience. 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇

Tickets go on sale June 2, 2026

05/28/2026

Predator issues continue to impact ranchers and rural communities across California. 🐺

Join California Farm Bureau on June 9 for a Commodity Advisory Committee meeting focused on predator-related challenges, management discussions and policy priorities.

📍 June 9 | 1:30 p.m.
📍 California Farm Bureau Headquarters – Sacramento

Your input helps shape Farm Bureau policy and advocacy efforts.

👉 RSVP at cfbf.com/CAC

05/25/2026

🇺🇸 Memorial Day | Honoring Service Across Generations 🐺

This Memorial Day, we pause to honor the brave men and women who served our country—and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

Within the family roots of the California Wolf Foundation are stories of service that span generations.

From our ancestor Private Ephraim Kibbe, who endured the harsh winter of Valley Forge Winter Encampment while serving under George Washington during the American Revolution to our great uncle Robert Infalt, who gave his life in service during the World War II, we remember and honor the sacrifices that helped shape our nation.⚓️

These legacies of courage, resilience, and commitment continue to inspire the work we do today.

On this day of remembrance, we are especially grateful for those who never came home. Wishing you peace and honoring the sacrifices of our service members this Memorial Day. 🇺🇸

❤️🤍💙

05/24/2026

Fun with native plants!

We still have a few spots available for our plant identification workshop on May 30th. These workshops are led by botanist Professor Shawna Martinez at the Sierra College Rocklin campus. For more information and to register, please visit the link https://scnhm.sierracollege.edu/e/piw-may-30-2026-plant-id-workshop-3/