by News Staff
ROSEBURG, Ore. – A group of wolves living in eastern Lane and Douglas counties produced at least 4 pups this year, wildlife officials said.
A survey of the wolf population in early 2019 found 3 adults in the Indigo group of resident wolves.
A group of wolves living in eastern Lane and Douglas counties produced at least 4 pups this year, wildlife officials said. A survey of the wolf population in early 2019 found 3 adults in the Indigo group of resident wolves. A trail camera image August 27 shows at least 4 pups, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday. (ODFW)
A trail camera image August 27 shows at least 4 pups, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said Friday.
The state worked with US Fish & Wildlife Service staff to place a tracking collar on one of the wolves late last month. Biologists affixed a GPS device to a 52-pound juvenile female in the group.
“The GPS collar included a biodegradable foam spacer so the collar will continue to fit as the wolf grows into an adult; she is currently nearly six months old (wolf pups are born in mid-April),” ODFW said in a statement.
The state worked with US Fish & Wildlife Service staff to place a tracking collar on one of the wolves late last month. Biologists affixed a GPS device to a 52-pound juvenile female in the group. (ODFW)
“The wolf is the 80th wolf collared in Oregon and the first one to be collared in the Indigo group of wolves,” the agencies said. “ODFW and USFWS attempt to place a collar on at least one wolf in a resident group or pack to help monitor their movements.”