From wolves to water, Eastern Oregon lawmakers strike balancing act to move bills forward. By Antonio Sierra (OPB) March 27, 2025 1 p.m.

“In 2009 we had our first pack,” said John Williams, the wolf committee chair with the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. “The next year all of a sudden they started killing livestock ...

Oregon's gray wolves prey on cattle sporadically. But earlier this year, Union County rancher Coleman Lay lost his dog, Dodge, to state-protected wolves.

She said that almost 90% of adult wolves survived year-to-year in Oregon – a higher rate than other Western states such as Idaho and Montana that authorize wolf hunts en masse. Both states have ...

BAKER CITY, Ore. — Wolves from the Lookout Mountain area in eastern Baker County killed a four-month-old calf last week on private land, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife […] ...

A wolf from the Metolius Pack trots past a trail camera in May 2022 on U.S. Forest Service land in Jefferson County. Wolves have more recently been observed in eastern Deschutes County.

Ten wolves from eastern Oregon, or about 5.6% of the state’s population, were removed and transported to Colorado, which is reintroducing wolves. Wolf deaths.

The number of documented packs in 2021 decreased from 22 to 21 after an entire pack was killed by poisoning in eastern Oregon. Of the 26 wolf mortalities documented that year, 21 were caused by ...

“In 2009 we had our first pack,” said John Williams, the wolf committee chair with the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. “The next year all of a sudden they started killing livestock ...

Oregon's gray wolves prey on cattle sporadically. But earlier this year, Union County rancher Coleman Lay lost his dog, Dodge, to state-protected wolves.

“In 2009 we had our first pack,” said John Williams, the wolf committee chair with the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association. “The next year all of a sudden they started killing livestock ...