pappiwheelie t1_irzdabh wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:10 AM

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Yes, population total isn’t an issue in recovery anymore. There just aren’t any breeding pairs in the southern cascades.

pappiwheelie t1_irxy1mo wrote on October 11, 2022 at 9:24 PM

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Yes

Recovery goals – The plan establishes a delisting objective of 15 breeding pairs of wolves present in the state for at least three years, with at least four in eastern Washington, four in the northern Cascades, four in the southern Cascades / northwest coastal area, and three others anywhere in the state. The plan also provides for WDFW to consider initiating the delisting process if 18 breeding pairs are documented during a single year and the distribution objectives are met.

pappiwheelie t1_irwaj09 wrote on October 11, 2022 at 2:58 PM

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Gray wolf populations have grown an average of 25 percent each year in WA! That’s amazing! That’s including mortalities. I couldn’t find total population count, but that’s pretty amazing. It looks like they were pulled from federal endangered classification in the eastern portion of WA n 2011.

Edit WDFW has a great information about the wolf population in the state. I did see below they count 206 wolfs n 33 packs. It seams tricky to count them. There’s a good video on this. I am curious what the goal population is. Their range rather large.