Wolf Dispersal

  • Lake Superior freezes and one wolf migrates off of Isle Royale

    Ralph Maughan

    The rare big freeze probably did not help struggling Isle Royale wolf population- Everyone knows that Lake Superior froze hard this year, providing an increasingly rare opportunity for the inbred wolves on Isle Royale to gain fresh recruits from the mainland. All of  the the present wolf pack is the product of wolves that wandered…

  • What does the Long Journey of OR7 and Other Wolves Teach Us?

    Ken Cole

    Can it dispell some ridiculous myths? ……Please? OR7, aka Journey, the wolf who travelled from northeast Oregon into northern California and now back to southern Oregon, isn’t unique among his species but for one thing, he is still alive.  After traveling long distance with a lot of people following his GPS collar from their computers and…

  • Wolf OR-7 has been in California for a year now

    Ralph Maughan

    The arrival of the still lone-wolf has led to formation of the Pacific Wolf Coalition- The Pacific Wolf Coalition has issued its first news release. This new wolf advocacy group was formed when the long migration of wolf OR-7 from NE Oregon to Northern California raised interest in restoring wolves to the Cascade Range and…

  • Famous lone wolf OR7 is being satellite tracked again

    Ralph Maughan

    His disappearance prompted worry that something had happened to him- Legend has it that lone wolves don’t live long if they remain mateless. However, the Associated Press reports that wolf OR7, born in NE Oregon to the Imnaha Pack and then slowly migrating all the way to northern California is still fine. He disappeared, but…

  • Yet another Yellowstone wolf disperses to South Dakota

    Ralph Maughan

    Wolf from Park’s most remote pack ends up near Pine Ridge, South Dakota- The third wolf from the Yellowstone Park area over the years to disperse all the way to South Dakota has been found dead.  The big male wolf was hit by an auto along U.S. Highway 18.  Over the last decade two other…

  • Possible wolves in Utah not found, but their tracks are

    Ralph Maughan

    Tracks and remains of prey found- The search for the four wolf-like animals spotted from the air in northeastern Utah has not found the animals, but it has found five pair of tracks.  In addition remains of several wild animals possibly fed on and maybe killed by the canids, have been found. These dead wildlife…

  • Luckless mating season is over. “Journey” OR(7) returns to Oregon from California

    Ralph Maughan

    Famous wolf’s inability to find a mate in California is not surprising- The West’s currently best known wolf, named “Journey” in a contest held by conservation groups, did not find a mate in California. Now mating season is over. The wolf, officially OR(7), has returned to SW Oregon, although his lack of a mate is…

  • Time Magazine does a feature on wolf OR7, “Journey”

    Ralph Maughan

    Big pile of stories grows on the wolf now named “Journey”- Time Magazine is one of the latest to do a feature on this story, one that has pleased and gladdened many and no doubt irritated those who see nothing good about the spread of the wolf.  The Terrifying Wonder of Journey, California’s Lone Wolf. By…

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