It’s official: Southwestern Oregon now has its own wolf pack.
Wolf OR-7, his mate and three pups have been designated the Rogue pack by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, and they remain the only known wolves in Southwest Oregon, according to the ODFW.
The name is derived from the upper Rogue River watershed and the Rogue Wildlife Management Unit in eastern Jackson County, where the wolves spend the majority of their time in the South Cascades, says Michelle Dennehy, spokeswoman for the ODFW’s wolf program.
Most other Oregon wolf packs are similarly named, Dennehy says.
The territory where the wolves roam had been known as an area of known wolf activity, but it was reclassified this week under the Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan, according to the ODFW.
Under the plan, a pack is a group of wolves, usually consisting of a male, female and their offspring from one or more generations. For purposes of monitoring, a pack may be defined as a group of four or more wolves traveling together in winter, according to the plan.
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