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Wednesday, October 27, 2021
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Future of Lookout wolves uncertain
Baker City Herald in response
to questions about the future
of the pack. “We cannot pre-
dict what a wild animal will do
in every diff erent situation, so I
will not predict whether or not
the breeding female will depre-
date in the future.”
After ODFW biologists con-
fi rmed that Lookout Moun-
tain wolves had attacked cattle
fi ve times during July, killing
three and injuring three others,
agency employees killed two
pups, born during the spring of
2021, on Aug. 1.
Following
additional
attacks in August and Septem-
ber that killed fi ve head of cat-
tle, ODFW employees shot
and killed three more wolves,
including the pack’s breeding
male, on Sept. 17.
There were no attacks on
cattle for almost a month, until
By JAYSON JACOBY
jjacoby@bakercityherald.com
BAKER CITY — The
Lookout Mountain wolf pack,
which has killed at least nine
head of cattle and injured three
others in eastern Baker County
since July, has been pared from
an estimated 11 wolves to three.
But how the Oregon Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife’s
(ODFW) killing of eight wolves
from the pack over the past two
and a half months will aff ect
its behavior in the future can’t
be forecast with confi dence,
according to the agency’s state
wolf coordinator.
“When wolves hunt they are
looking for vulnerable prey and
relying upon instinct and expe-
rience,” Roblyn Brown, who
works at ODFW’s La Grande
offi ce, wrote in an email to the
Oct. 16, when biologists deter-
mined that wolves had killed a
400-pound calf, likely on Oct.
14.
ODFW employees then shot
and killed three more wolves,
two juveniles born this year and
one wolf born in 2020, on Oct.
20.
ODFW offi cials believe the
Lookout Mountain pack, which
roams in the area between
Highway 86 on the north and
Interstate 84 to the south, now
consists of up to three wolves
— the breeding female and two
juveniles born this spring that
are about six months old.
The breeding female has
a GPS tracking collar that
allows biologists to monitor her
movements.
Brown wrote that one possi-
bility is that the breeding female
will remain in the area.
“When there is a loss of a
breeder, the remaining wolf will
often stay in the familiar terri-
tory, while waiting for a new
mate to disperse into the area,”
Brown wrote.
It’s also possible that the
breeding female will leave the
area to search for a new mate.
But Brown said she doesn’t
think that will happen so long as
the two juvenile wolves are still
traveling with their mother.
Because the breeding female
would not mate with one of her
off spring — ODFW doesn’t
know the gender of the two
remaining juveniles — the
only circumstance in which the
breeding female would have a
new mate is if a dispersing male
wolf moves into the Lookout
Mountain area, Brown wrote.
“Dispersing wolves com-
monly travel throughout the
Lookout Mountain unit,” she
wrote.
Brown wrote that there are
no nearby wolf packs that are
likely to “take over” the terri-
tory of the Lookout Mountain
pack.
The juvenile wolves are old
enough to travel full time with
the breeding female, but they
“are unlikely to contribute any
when killing larger prey due
to their lack of experience,”
Brown wrote.
The juvenile wolves can kill
smaller prey on their own, she
wrote.
ODFW offi cials have said
previously that they decided
to kill wolves from the pack
because the evidence showed
that the wolves were target-
ing cattle despite healthy pop-
ulations of elk and deer, the
usual main food source for wolf
packs, in the Lookout Mountain
area.
Offi cials also said ranch-
ers in the area had frequently
patrolled the area, tried to haze
the wolves, and ensured there
were no bone piles or other
attractants.
The agency initially focused
on juveniles and yearlings
rather than the pack’s breed-
ing pair. But ODFW offi cials
decided to kill the breeding
male on Sept. 17 when depre-
dations continued.
Baker County Sheriff Tra-
vis Ash, who has talked with
ranchers who have lost cattle
to the wolves and been present
at some ODFW investigations
at attack scenes, wrote a letter
on Sept. 12 to ODFW Direc-
tor Curt Melcher asking for
the state to eliminate the entire
Lookout Mountain pack.
Oct. 21: Responded to a
report of theft of services at the
Grant County Fairgrounds in
John Day.
Oct. 21: Dispatched to a
report of a suspicious vehicle at
Bisnett Insurance in John Day.
Oct. 21: Dispatched to a
report of trespassing on Millie
Way.
Oct. 21: Responded to a
report of an overdue motorist in
John Day.
Oct. 21: Responded to a
report of an abandoned vehicle
at the Mt. Vernon Grange.
Oct. 21: Advised of a vehi-
cle vs. deer collision on High-
way 26 near mileport 154.
Oct. 21: Responded with
Oregon State Police for a fi ght
on East Second Street in Long
Creek.
Oct. 22: Responded to a
report of suspicious circum-
stances on North McHaley
Street in Prairie City.
Oct. 22: Responded to a
report of a possible abandoned
vehicle on Carpenter Pond
Road.
Oct. 22: Responded to a
report of trespassing on Rudio
Road.
Oct. 22: Assisted a motorist
on Highway 395B near mile-
post 74.
• John Day Ambulance
Oct. 16: Dispatched to Dixie
Creek Road for a female who
fell.
Oct. 17: Responded for a
patient transfer at the airport.
Oct. 17: Responded for a
patient transfer at the airport.
Oct. 19: Transported a
patient to Redmond.
Oct. 20: Responded to West
Main Street for a male who fell.
Oct. 20: Responded to West
Bench Road for a female who
fell.
Oct. 20: Responded to B
Street for a female with a med-
ical issue.
Oct. 20: Responded for a
patient transfer at the airport.
Oct. 21: Dispatched to Val-
ley View Assisted Living for an
elderly female with breathing
diffi culties.
Oct. 21: Responded to Cot-
tonwood Street for a male with
headache, nausea and vomiting.
• Prairie City Ambulance
Oct. 16: Responded with
John Day Ambulance to North
Johnson Avenue for an 82-year-
old male with eye pain after a
fall.
Oct. 18: Responded to North
Johnson Avenue for a 61-year-
old female with breathing
diffi culties.
• Monument Ambulance
Oct. 16: Responded to Lost
Hubcap Road with Monu-
ment Fire and John Day Ambu-
lance for a female with a broken
pelvis.
• Prairie City Fire
Oct. 17: Responded to a
structure fi re on Highway 26
near milepost 176.
COPS AND COURTS
Arrests and citations in the
Blue Mountain Eagle are taken
from the logs of law enforce-
ment agencies. Every eff ort is
made to report the court dispo-
sition of arrest cases.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce reported the following
for the week ending Oct. 20:
Concealed
handgun
licenses: 11
Average inmates: 11
Bookings: 5
Releases: 7
Arrests: 2
Citations: 1
Fingerprints: 0
Civil papers: 11
Warrants processed: 0
Asst./welfare check: 0
Search and rescue: 2
Justice Court
The Grant County Justice
Court reported the following
activity for the week ending
Oct. 20:
Traffi c citations fi led: 3
Hearings held: 23
Persons on probation: 40
Warrants issued: 1
• Violation of basic rule:
David Eugene Blood Jr., 45,
John Day, Aug. 24, 75/55 zone,
fi ned $140; Gregg Larry Boe-
hlke, 55, Mitchell, Sept. 2,
85/55 zone, fi ned $225; Dan-
iel Royse Simpson, 45, Burns,
Aug. 26, 75/55 zone, fi ned
$165; Jordan Wayne Jenkins,
35, Portland, Sept. 26, 95/55
zone, fi ned $440.
• Exceeding speed limit:
Connor Michael White, 20, Mt.
Vernon, Sept. 20, 80/65 zone,
fi ned $265; Raybon Wayne Tan-
ner, 80, Yuba City, California,
Oct. 8, 50/35 zone, fi ned $165.
• Passing in a no-passing
zone: Connor Michael White,
20, Mt. Vernon, Sept. 20, fi ned
$265.
• No operator’s license: Wil-
liam Escobar Jr., 43, Deming,
New Mexico, Sept. 22, fi ned
$265.
• Driving uninsured: Chance
Joseph Fleetwood, 23, Mt. Ver-
non, Aug. 31, fi ned $225; Jason
Steven Shaw, 47, Prairie City,
Aug. 19, fi ned $265.
• Open container of alcohol:
Benjamin-Steven Kaheakulani
Tani, 35, Salem, Sept. 22, fi ned
$265.
On Oct. 18, Easton Beau
Caldwell, 21, pleaded guilty to
criminal trespass and was fi ned
$440.
On Oct. 18, Tucker lee Cald-
well, 23, pleaded guilty to sec-
ond-degree criminal trespass
and was fi ned $440.
On Oct. 18, Dorothy J.
Miller, 33, was convicted of
allowing a dog to create a public
nuisance and was fi ned $265.
On Oct. 20, Andrew Lee
Beers, 39, pleaded guilty to
driving while suspended and
was sentenced to a year of pro-
bation, ordered to perform
20 hours of community ser-
vice and fi ned $1,000. Addi-
tional charges of operating an
ATV without a permit or decal
and failing to install an igni-
tion interlock device were
dismissed.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
179 calls during the week end-
ing Oct. 22, including:
Debbie Ausmus
245 South Canyon Blvd.
John Day, OR 97845
OPEN WED. & THUR.
9 am - 5 pm
• Oregon State Police
Oct. 16: Advised of suspi-
cious circumstances on High-
way 395 South near milepost
11.
Oct. 17: Responded to a
road hazard on Highway 26
near milepost 202.
Oct. 19: Responded to a
road hazard on Highway 26
near milepost 134.
• Grant County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce
Oct. 15: Responded to
reports of shots fi red or illegal
fi reworks on West Main Street
in John Day.
Oct. 16: Responded to a
possible domestic assault at the
Meadowbrook Apartments in
John Day.
Oct. 16: Responded to a
civil issue on East Fifth Street.
Oct. 16: Cited Philip Savio,
26, of Seattle following a traffi c
stop on Highway 26 near mile-
post 173.
Oct. 16: Took a report of
subjects driving too fast on
motorcycles on Southwest
Brent Drive.
Oct. 16: Assisted Wheeler
County with a suicidal subject.
Oct. 16: Responded to a
reported dispute at the Chevron
gas station in Mt. Vernon.
Oct. 16: Responded to a dis-
pute involving a civil matter
at Highway 26 and Southeast
Cottonwood.
Oct. 16: Advised of criminal
mischief on Cottonwood Street.
Oct. 16: Removed a dog
from the roadway on Highway
26 near milepost 160.
Oct. 16: Responded to a
report of an intoxicated person
at 1188 Brewery in John Day.
Oct. 17: Responded to a tres-
passing call on Southwest Brent
Drive in John Day.
Oct. 17: Arrested Travis
Bryers, 22, of John Day after
respondeing to a call on South
Canyon Boulevard.
Oct. 17: Responded for a
theft report on West Main Street
in John Day.
Oct. 17: Advised of harass-
ment complaint on West Main
Street in John Day.
Oct. 18: Dispatched to a res-
idential burglar alarm on North-
west Washington Avenue.
Oct. 18: Performed a wel-
fare check at Pine Creek.
Oct. 18: responded to a tres-
passing complaint on North
Washington Boulevard.
Oct. 18: Removed a hazard
from the roadway on Highway
26 near milepost 158.
Oct. 19: Responded to
Green Acre Lane for a missing
juvenile.
Oct. 19: Responded for a
lost animal on East Main Street
in John Day.
Oct. 20: Responded to a pos-
sible trespasser on Southwest
Brent Street.
Oct. 20: Received a noise
complaint from South Wash-
ington Street.
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