Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 6, 2021 -- SEVEN
State’s wolf management now handled by ODFW
The U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service has for-
mally removed most gray
wolves in the lower 48 from
the Endangered Species
List, which turns manage-
ment over to state fish and
wildlife agencies including
ODFW. In Oregon, wolves
west of Highways 395-78-
95 had remained on the
federal ESA when the area
east of this boundary was
delisted in 2011.
While U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service was the
lead agency in the west-
ern two thirds of the state,
ODFW has always played a
significant role in wolf con-
servation and management
statewide since wolves be-
gan to re-establish them-
selves in Oregon in the
2000s.
Wolves in Oregon re-
main protected under the
state’s Oregon Wolf Con-
servation and Management
Plan (Plan). The Plan is the
product of enormous pub-
lic, stakeholder and scientif-
ic input and has already led
to substantial conservation
accomplishments since it
was first adopted in 2005.
Oregon’s known wolf
count has grown from 14
wolves in 2009 to 158 at
the end of 2019. The 2020
count is happening now,
and updated numbers will
be available in Spring 2021.
How will wolf man-
agement change in Ore-
gon?
Wolves remain pro-
tected throughout the state.
Hunting and trapping of
wolves remain prohibited
statewide.
Under the state’s Plan,
wolves in Oregon’s West
Wolf Management Zone
(west of Hwys 97-20-395)
are in phase one, the con-
servation phase of recovery.
(There are fewer than four
breeding pairs of wolves in
this zone). Wolves east of
that boundary (East Wolf
Management Zone) are in
phase 3 three wolf recovery.
According to the 2019
minimum wolf count,
there are 17 known wolves
including three packs in
the West Wolf Manage-
ment Zone and 141 known
wolves including 19 packs
in the East Wolf Manage-
ment Zone.
The major change
from federal delisting is
that under the state’s Wolf
Plan, lethal control could
be allowed in situations of
chronic livestock depreda-
tion when non-lethal mea-
sures have been unsuccess-
ful at eliminating conflict.
However, a number of other
criteria must also be met.
The rules guiding lethal
removal of wolves in phase
one are the outcome of a
2013 settlement agreement
between Cascadia Wild-
lands, Oregon Wild, Center
for Biological Diversity,
ODFW and the Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association.
Among other criteria,
phase one rules require
ODFW to create an Area
of Depredating Wolves
(ADW) after a pack has
depredated. This alerts
livestock owners to focus
non-lethal measures where
there is the most risk to live-
stock. The agency also cre-
ates a Conflict Deterrence
Plan, identifying appropri-
ate tools area landowners
can use to reduce conflict
(these documents can be
found at https://www.dfw.
state.or.us/Wolves/specif-
ic_wolf_info_west_zone.
asp).
Guidance for live-
stock producers
Livestock producers
concerned about wolves
are encouraged to visit
ODFW’s wolf webpage
(https://dfw.state.or.us/
wolves/) and review pre-
ventive measures.
Producers are also en-
couraged to sign up for
Wolf-Livestock Updates
at https://dfw.state.or.us/
wolves/wolf_livestock_up-
dates.asp or call their local
district office with ques-
tions.
Oregon Department of
Agriculture continues to
provide financial assistance Wolves in Oregon are now managed by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife rather than
for livestock producers to being on the federal Endangered Species list.
implement non-lethal mea-
sures in areas with wolves
and compensation for live-
stock killed or injured by
wolves.
“We thank all landown-
ers in areas with wolves
for going the extra mile
to implement non-lethal
measures over the past
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