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| Are there wolves in the Olympic Mountains, and the Olympic National Park? |
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| boneaddict:
--- Quote ---Anyone out there seen a Native wolf in the wild Pre introduction? --- End quote --- Probably about 1982, a den of them in the Sawtooth, a male and female and cub. Seen them two weekends in a row. I'd swear they were smaller than what I am seeing now. Back then it was an amazing thing to see. and then again around 88/89 but the wolf politics were already starting. They shut coyote hunting down in Alta and they knew there was a pack in Libby. I dont remember timelines anymore, but it was a decade or more before they acknowledged the Alta pack, the first official wolf pack in Washington, which is a joke. |
| EnglishSetter:
--- Quote from: pianoman9701 on February 19, 2026, 01:41:47 PM ---All due respects, the wolves that live in WA now never existed in the Olympics. The current breed of Canadian Grey Wolf are about 20%+ larger than the likely-extinct wolves that used to live here. If any of the indigenous breed had survived beyond 1996, their larger Canadian cousin probably killed the remaining ones since introduction. Thse who support the introduction of the Canadian breed wither knowingly or ignorantly support wildlife engineering, not conservation, much like the morons who introduced the mountain goats back in the 1920s. We know how that turned out. It's past time to manage existing packs, not create new ones. Unfortunately though, I doubt we'll ever see management regardless of their numbers, distribution, or effect on other wildlife populations or human interests. Wolves are being used as a tool by disingenuous people and groups. --- End quote --- Don't disagree. Was just answering the question. |
| HighlandLofts:
In my opinion a good wolf is a dead wolf.. |
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