ODFW confirms first Grant County wolf depredation of 2025
Published 1:00 pm Thursday, February 6, 2025
- Federal wildlife managers killed a wolf from the Bear Valley Pack on Jan. 28 after determining the pack had injured a calf in Grant County.
JOHN DAY — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed the first wolf depredation of 2025 in Grant County.
The incident occurred on privately owned land in Bear Valley on Jan. 2 and resulted in the injury of a 10-month-old calf. ODFW investigated and found the Bear Valley Pack was responsible for the calf’s injuries.
The Bear Valley Pack has been responsible for four livestock depredations in Grant County since August of last year, which resulted in the deaths of two adult ewes along with injuries to an adult ewe and a 3-month-old calf.
Ryan Torland, a district wildlife biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, said the livestock producer had been using nonlethal methods to deter the wolves prior to the depredation incident.
Torland said ODFW authorized a lethal take in response to the latest depredation incident. U.S. Wildlife Services personnel killed a 93-pound male wolf on Jan. 28 to fulfill the lethal take authorization.
