Donny Martorello

Washington's wolf population continues to increase. According to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, the 2019 wolf count shows a population at the highest levels since the 1930's, the last time wolves could be hunted in the state ...

Earlier this month, a superior court judge in Thurston County dismissed three of four claims made against the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife by environmental groups.  The claims center on a case filed by the Center for Biological Diversity and Cascadia Wildlands in November 2018.  ...

The recovery of Washington's wolf population continued in 2018 as numbers of individual wolves, packs, and successful breeding pairs reached their highest levels since wolves were virtually eliminated from the state in the 1930s.   Last week, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife published its annual year-end report, which shows the state has a minimum of 126 individual wolves, 27 packs,

The number of wolves in the state of Washington is likely much higher than previously thought, according to a University of Washington researcher who spent two years studying the animals using scat-sniffing dogs.  Samuel Wasser said his dogs detected 95 wolves in one area of Stevens and Pend Oreille counties, in the northeast corner of the state, during the 2016-17 season.  Th...

Washington continues to report successes when it comes to its gray wolf repopulation efforts.  Last month, Department of Fish and Wildlife announced a 19th known pack, this one in Ferry County.  Of those 19 packs, all but three reside in Eastern or North Central Washington.  Donny M...