Gray wolf returns to California after nearly 84 years
By Cathy Locke, Sacramento Bee
A gray wolf that has been monitored in its wanderings through southern Oregon has entered California.
The California Department of Fish and Game announced today that the animal has crossed the border. The last confirmed gray wolf in California was killed in Lassen County in 1924, according to a department news release.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Game has monitored the travels of the 2 1/2-year-old male, which was collared with a Global Positioning System device in February. The wolf, formerly from a pack in northeast Oregon, is now more than 300 miles from where his journey began.