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Catherine Pack

Area of Known Wolf Activity

Previous Catherine AKWA maps (for reference only)

 

Timeline

2021

December 2, 2021 – Oregon State Police seeking public assistance in the poisoning of Catherine Wolf Pack. This area is no longer designated as an area of wolf activity.

April 21, 2021 – In 2020, the radio-collared breeding male and a new breeding female produced only one pup that survived to the end of the year, therefore the pack was not counted as a breeding pair. Radio-collar data showed a 228 mi² use area with 75% of location data points on private lands and 25% on public lands.

2020

April 15, 2020 – OR27, the breeding female of the Catherine Pack, died of natural causes in April 2019. At the end of the year four wolves remained, but none were 2019 pups and the pack was not counted as a breeding pair. Radio-collar data showed a 319 mi² use area with 54% of location data points on public lands. The remaining 46% were on private lands.

2019

April 8, 2019 – In 2018, the Catherine Pack produced at least two pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair.  Radio-collar data showed a 306 mi² use area primarily in the Catherine Creek WMU with 57% of location data points on public lands.  The remaining 43% were on private lands.

2018

April 12, 2018 – In 2017, the Catherine Pack produced at least two pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair.  Radio-collar data showed a 320 mi² use area primarily in Catherine Creek WMU with 45% of location data points on public lands.

2017

April 10, 2017 – In 2016, the Catherine Pack produced three pups that survived to the end of the year and are counted as a breeding pair.  Radio-collar data showed the pack used an area of 367mi² primarily in Catherine Creek Unit and 50% of their location data points were on public lands.

2016

March 4, 2016 – From the 2015 Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Annual Report

OR24 and OR27 formed a pair bond in July 2014. In 2015 they produced 2 pups that survived to the end of the year and are counted as a breeding pair. The pack used an area of 293 mi² primarily in Catherine Creek Unit and 64% of location data points were on public lands.

2015

January 27, 2015 OR24 and OR27 are 2 year-old radio-collared wolves from the Snake River (OR24) and Minam (OR27) packs. The wolves dispersed from their natal packs and paired in July, 2014. Since that time the pair has been located in the upper elevation forested portions of the Keating and Catherine Creek Wildlife Management Units, with most locations occurring within the Eagle Cap Wilderness. 

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