Previous Meacham AKWA maps (for reference only)
March 4, 2019 – Three yearlings were monitored until October, but no Meacham wolves were documented in the pack area at the end of 2018.
April 12, 2018 – In 2017, the Meacham Pack produced pups, but the status of the pups was unknown. The breeding female died in the fall and the breeding male was documented outside the pack area in January 2018. The pack was not counted as a breeding pair.
April 10, 2017 – In 2016, the Meacham Pack produced at least two pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair.
March 4, 2016 – From the 2015 Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Annual Report
This pack was identified in 2014 in the southern portion of the Mt Emily Unit. In 2015 the pack produced at least three pups that survived to the end of the year and is counted as a breeding pair. The breeding male’s radio-collar failed in November and a radio-collared male wolf dispersed in late December. GPS data shows the pack using a 167 mi²area which consisted of private land (60%), public land (31%) and tribal lands (9%) locations.
February 25, 2015 – From the 2014 Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Annual Report
The Meacham Pack was identified in 2014 in the southern portion of the Mt Emily Unit. One incident of depredation was attributed to the Meacham Pack in 2014. The pack produced two pups that survived to the end of the year and is counted as a breeding pair. The packs breeding male (OR26) was GPS-collared in May and his data shows the pack using a 95mi² area which consists of 82% private land.
June 9, 2014 – OR26 is a recently discovered and GPS-collared male wolf in the southern portion of the Mt. Emily Unit (Umatilla County). Initial data from this wolf indicates that the wolf is paired and likely has pups, but further field surveys are needed to confirm this.
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