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Current Jackson County map (pdf)
Previous Jackson County maps: 12/31/2022, 12/31/2021
Within Areas of Known Wolf Activity (AKWA) certain preventative measures are recommended to minimize wolf-livestock conflicts. Though not required, non-lethal measures are important to reduce depredation. If depredation becomes chronic and lethal control become necessary, ODFW’s ability to lethally remove depredating wolves will be dependent on the extent that non-lethal measures have been used and documented. Wolves in Jackson County are currently listed as endangered under the Federal Endangered Species Act, so all management related to harassment and take of wolves is regulated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, not ODFW.
Click on each wolf group for more information:
April 15, 2024 – In 2023, the Rogue Pack produced at least 3 pups that survived until the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair, with seven wolves in the pack.
April 18, 2023 – In 2022, the Rogue Pack produced two pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair.
April 19, 2022 – In 2021, the Rogue wolves produced five pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair.
April 21, 2021 – Reproduction was confirmed in 2020 but no pups were documented at the end of the year and the group was not counted as a breeding pair.
April 15, 2020 – In 2019, the Rogue Pack was monitored throughout the year, no evidence of reproduction was observed. Approximately 11-year-old OR7, the breeding male of the Rogue Pack, was not confirmed during the winter count, though his mate was still present in the pack area with three wolves.
April 8, 2019 – In 2018, the Rogue Pack produced at least two pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair.
April 12, 2018 – In 2017, the Rogue Pack produced at least two pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair.
April 10, 2017 – In 2016, the Rogue Pack produced at least two pups, but only one was documented at the end of the year. Thus, the pack is not counted as a breeding pair.
July 28, 2016 – Summer pup surveys by ODFW and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have confirmed at least two pups caught on remote cameras for the Rogue Pack.
March 4, 2016 – From the 2015 Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Annual Report
This pack was first recognized in 2014 in the southern Cascade Mountains. After four years, the breeding male’s (OR7) radio-collar failed in June of 2015. The pair produced at least two pups, but at the time of this report it is unknown if both survived to the end of the year. Thus, the pack is not counted as a breeding pair in 2015.
February 25, 2015 – From the 2014 Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Annual Report
This new pack was first recognized in 2014 in the southern Cascade Mountains. The packs breeding male (OR7) is collared with a GPS-radio collar, and in 2014 he paired with a female, establishing a territory in the eastern Rogue and western Keno Units. The pair produced three pups that survived to the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair in 2014. OR7’s location data in 2014 shows the pack area of use at 355 sq. mi., with 82% on public lands.
September 5, 2014 – Genetic results on OR7’s mate and pups
ODFW received University of Idaho’s report on scat samples collected in May and July. The samples were taken from the area being used by wolf OR7, his female mate and pups in the southwest Cascades. As expected, the samples identified OR7’s mate and two of the pups as wolves. The results do not indicate specifically where OR7’s mate was born, but show that she is related to other wolves in NE Oregon (Snake River and Minam packs). The two pup scats also identified the pups as offspring of OR7 and his new mate. (DNA from a 3rd pup was analyzed at a later time)
June 4, 2014 – Pups for wolf OR7
Wolf OR7 and a mate have produced offspring in southwest Oregon’s Cascade Mountains, wildlife biologists confirmed this week. In early May, biologists suspected that OR7, originally from northeast Oregon, had a mate in the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest when remote cameras captured several images of what appeared to be a black female wolf in the same area. More information.
May 12, 2014 – OR7 may have found a mate
OR7 may have found a mate in southwest Oregon’s Cascade Mountains. More information can be accessed and photos can be viewed here.
February 25, 2014 – From the 2013 Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Annual Report
OR7 dispersed from the Imnaha pack in September 2011. The male wolf spent most of 2012 in California, but on March 13, 2013 he returned to Oregon. Most of his Oregon locations occurred within a 155 square-mile area of eastern Jackson County and western Klamath County from May – October. After March, he also made short visits to California and Douglas County. To date, all available evidence is that he remains alone.
March 13, 2013 – Wolf OR7 back in Oregon
Wolf OR7 crossed the state border into southwest Klamath County, Ore. sometime yesterday evening. He first crossed into California on Dec. 28, 2011. ODFW does not post daily location information on OR7 or any GPS-collared wolf. Wolves throughout Oregon are protected by the state Endangered Species Act. West of Hwys 395-78-95, wolves are also protected by the federal ESA. OR7 may cross back into California and use areas in both states. ODFW will continue to monitor his location and coordinate with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Fish and Game.
March 2, 2012 – Wolf OR7 crossed back into Oregon March 1
Dec. 29, 2011 – Wolf OR7 enters California
Previous Rogue AKWA maps (for reference only): 05/17/2021, 04/07/2021, 09/16/2020, 12/31/2019, 01/25/2018, 03/07/2016, 01/27/2015, 02/04/2014, 07/18/2013 (pdfs)
Under Phase I management, when ODFW confirms wolf depredation of livestock, an Area of Depredating Wolves (ADW) is designated for the purpose of focusing non-lethal deterrent measures. In some cases, the ADW may encompass the entire home range of a pack, but in others, it may only encompass a portion. Within an ADW, certain criteria must be met for an incident of depredation to qualify toward lethal control, see the West Wolf Management Zone page for more information.
Current Rogue ADW map (pdf)
Previous Rogue ADW maps: 09/16/2020, 01/25/2018, 10/24/2016 (pdfs)
Under Phase I management, an area specific wolf-livestock conflict deterrence plan (CDP) is prepared for an area designated to be an ADW. The CDP will help livestock producers identify the appropriate non-lethal measures which are effective in a given circumstance.
Current Rogue Pack Wolf-Livestock Conflict Deterrence Plan (pdf)
Previous Rogue Wolf-Livestock CDP: 01/25/2018, 10/24/2016 (pdfs)
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