Commissioners weigh in on state wolf status review

The current status and future planning for managing the wolf population was discussed Monday afternoon with a regional director from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife meeting with Whitman County Commissioners.

WDFW Region 1 Director Steve Pozzanghera spent nearly an hour with commissioners to update them on current wolf recolonization and collect comments from them on whether wolves should be considered for a change in listing status and modeling for future growth as part of the 2019 periodic status review for gray wolves.

“I don’t believe the wolf population in eastern Washington...