Wolves in Oregon on the move to Southern Oregon

The OR-7 wolf that has been track from upper-eastern Oregon has made his way down to the Crater Lake area of Southern Oregon.  The OR-7 wolf had found an elk herd and a yearling calf that it had been feeding on the last couple of days. In the Lolo area of Idaho the Elk population has been cut drastically by the introduction of wolves over the past several years.  Oregonian Article

The ODFW estimates there to be 24 known wolves in Oregon and only 1 in the Cascade mountains.  I and many others feel this number is grossly understated and that Oregon's population of gray wolves is currently in the 100's.  As for the assertion that  there is only one wolf in the Cascades, I personally have seen a wolf in the cascades while hunting 5 years ago.  I have also talked with many others who have seen them in the Diamond lake area.  One gentlemen that I talked with got an Elk down at sunset, camped out and heard howls all around his camp at night and found wolf tracks everywhere the next morning.

I only think our wolf problem in Oregon has just begun, we need to take a cue from Idaho and start controlling these predators now before our Elk and Deer populations are depleted!