Satellite tracking collars show area wolves now in Canada, Idaho and Montana
ELK – State officials say three wolves from Eastern Washington have been tracked out-of-state.
According to state Department of Fish and Wildlife wolf report released Monday, Wolves from Stevens and Pend Oreille counties have been tracked to British Columbia, Idaho and Montana.
All three wolves had been previously captured and outfitted with satellite-tracking system collars, officials said.
A wolf from the Carpenter Ridge Pack, which generally lives along the Stevens-Pend Oreille county line north of Elk, was tracked to Eastern Montana, officials said. At last count, officials estimated the Carpenter Ridge Pack had at least 11 wolves, including one breeding pair.
A wolf from the Stranger Pack of Stevens County was tracked to Idaho, officials said, noting that pack consisted of a single breeding pair.
The Stranger pack inhabits the mountainous area northeast of Hunters, officials said.
While those wolves have been moving to the east, one wolf from northern Pend Oreille County was found to have left the Goodman Meadows Pack and headed north of the border into the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia, officials said.
At last count, that pack had an estimated four wolves, officials said.
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