Writers on the Range: On their own, wolves walk into Washington State

Writers on the Range: On their own, wolves walk into Washington State

In 2008, Canadian wolves didn’t wait for an invitation from biologists to move them into Washington state. Instead, they trotted across the border because they liked the territory. The pair that found each other to form Washington’s first wolf pack came from far-flung places: the Canadian Rockies and the British Columbia coast. The spontaneous recolonization has become a notable success story. Washington now has more than 230 wolves in at least …