Current Numbers: 4
Pack Status: Active. Designated in 2022.
An adult female, OR75, was radio collared in April 2019. A new Area of Known Wolf Activity (AKWA) was designated by ODFW in the southern Minam and northern Keating WMUs where she was resident in 2019. She was documented travelling with a male, OR86, in late February 2020.
In April 2020, Radio-collar data indicated OR75 denned outside of the AKWA, then returned to the AKWA in early May. No pups were detected in 2020, and OR75 and OR86 were not counted as a breeding pair.
The OR75/OR86 pair produced at least two pups during 2021. OR75 and the pups were not documented at the end of the year, so they are not a breeding pair. OR86 was traveling with one other wolf during the count.
In 2022, OR75 and OR86 produced at least two pups that survived until the end of the year. This family was designated as the Frazier Mountain Pack and was documented as a breeding pair, with a minimum of five wolves in the pack.
In 2023, the Frazier Mountain Pack produced at least three pups that survived until the end of the year and was counted as a breeding pair, with six wolves in the pack.
In 2024, OR75 died of unknown causes, at an age of over 10 years old. Three additional wolves were killed by the Department in response to livestock predation. The pack was not documented as a breeding pair for the year. A total of four wolves were documented during the winter count.
Useful Links
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife – The Frazier Mountain Pack
