Current numbers: 2
Pack status: Active. Designated in 2012.
The Huckleberry Pack has had a series of tragic setbacks, but has endured in NE Washington nevertheless. In 2012, one member was killed in a trap set for other species on the Spokane Tribe of Indians Reservation land.
In August of 2014, after wolves killed more than two dozen sheep in Stevens County, officials mistakenly shot the breeding female of the Huckleberry Pack.
In 2015, three members of the pack were killed legally during wolf hunting season on the Spokane Tribe of Indians Reservation lands.
In fall 2017, WA52F, a collared female member of this family, dispersed to the Stranger Pack, where she was recaptured in February 2018. WA142M was also captured and collared in the Huckleberry Pack by the Spokane Tribe of Indians in 2018. In late 2018, the family had a minimum of eight wolves and a successful breeding pair.
In June 2019, WA95F, a yearling female pack member, was collared. The 2019 annual survey could confirm only two pack members. An adult female wolf was killed by a logging truck in the Huckleberry territory in February 2020. It is unknown whether she was one of the pack members.
In the 2020 annual survey, a minimum of seven wolves were confirmed, and this pack was confirmed to have one breeding pair.
In January 2021, WA95F dispersed from the pack before being killed by a vehicle west of Spokane, WA, in February 2021. In the same year, eight wolves were legally hunted in this pack by the Spokane Tribe. At the end of the year, only four wolves were confirmed in the pack.
In 2022, one adult male wolf from the pack was killed by a landowner protecting livestock under the “caught-in-the-act” rule, and one wolf was legally hunted, leaving a year-end count of a minimum of three wolves.
In January 2023, WA142M, who was considered an active member of the Huckleberry Pack, was captured in the Navarre Pack territory. It is unclear when he dispersed from the Huckleberry Pack. Three wolves were confirmed again in this pack in 2023.
One wolf was legally hunted by the Spokane Tribe in 2024. One wolf was captured and collared in this pack in June. At the end of the year, there was a confirmed count of two wolves, which were not considered a successful breeding pair.
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Useful Links
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife – Huckleberry Pack
