The Lookout Pack was the first confirmed wolf pack in Washington since the extermination of gray wolves in the 1930s. Wolf WA32M was one of the pups born in the Lookout Pack’s 2008 litter, which was the first confirmed litter of wolf pups born in Washington since the extirpation of wolves from the state. WA32M went on the start the Teanaway Pack. The Lookout wolves are genetically related to wolves from BC or Alberta, Canada, which means they are not related to the wolves from the reintroduction efforts in the Rockies. They have continued to endure despite losses from poaching and wildfire.
In late 2014, it was reported that the Lookout Pack had lost several new pups due to a wildfire known as the Carlton Complex Fire. Fortunately, the Lookout Pack still had its breeding pair and at least two other adult or yearling wolves in addition to one surviving pup.
In February 2016, remote cameras captured images of three sets of wolf tracks belonging to members of the Lookout Pack. In both 2016 and 2017, the annual wolf count verified only four members of the pack.
In 2018, the pack was counted as a breeding pair, and five family members were confirmed at the end of the year.
In May 2019, a yearling male was collared, and in June 2019, an adult male was collared.
The yearling male collared in May 2019 dispersed almost 500 miles north to Canada before losing radio contact. The 2020 annual survey counted a minimum of eight wolves and confirmed a successful breeding pair in the Lookout Pack.
Ten wolves were confirmed in the pack in 2021, and six were confirmed in 2022. In May 2022, WA126M, a male wolf from the Lookout Pack territory, dispersed from the pack and was last tracked northwest of Kelowna, British Columbia, before a collar failure. In October, WA110M dispersed from the Lookout Pack territory and was last tracked north of the Loup Loup territory before a collar failure. Finally, in November, WA127F, a female wolf from the Lookout Pack, dispersed from their territory and was last tracked in the Loup Loup territory before a collar failure.
In 2023, there were 10 wolves confirmed in the pack, with one known dispersal into the pack. WA145F was collared in the Loup Loup pack territory as a yearling in January 2023, then dispersed north into British Columbia before moving back south into the Lookout pack territory.
There were 13 wolves confirmed in the pack by the end of 2024, with one wolf illegally killed by humans. In January 2025, one wolf was captured and collared in this pack.
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Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife – Lookout Pack
