CDFW launches wolf conflict pilot program

WLJ Jun. 13, 2025 1 minute read 4 comments

CDFW launches wolf conflict pilot program — Members of the Shasta Pack in Northern California as seen in the fall of 2015.
CDFW trailcam photo.

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) launched a summer strike team on June 9 in an effort to combat wolf livestock depredations in Siskiyou County and the Sierra Valley.

The task force will provide round-the-clock staff support seven days a week for livestock producers experiencing frequent wolf conflicts, CDFW said.

“This program is still in its early stages, so there will be a need to learn by doing together,” said Plumas County Supervisor Dwight Ceresola. “More details will be shared as it progresses. But this is a good start, and I appreciate that.”

Siskiyou County and Plumas and Sierra counties in the Sierra Valley have experienced higher-than-normal livestock depredations compared to other counties.

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4 Comments

Randolph Lanzendorfer
June 17, 2025
Poison, traps, and firearms are the only thing that work when it comes to wolves! How much is this costing us?
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1. Marie
  June 23, 2025
  That is absolutely NOT true. Non-lethal means are proven to be more effective. The "cost" is more than we can pay when we kill off a keystone species like wolves ~ they are necessary for a healthy ecosystem; cattle are not. The wolves have every right to be out on the landscape; it is their home. It is the ranchers' responsibility to protect their livestock ~ especially when said livestock is left out on public lands where the wolves live and hunt.
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Marie
June 23, 2025
CDFW ~ thank you for implementing non-lethal methods of living alongside wolves (and other wildlife). Please pave the way for other states ~ our wildlife is necessary. People need to wrap their minds around that.
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Dino
June 23, 2025
We control them in Idaho and it works there not endangered proper hunting and trapping works . One thing about it if you leave them as is your cougar population will drop.
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