OR-93, a 2-year-old male from the White River Pack near Mount Hood, has reportedly been spotted in northern Ventura County, CA.
Between Sept. 20 and 26, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) received three reports of a gray wolf with a purple collar. CDFW investigated the areas where the wolf was spotted and discovered recent wolf tracks. OR-93 was fitted with a purple tracking collar by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Oregon in June 2020.
OR-93 was first tracked in California in Modoc County on Jan. 30 and has traversed the state until the last collar transmission on April 5 in San Luis Obispo County. At that time, CDFW estimated the wolf had traveled at least 935 air miles in California, clocking a minimum of 16 air miles per day. A trail camera in Kern County spotted the wolf on May 15.
