Imnaha News

A wounded calf found on the Imnaha Highway Thursday night was determined to have been wounded by the Imnaha wolf pack.

The three-year-old gray wolf, known as OR-5, left the Imnaha pack in Oregon just like her brother, OR-7, who roamed more than 2,000 miles through California before crossing back into Oregon on March 13.

I was so happy to read about OR-7 traveling back to Oregon to try to find a mate.

Perhaps you do too. Goodness knows, dry side of Oregon places like Cove and Imnaha, Troy and Flora, are, if not at the end of the road, far enough off the beaten track to miss most of the hubbub of life.

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Mark Vargas and his daughter, Jennifer Vargas, examine the ground near a picked-over elk carcass where lone wolf OR-7 was known to have been feeding.