The gray wolf population in Washington has experienced positive growth since breeding pairs returned to the state in 2008.

Washington State's wolf population has reached its highest recorded level to date, according to the Washington Department of ...

The report shows that the minimum year-end wolf count increased by more than 17% at the end of 2025, following a decline a year prior at the end of 2024.

Even as numbers grow, Washington wolves aren’t considered ‘recovered’ Washington counted a record 270 wolves in 2025, but all ...

Washington’s gray wolf population is at its highest count since the state began monitoring in 2008. State and tribal ...

A minimum count of 270 is a new high for gray wolves in Washington. It represents a 17% increase over the count of 230 at the ...

Washington’s gray wolf population grew by more than 17% in 2025, reaching its highest level since wolves naturally returned ...

Washington is inching closer to delisting gray wolves as an endangered species. Once the wolves establish a presence in the ...

Over the weekend, the state of Washington denied Colorado’s request for up to 15 gray wolves to continue its wolf reintroduction program. Kelly Susewind, director of the Washington Department of Fish ...

Wildlife experts captured wolves in Oregon and released them in Grand County in December 2023. (PHOTO: Screengrab via Colorado Parks and Wildlife from video footage shot by Jerry Neal). Washington’s ...