Gray Wolf Pack
Gray wolves began natural recolonization of California beginning in 2011 and recognized on the Sequoia National Forest in 2023.
In California, gray wolves are classified as federally endangered under the US Fish and Wildlife Service Endangered Species Act, state endangered under the California Endangered Species Act (CESA) and Species of Greatest Conservation Need in the State Wildlife Action Plan. Gray wolves began natural recolonization of California beginning in 2011; the first pack was the Shasta Pack in 2015 (no longer active). Today there are seven confirmed packs in California: Beyem Seyo pack (Plumas County), Diamond pack (Plumas and Lassen counties), Harvey pack (Lassen County), Ice Cave pack (Shasta, Tehama, Lassen, and Plumas counties), Lassen Pack (southern Lassen/northern Plumas counties), Whaleback Pack (Siskiyou County), and Yowlumni pack (Tulare County). There may be an unknown number of individual wolves that have dispersed from packs or adjacent states. The department strives to conserve gray wolf populations for their ecological and intrinsic values and closely monitors our overall wolf population / packs for conservation and research, management and conflict mitigation.
Wolf Livestock Compensation Grants Information