Imnaha Pack has 16 members-
The state or Oregon is providing official monthly news on its wolf population.
There are two wolf packs, the large Imnaha Pack and the small Wenaha Pack. Both are in the extreme NE corner of the state near Idaho and Washington.
Here is the December update: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/Wolves/docs/oregon_wolf_program/2010_December_wolf_report.pdf You can find the archived reports at Wolves in Oregon. Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Related story in the Seattle Times. Oregon wolf pack has 2 more pups than expected. The Imnaha wolf pack in northeastern Oregon may have more pups than previously thought. The Associated Press
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Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
Washington needs to start doing this……….
http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2011/01/the_debate_over_oregon_wolves_spills_into_what_to_call_them_gray_wolves_or_canadian_gray_wolves.html
It would appear Oregon has little tolerance for existing predators, let alone a new one:
http://www.predatordefense.org/cougars.htm