The California Department of Fish and Wildlife reports that the state currently has seven known wolf families amid changing pack dynamics and areas of new wolf activity. California now has around 50 known wolves, according to the state wolf coordinator — up from around 49 at the end of 2023. That modest increase comes despite 30 pups known to have been born in spring 2024. The report indicates that the nine packs confirmed at the end of September 2024 have declined to seven. The Beckwourth pack no longer exists and another pack, the Antelope pack, merged with the Beyem Seyo…
