As of Dec. 31, 2023, WDFW and partnering tribes counted 260 wolves in 42 packs in Washington. Twenty-five of the packs were successful breeding pairs that raised at least two pups through the end of the calendar year. These numbers follow the previous year’s count of 216 wolves in 37 packs and 26 breeding pairs.
Historically, gray wolves were common throughout much of Washington, but were all but wiped out by humans by the 1930s. In 2008, Washington wildlife managers documented the state’s first breeding wolf pack in modern times.
Visit the gray wolf updates page for information about pack activity.
Download a static copy of the 2023 Wolf Packs Map shown below. Wolf pack GIS polygon data for this and prior years is available on the WDFW Open Data site.
