Black Pines Pack responsible for livestock losses in Medical Springs High Valley

LA GRANDE — Two kill zones, one wolf pack. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has determined the new group of wolves depredating in the High Valley area of the Catherine Creek Wildlife Management Unit and the group depredating near Medical Springs are the same wolves, members of a pack now named the Black Pines Pack, according to a press release. The ODFW has also announced that the kill permit issued to livestock producers outside Medical Springs expired Friday, March 31. The permit in the High Valley area, allowing the producer or their agent to kill wolves on the…