1st Breeding Female Wolverine Discovered in South Cascades
1st Breeding Female Wolverine Discovered in South Cascades
Biologists confirmed the rare mammal's return to the area south of I-90 after being extirpated in the early 1900s.
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Camera trap photos and DNA evidence confirmed that a breeding female wolverine is living south of I-90, biologists said–the first one to be found in the South Cascades since the mammal was extirpated there in the early 1900s. That’s great news for the rare animal; only 25 are thought to remain in Washington.
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