Gray Wolf Sighting In Sequoia National Park For First Time In Century

As California’s return to being a wolf state again bloomed in the northern reaches of the state, more and more animals have worked their way south, even further south than anyone would imagine. But as Los Angeles TV’s KTLA reports, iconic Sequoia National Park welcomed that same gray wolf that got into Los Angeles County for the first time in a century. Here are some details:

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife wolf-tracking system shows that the wolf was most recently tracked entering the eastern end of the park near Mount Pickering. The wolf, BEY03F, was also the first wolf to enter L.A. County in more than 100 years. Before that, BEY03F was recorded wandering a populated area of California’s Central Valley.

“This remarkable journey to the remote backcountry of [Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks] highlights the incredible distances wolves can travel as they reclaim parts of their historic range in California,” the California Wolf Foundation wrote on social media Sunday. “Each step tells a bigger story about resilience, connectivity, and the future of wolves in our state.”

KTLA has reached out to a CDFW gray wolf expert Christopher DeTar about the wolf sighting and is waiting to receive a response. In 2024, DeTar told KRON4 News that BEY03F is a female wolf born into the Beyem Seyo pack in 2023.