This Nov. 14 photo from a trail camera in Oregon appears to show OR-7, the young male wolf that has wandered hundreds of miles across Oregon and Northern California looking for a mate and a new home. (Associated Press)<p class='dotPhoto'>All Chico E-R photos are available <a href='http://chicoer.mycapture.com/'>here</a>.</p>
The gray wolf that made history by crossing into California last week wandered into eastern Shasta County sometime Thursday. The male wolf, known to biologists as OR-7, meandered from Siskiyou County into eastern Shasta County sometime between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, Jordan Traverso, a Department of Fish and Game spokeswoman, said Thursday.
"We cannot predict what he will do next," Traverso said in an email.
Though biologists are able to track the wolf because it's wearing a satellite-tracking collar, they have declined to identify his exact location to keep him safe from those who might wish to harm him.
That's troubling to Pam Giacomini, a Hat Creek rancher and candidate for District 3 supervisor.
"It would be nice ... if we could call Fish and Game and say, 'Hey, can you give us kind of a location so we know whether we need to be concerned and keep our eyes out?'" she said.
Wolves were re-introduced into the northern Rocky Mountains in the mid-1990s. The first wild wolf crossed out of Idaho into Oregon in 1999. In September, OR-7 began a southwest trek across the state's highways, mountains and deserts, gathering national media attention along the way.
For much of November and December, he stayed in the Klamath and Jackson counties area of southern Oregon before crossing into California on Dec. 28.
Prior to OR-7, no wild wolves had lived in California since 1924.
OR-7 also has had his picture taken. On Nov. 14, a hunter captured a
picture of him with an automatic trail camera set up in the woods near Butte Falls, Ore., about 20 miles northeast of Medford.The Ashland Daily Tidings newspaper ran a photo of the wolf Wednesday. The story says Allen Daniels, 24, of Central Point, Ore., got the photo from an automatic camera he set up to photograph deer.
Mark Freeman, who wrote the newspaper story, said the photo was shared with the Associated Press, which distributed the photo to member newspapers.
The location of the camera corresponds to the wolf's GPS location for that date, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife officials told the Associated Press.
Oregon wildlife officials said it is apparently the first photo of the 2-year-old wolf. OR-7 was born into the Imnaha pack, one of four wolf packs in northeast Oregon.
Wildlife officials have said they are not sure why he headed south, since there are no known female wolves in Southern Oregon or Northern California.
There are also few elk in California, wolves' favorite prey.
Tracking data showed that on Wednesday OR-7 was living in a forested area in Siskiyou County and staying out of trouble, Mark Stopher, a program manager for the California DFG told the AP.
In addition to the world getting its first glimpse of OR-7 on Wednesday, the wolf also got an unofficial new name. Oregon Wild, a nonprofit wildlife advocacy group, held a contest during November and December.
The winning name, "Journey," was announced Wednesday. A 7-year-old girl from Mountain Home, Idaho and an 11-year-old girl from Dickinson, N.D., both suggested the name, which received nearly 40 percent of 700 votes cast nationwide, according to Oregon Wild.
The contest was part of an effort to paint the wolf in a more positive light, said Rob Klavins, a spokesman for Oregon Wild.
Assemblyman Jim Nielsen, R-Gerber, described the efforts by the likes of Klavins and federal biologists to have the wolves return to the West as "insanity." He hopes the wolf heads back out of state instead of making Shasta County a home.
"As a cattleman, I'm not very happy with that prospect," he said.
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