ENDANGERED SPECIES -- A new wolf pack has been confirmed in Washington by state wildlife officials, bringing the number of known packs to 10 with AT LEAST four other packs suspected of operating inside or on the state borders.

The photo with this post shows two wolves near an elk carcass in the Pitcher Creek drainage about six miles south of Wenatchee, as reported in the Wenatchee World. 

In the story, state wildlife biologist Dave Volson doesn't hesitate to point out that this wolf pack could be "new" only in the sense thats it's just been confirmed.  

Wolf reports -- many are substantiated but many others are not  -- are coming in from a wide range of areas on the state's wolf reporting webpage.  Even the more open spaces of the Palouse region is home to wolves.

See a good roundup of recent wolf-related activity and news --  including how wolf management is factoring into the state Senate confirmation hearings for Washington Fish and Wildlife Commissioners and a Washington-collared wolf killed legally in British Columbia -- in the latest Wolf Howler report by Andy Walgamott of Northwest Sportsman.