Wolf Depredation Grant

After a lone gray wolf from Idaho’s experimental population entered Oregon back in 1999, gray wolves have continued to disperse into Oregon from Idaho and have established breeding populations. Livestock producers have been affected financially due to direct losses of livestock from wolf depredations.

House Bill (HB) 3560 went into effect in 2011, which directed the Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) to establish and implement a wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program. Funds from this grant program are awarded to counties to help create and implement county wolf depredation compensation programs under which:

• Compensation is paid to persons who suffer loss or injury to livestock or working dogs due to wolf depredation.
• Financial assistance is provided to persons who implement livestock management techniques or nonlethal wolf deterrence techniques designed to discourage wolf depredation of livestock.
• Awards are paid to counties with a wolf depredation compensation program to help with implementation and administrative costs.

ODA's Wolf Depredation Compensation and Financial Assistance Grant Program complements and supports Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wolf Conservation and Management Plan in the area of developing and maintaining a cooperative livestock producer assistance program that proactively minimizes wolf-livestock conflict and assists livestock producers experiencing wolf-related livestock losses

County grant application materials

• County grant application
• Category 1 - direct loss claim add-on application form
• Category 2 - missing claim add-on application form
• Category 3 - non-lethal preventative techniques add-on application form

• Guidelines for Missing Livestock Claims Due to Wolf Depredation
• OAR 603-019: Wolf depredation compensation and financial assistance grant program
• Oregon Revised Statute 610: Predatory Animals
• Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Annual Report
  From the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Oregon Wolf Conservation and Management Plan
  Includes associated technicals rules from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
• Wolf Depredation Grant Award Compensation Data by Year
• Wolves in Oregon