Wildlife officials fitted tracking collars on five gray wolves in Northern California to help monitor the growing wolf populations in Lassen, Modoc, Shasta, Siskiyou and Tehama counties. This video, from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, shows teams capturing a gray wolf, fastening a collar on it before releasing it back to the wild. READ MORE: https://bit.ly/4bCTXNt #wold #wolves #california #northerncalifornia #northstate #norcal #news #localnews #breakingnews #newvideo | KRCR Ne

Sagebrush ecosystems provide crucial habitat for many species of wildlife. But in some areas, like the often arid Modoc National Forest in northeastern California, an invasion of juniper trees and shrubs combined with decades of fire suppression not only choked out historic stretches of sagebrush but greatly inhibits the growth of perennial grasses and forbes. And that’s bad news for elk, mule deer, pronghorn and other forms of bird and mammal life. So in 2018, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation