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Washington has a robust wolf population, and wolves no longer are an endangered or threatened species, according to state Department of Fish and Wildlife biologists.

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OLYMPIA — Washington’s new count confirms wolves are thriving and should be taken off the state’s endangered species list, Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind said Tuesday.

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Washington Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind, shown here in a file photo, says the new wolf count confirms wolves are not endangered in Washington.

Speaking to the department’s Wolf Advisory Group, Susewind called wolf recovery a tremendous biological success, while acknowledging ranchers pay a cost and do “more than their fair share” to aid recovery.

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