Grey wolf in the forest

A bill in the Washington Legislature seeks to have state wildlife managers “coordinate” their wolf policies.

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OLYMPIA — A House committee unanimously endorsed a bill intended to increase the Colville tribe’s influence over how wolves are managed on 1.5 million acres north of the tribe’s reservation in northeast Washington.

Northern Ferry County and parts of northern Okanogan and Stevens counties fall within the region. It was the northern half of the Colville reservation until ceded to the U.S. government in 1892.

Colville tribal leader Mel Tonasket

Longtime Colville tribal leader Mel Tonasket testifies Jan. 26 before the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee in Olympia in favor of a bill calling for the tribe and Department of Fish and Wildlife to coordinate wolf management.

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