A century ago, gray wolves roamed much of California, Oregon, and Washington. They played a vital role in these wild landscapes — then urbanization, ranching, and government extermination programs wiped them out. But wolves have been making an epic return on the West Coast. In the last 2025 episode of our Sounds Wild podcast, host Vanessa Barchfield talks with the Center’s Amaroq Weiss about how wolves made their comeback and what the future looks like for this iconic species. Listen to the late
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