Union County seeks over $212,000 in wolf depredation compensation grant funds
By Garrett Christensen on Thursday, February 19th, 2026 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
UNION COUNTY – During a regular meeting on Wednesday, February 18, the Union County Board of Commissioners approved an application to the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Wolf Depredation Compensation & Financial Assistant Grant Program for $212,510 dollars.
This grant application is split between $62,510 dollars in predation funds and $150,000 in prevention funding. The predation funds aim to cover the losses incurred by two local producers, including seven ewes, one steer, and four cow calves. The value was determined by “establishing fair market value and multiplying that by five as allowed under the new grant rules, “as written in a staff report.
The prevention funds aim to reimburse producers for the costs of range riders, herders, fox lights, fladry, electric fences, air patrol, and other non-lethal deterrent measures. If the funding is provided by the state, the county will then make allocations to producers on an application basis.
The deadline for the county to apply is February twenty-eighth
