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Lonely Wolverine Still in California
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Dan Carino
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Feb 26, 2011
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Lonely Wolverine Still in California
Three years after he was first spotted, and 89 years since the last of his kind was trapped here, the state's only wolverine is still stalking the Sierra Nevada. Off-Ramp Host John Rabe speaks with Bill Zielinski, a carnivore specialist with the US Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station, about the only known wolverine wandering California. CLICK THROUGH for a link to a real wolverine movie.
Sierra Nevada Wolverine
Sierra Nevada Wolverine
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Chris Stermer/California Dept. of Fish and Game
)

Three years after he was first spotted, and 89 years since the last of his kind was trapped here, the state's only wolverine is still stalking the Sierra Nevada. Off-Ramp Host John Rabe speaks with Bill Zielinski, a carnivore specialist with the US Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station, about the only known wolverine wandering California. CLICK THROUGH for a link to a real wolverine movie.

Three years after he was first spotted, and 89 years since the last of his kind was trapped here, the state's only wolverine is still stalking the Sierra Nevada. Off-Ramp Host John Rabe speaks with Bill Zielinski, a carnivore specialist with the US Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station, about the only known wolverine wandering California.

CLICK THROUGH for a link to a real wolverine movie.

Tom Knudson of the Sacramento Bee has more information on our lonely wolverine, including an endearing remote video of him scampering through the snow.