A second wolf sighting has been reported in California within just one week. Last time, it was the historic Lancaster appearance — the first gray wolf documented in L.A. County in over a century.
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Now, the newest sighting comes from Sierra County, where homeowner Mike Lint checked his security cameras after noticing movement on his 10‑acre property near Loyalton — a sparsely populated area about 40 miles north of Truckee.
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Lint is used to wildlife wandering through. He often sees bears, mountain lions, and deer right on his back porch. But Monday morning’s visitor was different.
He grabbed his phone, opened his security feed, and saw a wolf pacing calmly around his yard — at one point coming within ten feet of his home. “At first I thought, is that just a big coyote or is that a wolf?” he said.
Lint believes the wolf was simply looking for food, noting, “It didn’t find any in my yard, so it just kept moseying along to the next house.”
He sent the footage to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and reported it to the Sierra County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies visited his property searching for droppings to help identify which pack the wolf might belong to, but none were found.
The sighting comes as wolves have increasingly made their way into Sierra County — and not without controversy. In 2025, wolves were linked to dozens of cattle deaths, sparking tension between wildlife advocates and ranchers. “They’re eating the cows and calves and the ranchers’ hands are tied,” Lint said, noting the $100,000 fine for killing a wolf. “So it’s just a problem.”
But not everyone sees it that way. “Half the people think it’s beautiful and great, and the ranchers don’t think it’s so great,” he added.
Lint himself takes a balanced view: “When you build a house in their house, you have to expect to get bears and mountain lions and wolves on your back porch.”
This latest sighting adds to the growing pattern of gray wolves returning to California, a species absent from the state for more than a century but now slowly re‑establishing their presence.
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