BEY03F tracked – A female gray wolf known as BEY03F has been tracked into Sequoia National Park in California—marking the first known arrival of a gray wolf there in more than a century. The wolf, born in 2023 to the Beyem Seyo Pack, dispersed in 2025 after livestock conflicts
The gray wolf didn’t announce herself with tracks that stuck around in one place. She moved—long-distance, purposeful—until California’s Sequoia National Park saw her for the first known time in more than 100 years.
A female gray wolf identified as BEY03F was tracked into Sequoia National Park in California, making her the first known gray wolf to do so in more than a century. The animal’s story traces back to the Beyem Seyo Pack, where BEY03F was born in 2023.
But the path out of that pack wasn’t peaceful. BEY03F dispersed from her pack prior to livestock conflicts in 2025 that led to several members of the Beyem Seyo Pack being lethally removed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). In May 2025. BEY03F was captured and collared for tracking after being recorded on a CDFW camera in the zone of the Yowlumni Pack. and then released.
Since then, CDFW has monitored her movements across California.
BEY01F. a female also born in the 2023 litter of the Beyem Seyo pack. was released close to where she was captured with a new collar in January 2025. and her presence reflects how closely the state has been studying the wolves it tracks. CDFW tracks these wolves to conserve and observe the population across the state.
Earlier this year. BEY03F was tracked south in Los Angeles County—movement that came as no surprise to those who watch wolves for a living. Gray wolves are built to travel long distances. and BEY03F reportedly traveled more than 370 miles from her pack in Plumas County down into Yowlumni territory. then even further south into Los Angeles County.
Now she’s making the trek north again. Exactly how she’s moving inside Sequoia National Park remains unclear: it’s not known whether she is traveling in a pack or alone, or how long she will stay.
What makes the sighting especially loaded is the species status. Gray wolves are listed as endangered in California by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The wider return of gray wolves to the state has a known turning point: in 2011, gray wolves naturally reintroduced themselves into California.
CDFW says that in 2026 there are nine known and monitored gray wolf packs in California. But the agency also understands there may be an unknown number of individual wolves in the state—wolves that have dispersed from packs in California or from adjacent states. In that context. BEY03F’s appearance in Sequoia National Park feels less like a random detour and more like the kind of movement conservation tracking was designed to reveal.
For people trying to follow her in real time, CDFW provides the Wolf Tracker, where BEY03F and other tracked wolves can be tracked across California.
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