Two wolf pups were observed on the Warm Springs reservation in early August, marking the first time the wolves have successfully bred in Oregon's northern Cascades since the animals returned to the state.

I am so ashamed of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. I thought its job was to protect our fish and wildlife. Instead, they are working hard to destroy it.

They think it is alright to blame sea lions for the endangered steelhead and spring Chinook salmon in the Willamette and Columbia rivers, when it is human beings’ fault these fish are in danger. It is dams created by people and pollution from companies, ranchers and farmers. It is also the fault of fisheries, and fishermen and women who are allowed to kill the steelhead and salmon even though they are threatened.

This department also allows wolves to be killed because they attack some ranch and farm animals. If the Fish and Wildlife Department didn’t allow hunters and fur traders to kill so many animals in our wildlife, the wolves would have more choices to eat.

The people who work in the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife need to actually care about all our fish and wildlife and actually do something that will help them.

Cindy Williams, Gresham