Siskiyou County Claims Lion’s Share of Wolf Payouts But Says $3.5 Million Statewide Is Pocket Change as 2026 Carnage Mounts

SISKIYOU COUNTY — While the California Department of Fish and Wildlife touts distributing $3.52 million to ranchers hurt by the return of gray wolves, livestock producers in Siskiyou County. Who’ve absorbed more than $2 million of that…