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  According to a report from the LA Times, for the first time in over a century, a brown wolf was spotted in the national landmark of Southern California. Michelle Harris, who had seen the wolf in early July, described witnessing a large, brown canine crossing a road amid a wildfire. Harris told the LA Times, "Then she put her head down and really howled. All I could think was, 'It doesn't look like a coyote, but it should be, right?'" Later analysis of paw prints, fur, and left-behind remains confirmed that the animal was a female gray wolf, which has now been designated as a member of the Tule Lake pack, according to the LA Times. She came with her four offspring, consisting of two males and two females. DNA analysis also revealed that they are descendants of the OR-7 wolf, the first wolf seen in California in 90 years back in 2011. The return of wolves to the area pleased local conservationists, who urged the US Forest Service to halt logging operations there u