▁c oug ar . ▁Wh itet ail ▁de er , ▁m ule ▁de er , ▁and ▁mo ose ▁are ▁also ▁found ▁in ▁abund ance . ▁The ▁gray ▁w olf ▁population ▁has ▁been ▁making ▁a ▁recovery ▁in ▁the ▁In land ▁North west . ▁As ▁of ▁June ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁there ▁are ▁ 1 6 ▁w olf ▁pack s ▁in ▁eastern ▁Washington . ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁photo ▁evidence ▁confirmed ▁a ▁solit ary ▁w olf ▁in ▁Mount ▁Sp ok ane ▁State ▁Park . ▁ ▁Although ▁the ▁e cor eg ion ▁remains ▁e colog ically ▁int act , ▁it ▁faces ▁conservation ▁challeng es ▁that ▁include ▁the ▁negative ▁effects ▁of ▁certain ▁forest ry ▁management ▁and ▁logging ▁practices , ▁higher ▁ris ks ▁of ▁forest ▁fires ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁alter ation ▁of ▁the ▁trees ▁that ▁make ▁up ▁the ▁forest ▁composition , ▁and ▁habitat ▁fragment ation ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁urban ▁spraw l ▁and ▁development , ▁which ▁end angers ▁the ▁long - term ▁surv ival ▁of ▁vulner able ▁species ▁such ▁as ▁mountain ▁car ib ou ▁and ▁the ▁Northern ▁g osh awk . ▁ ▁Cl imate ▁Sp ok ane ▁has ▁a ▁dry ▁summer ▁contin ental ▁climate ▁( D sb ▁under ▁the ▁Kö ppen ▁classification ), ▁a ▁rare ▁climate ▁due ▁to ▁its ▁elev ation ▁and ▁significant ▁winter ▁precip itation ; ▁Sp ok ane , ▁however , ▁is ▁adjacent ▁to ▁and ▁sometimes ▁even ▁class ified ▁as ▁a ▁warm - sum mer ▁Mediter rane an ▁climate ▁( C sb ) ▁because ▁the ▁average ▁temperature ▁for ▁the ▁col