This 2011 photo captured by a bait-station camera shows a wolverine in the Wallowa Mountains. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife confirmed the sighting of a wolverine caught on video crossing U.S. Highway 20 near Santiam Pass on April 6. 

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has confirmed the sighting of a wolverine caught on video crossing U.S. Highway 20 two weeks ago east of Santiam Pass, the agency said.

Staff members from the agency’s Deschutes District confirmed the tracks April 6, the day of the sighting, according to a news release. The last documented wolverine in the Central Cascades was killed in 1969 by a trapper near Broken Top Mountain.

The April 6 sighting near Santiam Pass was the latest of several recent wolverine sightings. The first occurred March 20 when two people fishing on the Columbia River photographed a wolverine on the bank of McGuire Island. It was the first confirmed wolverine sighting outside the Wallowa Mountains in more than 30 years, the agency said.

ODFW said other sightings were confirmed in Damascus, Oregon City and Colton over subsequent days.

Based on the timing, locations and direction of travel, it’s possible the sightings have all been the same individual wolverine, although the agency said that could not be confirmed.