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Scientists Urge New Approach to Southwestern Wolf Conservation Through Court-ordered Rewrite of Management Rules
October 16, 2019
SILVER CITY, N.M.— Leading scientists and wolf conservationists today urged the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to adopt an entirely new approach to Mexican gray wolf management in a letter to the agency.
Trump’s Fish and Wildlife Service Has Issued Mexican Wolf ‘Kill Order’
August 22, 2019
TUCSON, Ariz.— Conservation groups condemned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for the agency’s blanket authorization — which it is not making public, but which conservationists have uncovered — to trap or kill an imperiled Mexican wolf in...
FOREST SERVICE TO CANCEL GRAZING PERMIT OF CONVICTED WOLF KILLER
December 3, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, NM-- Last week, the Gila National Forest served rancher Craig Thiessen notice of a decision to cancel the grazing permit for the Canyon del Buey allotment near Reserve, New Mexico. Thiessen had pleaded guilty to intentionally trapping...
Release of Three Mexican Gray Wolf Packs Needed to Put Recovery Back on Track
July 12, 2018
SILVER CITY, N.M.— Twenty-five conservation groups called on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to release three more Mexican gray wolf packs, specifically mating pairs with pups, to the Gila Wilderness in New Mexico this summer. Further...
Latest count shows smallest of increases in wild Mexican wolf population
February 21, 2018
SANTA FE, NM — After a brief delay due to the government shutdown, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its annual count of at least 114 Mexican gray wolves living in remote areas of western New Mexico and eastern Arizona. The Mexican Wolf...
New Lobo ‘Recovery’ Plan Puts Politics Before Science Risks Recovery of Highly Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves
June 29, 2017
Tucson, Ariz. – Despite the recommendations of scientists, the draft recovery plan for the lobo or Mexican gray wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) released today by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service unnaturally limits the population size and range of this...
Wolf Supporters Urge Gov. Ducey to End State Interference with Wolf Recovery
January 14, 2016
PHOENIX, AZ – Today, Mexican wolf supporters denounced a letter sent in November by Governor Doug Ducey and the governors of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah to Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Mexican wolf population increase
February 13, 2015
Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced that the wild Mexican wolf population has increased to 109 from 83 wolves counted at the end of 2013. While conservationists cheer this good news, they point out that the agency projected...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released rule governing endangered Mexican gray wolf
November 25, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) released revisions to the federal rule governing endangered Mexican gray wolf reintroduction, which would obstruct the imperiled subspecies’ recovery. The Service’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (...
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed Northern Rockies gray wolf
November 21, 2014
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has confirmed that a female northern Rockies gray wolf is roaming the North Kaibab National Forest near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. This pioneer traveled hundreds of miles to northern Arizona, an area that...