Blog For Wolves

SILVER CITY, N.M.— New Federal Management Rule Still Falls Short on Genetic Diversity by Rejecting Science-Based Reforms -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed today that it will eliminate its current population cap of 325 Mexican gray...

Phoenix, Arizona – ...The wild population of Mexican gray wolves has seen a small increase ...to a minimum of 196 wolves. However, this slight increase [...reveals] high mortality (including illegal killing), low pup survival, and a deepening...

To USFWS (Wash DC): "On behalf of the Rio Grande and Grand Canyon Chapters of the Sierra Club, please accept these comments on the draft revisions to the 2015 ESA Section 10(j) rule for the wild population of Mexican Wolves. The following changes...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Wandering Mexican gray wolf m2520 (named “Anubis” by schoolkids) has once again made his way north of Interstate 40, the arbitrary current boundary of the federal wolf recovery area. He had occupied habitat west and north of...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Conservation groups are voicing opposition today to the Arizona Game and Fish Department’s pursuit to capture a solitary Mexican gray wolf who has been living peacefully in the national forests north of Williams and Flagstaff for...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Craig Thiessen, the rancher responsible for the brutal death of young Mexican wolf ‘Mia Tuk,’ lost his case this week against the Gila National Forest in which he contended that the Forest Service couldn’t revoke his grazing...

TUCSON, Arizona (June 15, 2020) - On April 15, 2020, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) opened a 60-day “scoping” period to receive public comments on needed changes to a management rule that will determine the recovery success of Mexican gray...

The United States Fish & Wildlife Service released the results of its annual wild Mexican gray wolf population count today, revealing that the number of wolves has increased to a minimum of 163 wolves. This increase of 24% from last year comes...

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.

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...