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The Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves
3 months, 1 week ago

The Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves

The Independent  

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The Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves
3 months, 1 week ago

The Biden administration is taking steps to eliminate protections for gray wolves

Associated Press  

— The Biden administration on Friday asked an appeals court to revive a Trump-era rule that lifted remaining Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the U.S. Friday’s filing with the 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals was President Joe Biden administration’s first explicit step to revive that rule. Officials also didn’t adequately consider threats to wolves outside those …

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Mexican gray wolves boost their numbers, but a lack of genetic diversity remains a threat
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mexican gray wolves boost their numbers, but a lack of genetic diversity remains a threat

Associated Press  

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The wild population of Mexican gray wolves in the southwestern U.S. is still growing, but environmental groups are warning that inbreeding and the resulting genetic crisis within the endangered species will continue to be a threat to long-term survival. They contend that it means only that the genetic crisis among Mexican gray wolves will get harder to …

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Another Major Legal Battle Is Brewing Over The Killing Of Gray Wolves
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Another Major Legal Battle Is Brewing Over The Killing Of Gray Wolves

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A coalition of environmental and animal protection groups said Wednesday that it will sue to overturn the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision not to restore Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies. “It’s beyond frustrating that federal officials are harming wolf recovery by denying wolves in the Northern Rockies the powerful federal …

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Opinion: Wolves are back in Colorado’s wilderness. Here’s why that’s great for Earth
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Wolves are back in Colorado’s wilderness. Here’s why that’s great for Earth

LA Times  

Gray wolves were reintroduced to the Colorado wilderness in December, as mandated by a 2020 proposition that passed by a narrow majority. But in the habitat where wolves will reside on Colorado’s less populated, agricultural/recreational Western Slope, the “yes” vote was not as resounding. It was ‘Rocky Mountain High’ in every direction,” said Joanna Lambert, a wildlife ecology and conservation …

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Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions
1 year ago

Embattled wolves gain a new frontier in Democratic Colorado. The move is stoking political tensions

Associated Press  

DENVER, Colo. — Wildlife officials plan to release gray wolves in Colorado in coming weeks, at the behest of urban voters and to the dismay of rural residents who don’t want the predators but have waning influence in the Democratic-led state. Suburbs and cities along Colorado’s Front Range, which includes Denver, carried the vote despite strong opposition across less-densely populated …

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Minnesota releases updated draft gray wolf management plan
2 years, 6 months ago

Minnesota releases updated draft gray wolf management plan

Associated Press  

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota’s population of gray wolves is resilient and robust, wildlife managers said Thursday as they released a draft updated plan to keep it that way. “Wolf conservation is a high priority for the DNR and we expect this updated plan to help ensure Minnesota’s wolf population remains healthy,” Kelly Straka, the agency’s wildlife section manager, said …

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6 tribes sue Wisconsin to try to stop November wolf hunt
3 years, 3 months ago

6 tribes sue Wisconsin to try to stop November wolf hunt

Associated Press  

Six Native American tribes sued Wisconsin on Tuesday to try to stop its planned gray wolf hunt in November, asserting that the hunt violates their treaty rights and endangers an animal they consider sacred. The tribal lawsuit comes three weeks after a coalition of wildlife advocacy groups sued to stop Wisconsin’s wolf hunt this fall and void a state law …

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Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says
3 years, 6 months ago

Wolves scare deer and reduce auto collisions 24%, study says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Ecologist Rolf Peterson remembers driving remote stretches of road in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and seeing areas strewn with deer carcasses. They found it created what scientists call “a landscape of fear.” “In a pretty short period of time, once wolves colonize a county, deer vehicle collisions go down about 24%,” said Dominic Parker, a natural resources economist at …

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Trump officials end gray wolf protections across most of US
4 years, 1 month ago

Trump officials end gray wolf protections across most of US

Associated Press  

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Trump administration officials on Thursday stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal safeguards and putting states and tribes in charge of overseeing the predators. Federal wildlife officials contend thriving populations in the western Great Lakes region, Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest ensure the species’ long-term survival. In an …

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