ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Two U.S. senators from the West want state wildlife authorities and ranchers to have more say in how the federal government manages endangered Mexican gray wolves. Arizona Republicans John McCain and Jeff Flake have introduced legislation that would push the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to work more closely with states to revamp a decades-old recovery plan …
Court Settlement Provides Hope for Mexican Gray Wolves
Court Settlement Provides Hope for Mexican Gray Wolves Victory: Forty years after Endangered Species Act protection, government required to prepare recovery plan TUSCON, AZ – A coalition of wolf conservation groups, environmental organizations and a retired federal wolf biologist today announced a court settlement requiring the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) to prepare a long-delayed recovery plan for …
State says it will sue U.S. Fish and Wildlife over wolf release plan
We need to tell New Mexico and Arizona to take a hike!!! The Feds are just fulfilling the ESA requirements!! The same that these states need to fulfill! SANTA FE — New Mexico officials notified the federal government today they will sue to block the planned release of more Mexican gray wolves without the state’s OK. The state Department of …
Cochise County spending thousands to keep endangered wolf out of region
SOUTHEAST ARIZONA — Inside a large chain-link cage at the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center, a Mexican gray wolf gently moves from behind a tree and into the open air. It stands in the midday sun, dark-lined eyes looking intently beyond the fence, before settling under the tree for shade. This is one of 16 wolves at the north Scottsdale center, …