Survey: Mexican wolf population drops in 2015 Population declines between 2014 to 2015, U.S. Fish and Wildlife say strategy still viable…. PHOENIX – The Mexican wolf Interagency Field Team completed the annual year-end population survey, documenting a minimum of 97 Mexican wolves in the wild in Arizona and New Mexico at the end of 2015. At the end of 2014, …
Eva Sargent: More Mexican gray wolves needed in the wild
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must step up wolf recovery plan. They are only 37 years late at finalizing their plan!! The Mexican gray wolf (also known as “lobo”) is the most-endangered gray wolf in the world. This smaller subspecies of the gray wolf once ruled as top dog throughout the American Southwest until humans drove it to the brink …
Wolf Supporters Urge Gov. Ducey to End State Interference with Wolf Recovery
BACKGROUND: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service convened a recovery planning team in 2010 that included a Science and Planning Subgroup made up of some of the top wolf experts in the country. The Science and Planning Subgroup developed draft recommendations for recovery of the Mexican gray wolf based on the best available science, which included the following: In addition …
4 Corners Governors are spreading misinformation in a recent letter to the federal government
SALT LAKE CITY — Wildlife advocates chided state government leaders in four Western states on Thursday for trying to keep land out of a potential recovery zone for Mexican gray wolves, an endangered species. In addition to a demonstration Thursday in Santa Fe, organizations advocating for the wolves held news conferences and rallies in the capital cities of Utah, Colorado, …