gray wolves
Posted Sep 17, 2021, 11:24 am
Carson McCullough
/Courthouse News Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Wednesday that it would be renewing their evaluation on the potential need for federal protections for wolves following a push from environmental groups to restore safeguards for the predators. ... Read more»
Posted Sep 17, 2018, 12:03 pm
Vandana Ravikumar
/Cronkite News
Is a Mexican gray wolf just another wolf, or is it a distinct – and endangered – breed of its own? The long-running fight over the Mexican gray wolf moved from Southeast Arizona to a paneled Washington conference room last week, where scientists will try to answer the question that could determine the animal’s fate.... Read more»
Updated Mar 2, 2018, 1:02 pm
Jenna Miller
/Cronkite News
The Mexican gray wolf once was prevalent in parts of the Southwest, but intensive trapping and hunting had nearly wiped out the wolves by the 1970s. A program to reintroduce the wolves into the wild began 20 years ago, and the population has been growing slowly.... Read more»
Posted May 12, 2017, 1:17 pm
Garrison Murphy
/Cronkite News
As the bidding war for the construction of President Donald Trump’s wall comes to a close, many environmental activists remain concerned over the potential impact it will have on wildlife and ecology on the border.... Read more»
Posted Mar 10, 2017, 12:50 pm
Joseph Guzman
/Cronkite News
Populations of endangered Mexican gray wolves have reached their highest numbers since reintroduction efforts began nearly 20 years ago, but rather than cheer the success, environmentalists are worried it could backfire on the struggling animals.... Read more»
Posted Feb 17, 2015, 11:43 am
Mackenzie Concepcion
/Cronkite News
From the 1970s until 1998, not a single Mexican gray wolf roamed the Southwest. Now there are more 100 of them in Arizona and New Mexico, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday.... Read more»
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Updated Feb 11, 2015, 4:01 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The wolf shot and killed by a hunter in Utah in late December was the same animal who had been spotted near the Grand Canyon — the first wolf seen in that part of Northern Arizona in 70 years. Federal officials announced the results of genetic testing Wednesday.... Read more»
Posted Feb 6, 2015, 9:17 pm
Laura Sposato
/Cronkite News
Biologists recently conducted an annual count of Mexican gray wolves in southern New Mexico. Some 300 of the endangered animals are in that state and New Mexico, and officials recently enlarged the area in which they are free to live.... Read more»
Updated Dec 29, 2014, 9:40 pm
Maria Coxon-Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A hunter in Utah shot and killed a wolf in Utah on Sunday, and has said he mistook the animal for a coyote. The canine may be the female wolf recently spotted near the Grand Canyon — the first wolf seen in that part of Northern Arizona in 70 years.... Read more»
Posted Nov 26, 2014, 1:38 pm
Lauren Loftus
/Cronkite News Service
Under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's plan, the endangered Mexican gray wolf would have a lot more room to roam in Arizona and New Mexico. That is, as long as it doesn’t cross Interstate 40. Representatives of two conservation groups said the plan doesn't go far enough. ... Read more»
Updated Nov 25, 2014, 4:52 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
A pair of tourists from Virginia captured the female wolf roaming the North Rim last month — with their video camera. A cross-country road trip found the two with a rare sighting: a wolf trotting alongside their car as they left the Grand Canyon. Officials confirmed that the animal is that same wolf spotted by others in the area.... Read more»
Updated Nov 21, 2014, 6:32 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials announced Friday that they've got the straight poop on an animal seen near the Grand Canyon, confirming that a gray wolf from the Northern Rockies is making a home near the North Rim. While biologists were unable to capture the wolf for testing, DNA analysis of the wolf's scat showed that she is a member of the endangered species. ... Read more»
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Posted Nov 7, 2014, 12:49 am
Stephen Hamway
/Cronkite News Service
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued an emergency permit Thursday allowing researchers to capture and conduct DNA testing on a creature seen near the Grand Canyon that resembles a gray wolf.... Read more»
Posted Oct 30, 2014, 5:23 pm
Maria Coxon-Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
What appears to be a gray wolf was recently photographed roaming on Forest Service land near the North Rim of the Grand Canyon in what would be the first wolf sighting at the park since the 1940s, the Center for Biological Diversity said Thursday.... Read more»
Posted Mar 12, 2014, 2:46 pm
Lori Udall
/Special to TucsonSentinel.com
Forty-six years ago in 1967, my father Stewart Udall — as Secretary of Interior — issued the first endangered species list under the Endangered Species Preservation Act. His list included such great American icons as the timber wolf, red wolf, bald eagle, grizzly bear, American alligator, and the peregrine falcon.... Read more»