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Federal judge rejects plan to manage Mexican gray wolf population
A federal judge has swatted the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not doing enough to ensure there is a viable population of the Mexican gray wolf in Arizona and New Mexico.
Feds: 14 endangered Mexican wolves found dead in 2016
More than a dozen endangered Mexican gray wolves were killed in 2016, including two at the hands of wildlife officials who were trying to survey the struggling population early last year.
Court mandates new recovery plan for Mexican gray wolves
Federal wildlife officials are now under a court order to update a decades-old recovery plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, a predator that has struggled to regain a foothold in the American Southwest despite millions of dollars of investment in reintroduction efforts.
Officials eye new locations for Mexican wolf release program
Wildlife officials are working to identify new locations to release Mexican gray wolf packs that have been raised in captivity.
Suspicion over federal wolf plan spreads to Colorado, Utah
Suspicion over federal plans to restore endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest has spread to Colorado and Utah, where ranchers and officials are fiercely resisting any attempt to import the predators.
Arizona sues feds over Mexican gray wolf recovery plan
The Arizona Game and Fish Department and the Arizona Attorney General’s office filed a lawsuit today against the federal government over the Mexican gray wolf recovery program, saying the feds have failed to make a complete plan to recover the species.
Ducey, Brnovich propose $1 million for ‘federalism unit’
Speaking before more than 1,000 Republicans at the Arizona GOP’s state convention in January, newly inaugurated Attorney General Mark Brnovich spoke in vivid terms about how he plans to deal with the federal government.
Threat of lawsuit puts damper on wolf legislation
Lawmakers have been largely quiet on Mexican gray wolves so far this session, possibly because Arizona Game and Fish is threatening federal wildlife authorities with a lawsuit if the wolf recovery program isn’t updated.
Veto stamp: Brewer comes to endangered wolves’ rescue
Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a pair of bills allowing ranchers and state officials to kill endangered Mexican gray wolves if the wolf is caught in the act of killing livestock or threatening humans.
Endangered wolf species under attack as AZ lawmakers act to protect ranchers
Lawmakers are taking aim at the endangered Mexican gray wolf, moving ahead with a host of proposals aimed at the federally protected animal in Arizona.
Conservation group sues – again – to protect Mexican gray wolf in Arizona
For the second time in less than two weeks, a Tucson-based conversation group has sued the federal government over its handling of the Mexican gray wolf.
Lawsuit settlement tosses rule on removing wolves for livestock kills
Mexican gray wolves no longer will be subject to the "three strikes and you're out" rule, thanks to a settlement reached between environmental groups and the federal government. The informal rule went by the bureaucratic sounding name of standard operating procedure 13 (SOP 13), which allowed wolves to be removed from the wild for attacking and killing livestock three times within a year.
