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9/1/23
- Feds update evidence standards for Mexican gray wolf attacks. ... wolf
is now receiving more management protections in Arizona and New Mexico. SourceNM
3/9/23
- Mexican gray wolves thrive in 2022.
Chieftain
or .pdf
12/1/22
- Montana Judge Won’t Halt Gov. Greg Gianforte’s Aggressive Wolf
Hunt. ... The decision came as part of a lawsuit from environmental groups filed
after the deadliest year for Yellowstone wolves since their reintroduction. The
Intercept October
15, 2022 - Update on Grey Wolf recovery program. On October 4, 2022, The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service released the final revised recovery plan for the Mexican
wolf, which includes new site-specific management actions to address the threat
of human-caused mortality, including illegal killing. NM
Wild August
30, 2022 - Montana doubles down of wolf slaughter. ... permits for 456
wolf slaughter. CounterPunch
July
20, 2022 - Wolf tracks in Yellowstone National Park ... Was Yellowstone’s
Deadliest Wolf Hunt in 100 Years an Inside Job? Intercept
June
23, 2022 - People may be overselling the myth’: should we bring back
the wolf? Researchers say the return of wolves to Yellowstone in the 1990s kickstarted
big changes in habitats. But that narrative is increasingly being challenged.
Guardian.
Related: Rewilding with wolves: can they help rebuild ecosystems?
Guardian
Poscast June
17, 2022 - Wolves in the West are Collateral Damage of Human Selfishness.
CounterPunch
June
16, 2022 - Sabotaging the Mexican wolf recovery project. ... A whistleblower
reveals how fraudulent wolf kills hurt recovery of the endangered species High
Country News June
2, 2022 - County backs proposed livestock authority; feds release more wolf
pups. ... A Joint Powers Agreement between the counties of Socorro, Catron and
Sierra was approved last week by the Socorro County Board of County Commissioners.
The purpose of the JPA is to create the County Livestock Loss Authority, designed
to help protect the rights and livelihood of the cattle ranching industry, which
feels at risk by the federal government’s management of the reintroduction
of the endangered Mexican gray wolf. Chieftain
.pdf
May
24, 2022 - Cry Wolf. Endangered Gray Wolf recovery is being "sabotaged"
by ranchers who claim the canines are killing cattle - and the federal employes
who sign off the reports. The
Intercept May
19, 2022 - Mexican wolf numbers allowed to rise; legislators call for lethal
removal. Chieftain
or
.pdf May
4, 2022 - America is exterminating its wolves. When will this stop? ... Last
year Idaho approved the killing of 90% of its wolves and Wisconsin killed 200
in less than 60 hours. Recently 500 were killed in the northern Rockies. This
is a disaster for our ecosystem. Guardian
April
28, 2022 - 'Stunning and Supremely Disappointing': Biden Admin Moves to Appeal
Gray Wolf Protections. ... The Interior Department said the "procedural step"
will allow time for additional assessment and "does not signal that the federal
government has determined that an appeal will be pursued." CommonDreams
April
21, 2022 - Jaguars Could Return to the US Southwest, But Only If They Have
Pathways to Move North. CounterPunch
April 20, 3022 - Restoring the Grizzly to the Southwest: Aldo Leopold’s
Escudilla, Revisited. CounterPunch
April
6, 2022 - New Mexico Teeters On The Edge Of A New Era Of Coexistence. Roxy’s
Law represents a critical marker on New Mexico’s path to reimagining how
we perceive and live with the wildlife that makes this place special. Popular
Resistance February
15, 2022 - 5 things to know about gray wolves regaining Endangered Species
Act protection ... Most importantly: The recent relisting doesn’t apply to
the Rocky Mountains. Wild
Country News February
14, 2022 - The Case for Equal Protections for Wolves Throughout Their Range.
CounterPunch
February 10, 2022 - 'Huge Win for Gray Wolves' as US Court Restores Endangered
Species Act Protections. ... Campaigners also emphasize that, as one expert put
it, "there is still a huge amount of work ahead to protect wolves in Montana,
Idaho, and Wyoming, where they face some of their biggest threats." CommonDreams
January
27, 2022 - Over 81,000 demand support for long-term Mexican gray wolf conservation.
Wild
Earth Guardians January
15, 2022 - Help Protect Mexican Gray Wolves! ... The U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (USFWS) is updating its management plan for Mexican gray wolves, and we
need your comments by January 27 Wolf
Conservation Center
December
29, 2021 - Ode to the Wolf. CounterPunch
December
24, 2021 - What is a Wilderness Without Its Wolves? CounterPunch
December
20, 2021- Mexican Gray Wolves Belong in the Wild, Wherever They Roam. CounterPunch
December
1, 2021 - The emotional lives of wolves
Biologist Rick McIntyre uses anthropomorphism
to tell the story of his subjects. High
Country News December
5, 2021 - A gray wolf’s epic journey ends in death on a California highway.
... OR-93 traveled further
south than any wolf had in a hundred years. Even after death, he continues to
inspire. Guardian December
3, 2021 - Democrats and the Wolf Slaughter. CounterPunch
Novemer
3, 2021 - Can the Wolf Unite Us? Environmental Leadership in Polarized Times.
CounterPunch
October
29, 2021 - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Proposes New Rule to Address Mexican Gray
Wolf Killings. Press Release.pdf October
23, 2021 - Wisconsin Wolf Hunt Temporarily Blocked By Court. ... A judge sided
with wildlife advocates who say a slated wolf hunting season would be unconstitutional.
HuffPost
October
1, 2021 - For the Wolf. ... As the world deteriorates ecologically and societally,
we are seeing in Montana’s new wolf “hunts” a march of barbarism
and contempt for life unfolding before us. CounterPunch
September
3, 2021 - Biden Should Put Science, Not Policy Positions, in the Driver’s
Seat on Wolves and the Endangered Species Act. CounterPunch
September
1, 2021 - Wolves’ perilous path to Colorado ... As gray wolf restoration
in the Southern Rockies looms, one multi-state river corridor highlights the political
and physical barriers they face. High
Country News September
1, 2021 - Why are Mexican Wolves Being Removed From Northern Arizona? Agency
Excuses Don’t Fly. CounterPunch
July
28, 2021 - ‘
An abomination’: the story of the massacre that
killed 216 wolves. ... ‘Before regulators could shut down the hunt, 216 wolves
had been killed – overshooting the quota by 83%.’ Guardian
July 5, 2021 -
Study Details How Trump Unleashed 'Outright Slaughter'
of Wolves in Wisconsin. ... Experts warn Wisconsin could be a harbinger of the
fate of wolves in other states unless the Biden administration quickly restores
federal protections. CommonDreams
Related: Up To Third Of Wisconsin’s Wolves Killed After
Removal From Endangered Species List
The state ended its wolf hunt after just
three days earlier this year when hunters killed at least 216 wolves in about
60 hours. HuffPost
July
2, 2021 -
The return of the endangered Mexican wolf
A program that
places captive-born pups into wild dens is helping North America’s rarest
wolf subspecies reclaim its native territory in the Southwest. HCN
June
1, 2021 -
Who’s Afraid the Big (Actually, Tiny) Bad (Hardly) Wolf
(Pups)?. CounterPunch
May 12, 2021 -
Idaho is going to kill 90% of the state’s wolves.
That’s a tragedy – and bad policy. .. Fed by myths, fairytales and Disney,
America’s demonization of wolves has been going on for centuries, and continues
full throttle. Guardian
May
11, 2021 -
The Cash Cows of Catron County. CounterPunch
Related: Forest Service upholds Decision to Cancel Grazing Permit of
Convicted Wolf Killer. Western
Water Sheds April
27, 2021 -
Idaho’s Wolf Slaughter Bill Stampedes Toward a Vote. ...
would allow an unlimited number of wolf tags per hunter, no restrictions on methods
of take, establishment of year-round trapping seasons on private lands, and allowing
the state Wolf Depredation Control Board to hire independent contractors to kill
wolves (and) use any method available to kill. Guardian April
24, 2021 -
Idaho Senate OKs Bill To Kill Up To 90% Of The State’s
Wolves. ... Conservationists slammed the bill as incentivizing the “cruel
deaths” of more than 1,000 wolves. HuffPost
April
20, 2021 -
Wolves Remain at Risk as Hunters and Their State-Level Allies
Call the Shots TruthDig
or Download.pdf April
8, 2021 -
Mexican Wolf Depredation Investigations…Again. CounterPunch
or Download.pdf
April
1, 2021 -
Endangered Mexican gray wolf. Letter to Chieftain
Download
.PDF March
26, 2021 -
Demand Montana Governor Gianforte Veto Draconian Wolf Killing
Bills. CounterPunch
March
24, 2021 -
The
Future of Wolves in the American West. CounterPunch
March 23, 2021 -
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte Violates Rule In Killing
Of Yellowstone Wolf. ... The newly elected Republican was let off with a warning
and was allowed to keep its skull and hide. HuffPost
March
23, 2021 -
Another Dead Wolf in Arizona CounterPunch
March
22, 2021--
Meditations from the Greater Gila: On the Possibility of Wolves,
the Actuality of Dark Skies, and Actualizing the Possible. CounterPunch
March
18, 2021 -
Latest count for wolves up from year before.
Chieftain
or Download .pdf
version
March 12, 2021-
Rarest subspecies of wolf in North America sees population
almost double in five years. ... Environmentalists are hopeful about increase
in numbers but say wolves are still in a precarious position. Guardian
March 12, 2021 - The Fraught Politics of Wolf Hunts. CounterPunch March
11, 2021 - Weakened protections led to more disappearances of endangered Mexican
wolves. UWM March
10, 2021 - Wolves Will be Wolves, So Let’s Manage the Humans. CounterPunch
March 3, 2010 - Wisconsin hunters kill 216 wolves in less than 60 hours,
sparking uproar. ... Kills quickly exceeded statewide limit, forcing the state
to end the hunting season early. Guardian
February
11, 2021 - Of Mexican Wolves and Their Habitat. CounterPunch
January 5, 2021- Gray Wolves Lose Federal Endangered Species Act
protections CounterPunch
January
2, 2021 - In October, the Trump administration removed protection status from
the nation's threatened and endangered gray wolves. While the order did not apply
to Mexican gray wolves found in New Mexico, the decision was a troubling development
nonetheless. Urge the Biden Administration to Protect Mexican Gray Wolves! Please
sign this petition to encourage the incoming Biden administration to protect
Mexican gray wolves! December
24, 2020 - Mexican Wolf Killings Expose the Dark Underbelly of Western Culture....
Namely, many of the confirmed Mexican wolf depredations are unsubstantiated based
on the evidence in the reports, and some are so full-scale bogus as to call into
question how, exactly, Wildlife Services is making these decisions. CounterPunch
Related: Advocates question investigations used to target 'problem'
wolves. Tucson.com
Related: US Wildlife crying wolf on livestock deaths? Albuquerque
Journal December
2, 2020 -
Federal Grazing Fees: the Hidden Subsidy. CounterPunch November
16, 2020 -
Scientists studying wolves as first responders against deadly
brain disease. ... Experts fear that chronic wasting disease could one day jump
from deer to humans. Independent
November
5, 2020 -
It’s official: Voters decide to reintroduce wolves in Colorado.
... Proposition 114 passed as a flurry of Front Range-votes widened the initiative’s
margin of victory, paving the way for the animals’ return to the Western
Slope. Colorado
Sun October
30, 2020 -
What
Stripping Endangered Species Protections Means For Colorado’s Wolf Reintroduction
Initiative. CPR
News October
29, 2020 - 'We Will See Them in Court': Howls of Protest and Lawsuit Promised
as Trump Takes Wolves Off Endangered Species List. ... "The largest canine
native to North America, gray wolves were once common throughout more than two-thirds
of the lower 48 states," before being "nearly wiped out in the mid-20th
century due to habitat loss and deliberate eradication efforts," Environment
America explained in a statement released on Thursday. "Let's learn from
history: Removing legal protections is a disaster for gray wolves."
CommonDreams
October
19, 2020 -
Taxpayers Shell Out Huge Subsidies to Wolf Pup-Killer’s
Ranching Enterprise. CounterPunch October
16, 2020 -
Compassion, Wolves and America’s First Wilderness CounterPunch
September
11, 2020 -
'Reckless, Violent, Massacre' of 570 Wolves and Wolf Pups in
Idaho Bolsters Alarm Over Trump Attack on Species Protections. ... Wildlife advocates
warn that if a Trump administration effort to lift nationwide protections proceeds,
"this cruelty could extend to all wolves within our country's borders."
CommonDreams
September
7, 2020 -
Slaughtered Pups and Maimed Wolves in Idaho Demonstrate the
Effects of Federal Delisting.
CounterPunch
September
6, 2020 - US Wildlife crying wolf on livestock deaths? Albuquerque
Journal
August 28, 2020 -
One Ranch, Nine Dead Cows, and Six Very Strange Wolf
Investigations. CounterPunch
August 4, 2020 -
Framing Wolves in New Mexico? CounterPunch
or PDF
July 22, 2020 -
Save the Staffel Wolf Pack. CounterPunch
Download.pdf July
17, 2020 -
Of Toddlers, Wolves, and Public Lands Ranchers. CounterPunch
July
14, 2020 -
Wolf culls do not protect caribou, new study suggests. ...
Habitat degradation inflicts far greater harm on caribou populations than wolves,
say researchers. Guardian
July 9, 2020
-
Mexican wolves found dead - Wildlife managers are investigating the
deaths of two Mexican gray wolves found in May. Chieftain
.pdf
version 
June 12, 2020 -
Advocating
for the Mexican Gray Wolf: An Interview with Amy Harwood. CounterPunch
Related: How to speak up for the wolves in th e 10(j) management
rule scoping comment period. ... The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (FWS) issued
a request for comments on April 15, 2020 - 60 day period. . Lobos
of the SW May
29, 2020 - Advocates
question investigations used to target 'problem' wolves. Tucson.com
May 12, 2020 -
The War Against the Wolves of Alaska. CounterPunch
April 29,
2020 -
A Big Win for the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and
a Call to Protect Wolves and Wilderness in Idaho. CounterPunch
April 16,
2020 -
It’s Time for the Forest Service to Curtail Idaho’s Wolf
Slaughter in Wilderness Areas. CounterPunch
April 16,
2020 -
It’s Time for the Forest Service to Curtail Idaho’s Wolf
Slaughter in Wilderness Areas. CounterPunch
April 1,
2020 -
What’s the Hang Up on Releasing Adult Lobos? CounterPunch
February
11, 2020 -
The War on Wolves is Part of the Culture War. CounterPunch
January 30, 2020 -
Wolves Play a Beneficial Role in Wildlife Management.
CounterPunch
January
25, 2020 -
A rewilding triumph: wolves help to reverse Yellowstone degradation
Guardian
October
18, 2019 -
Leadership Lacking for Wolf Protection
CounterPunch August
20, 2019 -
Washington: outcry after last four wolves in pack killed by state
hunters. ... Environmental groups called deaths of wolves that had killed
or wounded cows since 2018 ‘unbelievably tragic’. Guardian
March
2, 2019 -
Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Project - Initial Release and Translocation
Plan
for 2019 November
16, 2018 -
The Once Hated Wolf Could Now Save A Struggling Community.
... Wolf tourism is bringing more benefits than hunting. HuffPost
Related: Bill
That Would Drop Protections For Gray Wolves Passes House. ... Around 5,000 wolves
currently live in the lower 48 states. HuffPost
October
23, 2018 -
Challenge to Policy on Prosecuting Endangered-Species Hunters
Tossed. Courthouse
News June
4, 2018 -
Importance of Gila National Forest For Mexican Wolf Recovery.
Wildlands
Network February
6, 2018 -
Standoff Over Mexican Gray Wolf Continues in Southwestern U.S.
NatureNow
May
23, 2018 -
New Analysis Demonstrates Importance of Gila National Forest-Northern
Arizona Wildlife Corridor for Mexican Wolf Recovery. New
Mexico Wild April
6, 2018 -
20th anniversary of release of Mexican wolves in wild. Chieftain
.pdf
March
15, 2018 -
NM, feds reach agreement on wolf releases. Albuquerque
Journal
.PDF version
September
2, 2017 -
Thousands weigh in on wolf recovery plan ... Just hours before
the Tuesday night deadline approached for the public to weigh in on a proposed
federal management plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf, more than 9,000
comments had been posted online. Thousands more had been submitted to U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service by mail — most opposing a wolf recovery plan that many
criticized as too restrictive to allow the species to thrive.
New
Mexican July
27, 2017 -
Call to the Wild - Mexican gray wolf recovery program faces
challenges. Chieftain
July
21, 2017 -
Goals
discussed at wolf recovery meeting -
Chieftain July
17, 2017 -
Speak up for Wolves - Attend upcoming meetings July
20th - T of C - 6 - 9pm
Civic Center, Ralph Edwards Auditorium, 400 W
4th July
22nd - Albuquerque, NM (Facebook
Event) -
Crowne Plaza Albuquerque 1901 University Blvd NE, Albuquerque,
NM 87102
(Prep
at the Wolf Den: 11 am - 12:45 pm
Rally: 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm
FWS Meeting:
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
The
Trump administration has released a draft Mexican Wolf "Recovery" Plan,
and it is bad news for our struggling desert lobo wolves. ... This plan would
suppress wolf numbers, sharply limit their distribution and hand over the rare
wolves' management to political appointees on state game commissions -- people
who are selected in large part from among the livestock and hunting-outfitter
industries. Download
information July
5, 2017 -
Mexican
Wolf Draft Revised Recovery Plan released Chieftain
PDF
version
Release
range and spotting map: Recovery
information website 
Why
Killing Coyotes Doesn't Make Livestock Safer. TruthOut
Court Throws
Out Feds’ Misguided Policy Limiting Prosecution of Killers of Endangered
Wildlife. ... Late yesterday, a federal judge threw out the Department of Justice’s
flawed ‘McKittrick Policy’ under which the government only prosecuted
killers of animals on the Endangered Species Act’s (ESA) list of imperiled
species when it could prove the killer knew the exact biological identity of the
species s/he was harming. The decision came as a result of a challenge brought
by WildEarth Guardians and the
New
Mexico Wilderness Alliance in 2013. Line
of descent: How poor management left Mexican wolves dangerously inbred. ... Missteps
and conflict between the state and the feds have hounded the recovery of Arizona
and New Mexico’s remaining wolf packs. High
Country News
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April
27, 2017 -
Court Lifts Injunction Blocking Mexican Gray Wolf Releases.
... The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled April 25, 2017, to lift a preliminary
injunction blocking further releases of highly endangered Mexican gray wolves
into the wild within New Mexico. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) can
now resume wolf releases within the state. NM
Wild
Map of Wolf Population areas
April
27, 2017 -
Official: Cattle attacked by wolf - Chieftain
Five
ways you are subdizing meat production.
With traps, snares, poisons, gas,
and aerial gunning, the USDA’s Wildlife Services has killed more than 34
million animals in the last decade to protect the livestock operations of private
meat producers, according to official records. The take in 2015 alone included
68,905 coyotes, 731 bobcats, 480 bears, 385 wolves, and 284 mountain lions. More
>
Sept
8, 2016 - The recent killing of six members of the Profanity Peak wolf pack
in NE Washington in retribution for the loss of a few cattle is emblematic of
what is wrong with public land policy - More here: Slaughtering
the Profanity Pack: Losing Wolves and Academic Freedom How
wolves can altger the course of rivers. Wolves
were once native to the US' Yellowstone National Park -- until hunting wiped them
out. But when, in 1995, the wolves began to come back (thanks to an aggressive
management program), something interesting happened: the rest of the park began
to find a new, more healthful balance.
For
More Wonder, Rewild The world - TED Talk August
7, 2016 - Wolf
Issue resolved July
11, 2016 - Federal investigation:
Wolf program was mishandled
Less than a quarter of one percent, 0.23%, of the American cattle
inventory was lost to native carnivores and dogs in
2010, according to a Department of Agriculture report.
Synopsis of
the report June
16, 2016 - Judge
temporarily stops release
June
16, 2016 - Keep
politics out of wolf release
May
14, 2016 - (ABQ Journal)
State
seeking to stop release of wolves May
5, 2016 - Sheriff
may try to stop wolves’ release in Socorro County March
2, 2016 - Chieftain - 110
Wolves counted in AZ and NM release areas
Socorro
County Commission voted unanimously to ban release in the county. This decision
has no legal standing. Wolf release is a federal issue. . November
26 - Let wolf lovers raise
wolves
November
18 - Wildlife
folks were missing November
11 - County
Passes Wolf Ordiance November
10 - Oregon
Wolves Lose Endangered Species Protections
November 5th -
Wolves
at the ‘back door’ (Chieftain) November
5th -
Wolves
at the ‘back door’ (Chieftain)
October
31 - [IMPORTANT
NEWS]
The Socorro
county commission has already adopted an anti-wolf fear based resolution (download
here) and is now considering adopting an anti-wolf county ordinance (download
here) The Center for Biological Diversity will give a presentation
Thursday, Nov. 5 about Mexican wolves, their importance to wild places
and how the mountains of Socorro county fit in to saving them. Please
join Michael Robinson from the Center and to learn more about wolves, new rules
for their management that were adopted in 2015 and the proposed county ordinance.
What:
Presentation, Return the wolf to the San Mateo Mountains
When:
Thursday, November 5th at 6-7:30 PM
Where:
the Socorro Public Library, 401 Park Street, Socorro, NM
Please bring and
tell a friend!
Mary
Katherine Ray
Wildlife Chair
Rio Grande Chapter Sierra Club
575-772-5655
PS.
Also mark your calendar for the County Commission meeting on Tuesday, November
10 at 10 AM at the County annex building at 198 Neel St in Socorro. Commissioners
will be voting on the anti-wolf ordinance and each member of the public will be
allowed 2 minutes of testimony. Let's show the Socorro county commission that
wolves have friends here! October
23 -
Wolf
Release Cleared | 
