Jane Strohm's List: Mexican Gray Wolf

"urrently, there are 50 Mexican wolves roaming free in the wild. This number is halfway to the 100-wolf population goal for 2008. There are 260 wolves at 45 captive breeding facilities throughout the country"

"The United States as a whole has up to 9,000 wolves which are increasing in number in all their ranges. Wolf recovery has been so successful that the United States Fish & Wildlife Service removed the western grey wolf from the federal endangered species list on March 28, 2008.[26][2] Due to the controversy over wolf shootings, a coalition of environmental groups sued the federal government to put the gray wolf back on the Endangered Species list.[27] On July 18, 2008, a federal judge ruled in favor of renewed endangered species protection.[28] Alaska has a stable population of 6,000-7,000 wolves which are legally hunted from August to April as a big game species.[2][29] Minnesota has a population of 2,900[30] wolves which are legally protected, though they are occasionally culled for depredation control. Minnesota is currently the only US state to have a livestock damage compensation programme.[2] Minnesota has been granted complete control over its wolf population, and its wolf management plan establishes a minimum population of 1600 wolves.[31] Montana has population of 70 wolves which are legally protected.[2] Idaho has a population of 185 wolves which though protected, is considered merely experimental and nonessential.[2] Wyoming has 165 wolves, which like in Idaho, are considered merely experimental.[2] Michigan has over 500[30] wolves which are legally protected.[2] Wisconsin, like Michigan, has a population of over 500[30] legally protected wolves.[2] Two gray wolves were captured in north-central Washington state in July 2008, one of which was a nursing female. This is the first evidence of reproducing wolves in the state since the 1930s.[32] In northeast Oregon, also in July 2008, wolf howls were heard by biologists who identified at least 2 adults and 2 cubs. This is the first confirmed breeding pair in Oregon.[33] As of January 14 2009, the Bush administration removed the Canadian gray wolf from the Endangered Species List in every American state except Wyoming.[34]

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has links to population statistics and other reports. Full detailed and up to date descriptions!

interactive map about recovering wolves in the Rockies

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