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FILE - This June 29, 2017, file remote camera image provided by the U.S. Forest Service shows a female gray wolf and two of the three pups born in 2017 in the wilds of Lassen National Forest in Northern California. Trump administration officials on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal safeguards and putting states in charge of overseeing the predators.  (U.S. Forest Service via AP, File)

Groups Ask Court to Restore Protections for US Gray Wolves

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates on Thursday asked a federal court to overturn a U.S. government decision that stripped Endangered Species Act protections for wolves across most of the nation. Two coalitions of advocacy groups filed lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Northern California seeking to restore safeguards for a […]

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Correction: Gray Wolves-Endangered story

Correction: Gray Wolves-Endangered story

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP)-In a story October 29, 2020, about gray wolves, The Associated Press misspnnelled the name of Minnesota’s governor. He is Tim Walz, not Tim Waltz.

Groups Fight to Keep Gray Wolf Protections for Most of US

Groups Fight to Keep Gray Wolf Protections for Most of US

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife advocates and environmental groups are challenging the removal of federal protections for gray wolves across most of the U.S. Two coalitions of groups have filed formal notices over the past several days that they intend to sue the Trump administration in federal court unless protections […]

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Trump officials end gray wolf protections across most of US

Trump officials end gray wolf protections across most of US

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Trump administration officials on Thursday stripped Endangered Species Act protections for gray wolves in most of the U.S., ending longstanding federal safeguards and putting states in charge of overseeing the predators. The U.S. Department of Interior announcement just days ahead of the Nov. 3 election could […]

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Wildlife agency officials believe gray wolf is in Utah

Wildlife agency officials believe gray wolf is in Utah

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has set up traps for a rare gray wolf that wildlife officials believe killed a calf in Rich County. A trapper with the state first believed the predator was a coyote but determined it was gray wolf earlier this week after analyzing scat, tracks […]

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Wildlife officials find evidence of wolves in Colorado

Wildlife officials find evidence of wolves in Colorado

DENVER (AP)-Wildlife officials have discovered evidence of wolves living in northwestern Colorado after hunters reported a suspected pack and residents found a scavenged elk carcass. The Denver Post reports that the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department announced the discoveries Wednesday. It suggests a pack of gray wolves may be residing […]

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