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APNewsBreak: Plan lifts Lower 48 wolf protections

But he added that might not happen if hunters kill so many Northern Rockies wolves that it reduces the number that would disperse from packs and seek new turf.

Scientists: Don't drop federal wolf protections

The wolf remains on the endangered species list except in the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes, where the combined population is about 6,000.

Decision on wolf protections in Lower 48 delayed

Most live in the Northern Rockies and western Great Lakes, where protections already have been lifted.

Mich. governor OKs bill that could allow wolf hunt

Michigan would become the sixth state to authorize hunting wolves since federal protections were removed over the past two years in the western Great Lakes and the Northern Rockies, where the...

Congress members seek continued wolf protections

The wolf has been designated as recovered in the western Great Lakes and the Northern Rockies after rebounding from near-extinction in the past century.

No-kill wolf ban spurs nonlethal options

With wolf numbers approaching 1,800, the federal government dropped Endangered Species Act protection in 2011 in the Northern Rockies, eastern Oregon and eastern Washington, and turned over...

Feds pull draft plan for managing certain wolves

The draft dealt specifically with management of those wolves that might wander into the Mexican gray wolf recovery area from Mexico or the Northern Rockies.

Return of gray wolves to Southwest slow going

But the program is lagging those credited with saving their cousins in the Northern Rockies, bald eagles and even the American crocodile.

Gray wolf seems to have settled in California

They were reintroduced in the Northern Rockies in the mid-1990s, and some migrated into Idaho and Oregon, where they have quickly reproduced.

1 year later, lone gray wolf still prowling Calif.

They were reintroduced in the Northern Rockies in the mid-1990s, and some migrated into Idaho and Oregon, where they have quickly reproduced.

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Obama proposes lifting Lower 48 wolf protections

In the past several years, after the Great Lakes population swelled and wolves were reintroduced...

Government moves to wrap up gray wolf recovery

More than 6,100 wolves have now spread across portions of 10 states, primarily in the Northern...

Draft rule ends protections for gray wolves

A draft U.S. Department of Interior rule obtained by The Associated Press says roughly 5,000...