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Arizona wildlife officials say they’ve confirmed invasive New Zealand mudsnails in an eastern Arizona creek.
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The number of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico surged in 2022. A new survey says this is the first time the population has topped 200 since a reintroduction program began in 1998 aimed at saving the endangered animal.
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The population of wild Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest has exceeded 200 for the first time since the species was reintroduced 25 years ago. Wildlife officials confirmed the numbers in their annual count of the endangered animals.
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The Arizona Livestock Loss Board is implementing a new incentive program that will compensate ranchers for removing livestock carcasses to locations where they aren’t accessible to Mexican wolves.
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State and Federal land managers have temporarily closed portions of public land and water areas statewide while bald eagles are in their breeding season.
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Biologists have worked for decades to restore native Apache trout to their home waters in the White Mountains. Now, wildlife biologists say those efforts may finally be paying off.
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The Arizona Game and Fish Department, the first known cases of H5N1 have been confirmed in the state.
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Wildlife officials say 11 captive-born endangered Mexican gray wolf pups have been placed into wild dens in an effort to increase genetic diversity within the species.
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Arizona wildlife officials say the state’s hot and dry conditions have raised the chances of bears wandering into areas where they’re typically not seen in search of food.
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Federal wildlife officials will remove a cap on the population of Mexican gray wolves allowed in the Southwest as part of a 4-year-old legal settlement that forced the federal government to revise how it manages the endangered animals.