Endangered Species

A coalition of environmental groups has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over Mexican gray wolf management. They say new parts of the recovery plan for the endangered animals fail to protect the species in the Southwest.

Wildlife advocates plan to file a lawsuit against the federal government over a new rule for managing endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has finalized a new rule that removes a population cap for endangered Mexican gray wolves in the Southwest.

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.

U.S. wildlife managers want to see at least 320 Mexican gray wolves roaming the Southwest within the next several years, some environmentalists say that's not enough.

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.

Environmentalists announced Tuesday that they're petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the pinyon jay under the Endangered Species Act as a way to save the species and the trees.

Prompted by a court order, federal wildlife managers have issued a new draft plan for managing Mexican gray wolves in the Southwestern U.S.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ruled that a Colorado River fish called the roundtail chub will not receive protection under the Endangered Species Act. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports, its status as a species has been debated for years.

Officials with the Coconino National Forest announced the closure of the southern portion of Peaks Crag near Flagstaff this week in order to protect a pair of nesting peregrine falcons.