Will the wolf survive? Battle over ‘los lobos’ heats up Southwest.
John Oakleaf has learned to rejoice in small victories.
One such victory came on March 17, when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced it counted at least 163 Mexican gray wolves in New Mexico and Arizona. That may not sound like much. And indeed the number is still perilously low. But it also represents a 24% increase over the previous annual count and follows a 12% increase the year before that.
The uptick is a testament to the power of protection under the federal Endangered
