quincourier:nrdc:Good News for California’s Lone Gray WolfLast year, a 2½-year-old gray

quincourier:nrdc:Good News for California’s Lone Gray WolfLast year, a 2½-year-old gray wolf designated “OR7” entered California, becoming the first wolf to inhabit the state since 1924.  This month, the California Fish and Game Commission moved one step closer toward securing endangered species protection for the first gray wolf in California in more than 80 years.The decision to advance the gray wolf to “candidate” status now launches a one-year study by Department of Fish and Game staff to determine whether the wolf should be listed under the California Endangered Species Act.  Read more.Photo: A gray wolf (not OR7). Credit: Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeAdmittedly I haven’t paid much attention to the gray wolf’s status in years, so this is very exciting to read! -- source link

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