Wildlife agency agrees to deadline for wolf recovery plan

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to a deadline to craft a recovery plan for the endangered Mexican gray wolf.
The agency reached a settlement with environmentalists, Utah and Arizona, but it still needs the approval of a federal judge.
Farm bureaus in Colorado, New Mexico and Utah are expected to challenge the settlement, saying it places an unfair burden on the American public when the wolves’ historical range includes Mexico.
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