WAKE FOREST, N.C. (AP) — The endangered red wolf can survive in the wild, but only with “significant additional management intervention,” according to a long-awaited population viability analysis released Friday.
It calls for spending nearly $328 million over the next 50 years to get the red wolf off the endangered species list.
The red wolf once roamed from central Texas to southern Iowa and as far east as Long Island, New York.
“We have not yet identified locations for establishing new Red Wolf populations,” the report said.
But the viability study cautioned that such releases be done very carefully, so as not to reduce the genetic diversity within the captive-bred population.
Persons:
“, rufus ” —, Red Wolf, Parks Shannon Estenoz, Wolf, ”, Ramona McGee
Organizations:
Fish, Wildlife Service, Wildlife, Parks, Texas -, Southern Environmental Law
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