Protecting Wolves in the U.S.

After being nearly hunted to extinction in the lower 48 states, gray wolves have returned to the Great Lakes, Northern Rockies, California, and the Pacific Northwest.

Despite this monumental progress, gray wolves have yet to re-establish sustainable populations in much of the available habitat in the continental U.S. Federal protections are critical for wolves to recover, but wolves are being denied those protections in the Northern Rockies. Read why and learn the history of protections for wolves in the lower 48 states.