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As part of the process of changing the classification of the gray wolf under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fisha nd Wildlife Service established three Distinct Population Segment (DPS) for the gray wolf. These DPS correspond to the three regions in the United states where ther are wolf populations and continuing recovery programs.
The Eastern Gray Wolf DPS comproses the area from the Great Plains to the Atlantic coast. This DPS has been reclassified as threated due to teh positive recovery efforts in Wisconsin, Micigan and Minnisota.
The Western Gray Wolf DPS consists mainly of the Rocky Mountians and the states along the Pacific coast. Because recovery efforts in the northern Rocky Mountains have had some success, this DPS has been reclassified as threatened.
The Southwestern Gray Wolf DPS is made up of Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Colorado, southern Utah, western Texas, adn western Oklahoma. Because reintroduction efforts of the Mexican gray wolf into the southwest are still in the biginning stages, this DPS has retained a classification of endangered.
Together, the three DPS encompass the entire historical range of the gray wolf in the United States. The southeastern and mid-Atlantic states were never part of this historical range and are therefore no longer included under the Endangered Species Act.
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The Eastern Gray Wolf DPS comproses the area from the Great Plains to the Atlantic coast. This DPS has been reclassified as threated due to teh positive recovery efforts in Wisconsin, Micigan and Minnisota.
The Western Gray Wolf DPS consists mainly of the Rocky Mountians and the states along the Pacific coast. Because recovery efforts in the northern Rocky Mountains have had some success, this DPS has been reclassified as threatened.
The Southwestern Gray Wolf DPS is made up of Mexico, New Mexico, Arizona, southern Colorado, southern Utah, western Texas, adn western Oklahoma. Because reintroduction efforts of the Mexican gray wolf into the southwest are still in the biginning stages, this DPS has retained a classification of endangered.
Together, the three DPS encompass the entire historical range of the gray wolf in the United States. The southeastern and mid-Atlantic states were never part of this historical range and are therefore no longer included under the Endangered Species Act.
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