Ray Ring

Senior Editor, High Country News

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Senior editor for High Country News, a nonprofit news organization that has covered the American West for 40 years

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Mexican gray wolves are the most endangered mammal in the United States.  In 1998, the Clinton Administration began a recovery program on 4 million acres of mostly public land in New…

Will the Mexican Wolf Survive the Obama Administration?

Mexican gray wolves are the most endangered mammal in the United States.  In 1998, the Clinton Administration began a recovery program on 4 million acres of mostly public land in New…

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President Obama is focused on climate change and what it could mean for the future of Planet Earth.  What about trade-offs that have to be made right now?

Will the Mexican Wolf Survive the Obama Administration?

President Obama is focused on climate change and what it could mean for the future of Planet Earth.  What about trade-offs that have to be made right now?

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