Listing Status: EndangeredThe grey wolf is the largest of the wild canines. is further distinguished from other Canis species by its less pointed ears and muzzle, as well as a shorter torso and a longer tail. Grey wolves were placed under Endangered Species Act protections in 1974 and have since then rebounded in the Great Lakes. However, some federal protections were eliminated in 2011 when Congress removed protections for gray wolves and in 2020 the Trump administration stripped gray wolves of their critical ESA protections. The gray wolf’s range in New York has now been reduced to the Great Lakes area with an estimated 3,700 remaining. DEC, along with the Northeast Wolf Task Force, the state of New York must keep the wolf on the state endangered species list.
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