Please note: The Wolf Conservation Center is only open to registered guests during scheduled programs. Please refer to our Program Calendar for a list of upcoming events.
Visit the Wolf Conservation Center
Come meet the wolves! We do not allow drop-in visitors, so please sign up for one of our programs:
Photography Sessions
Enjoy the opportunity to photograph some of the WCC's wolves from unique vantage points!
Virtual Programs
After School Programs
Take a walk on the wild side and give the young animal lover in your family a chance to thrive among wolves and other woodland critters!
Sleeping with Wolves
Throw yourselves to the wolves and spend the night at the Wolf Conservation Center!
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Latest News & Research
Government Accidentally Kills Mother Mexican Wolf in Arizona
For immediate release: April 21, 2025 Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520)623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Regan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center (914)763-2373; regan@nywolf.org Sandy Bahr, Sierra Club – Grand Canyon (Arizona) Chapter, (602) 253-8633, sandy.bahr@sierraclub.org Nico Lorenzen, Wild Arizona (520) 289-0147, nico@wildarizona.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, (505) 395-6177; csmith@wildearthguardians.org Erin Hunt, Lobos of the Southwest (928)…
Meet the Gulf Coast Coyote Overlooked in the Colossal Headlines
On Wednesday, Scientific American published an article in which Colossal Biosciences continued its claim to have cloned red wolves and created new founder lines. This language is misleading, incorrect, and could damage current red wolf conservation efforts. Colossal Biosciences cloned coyotes, not critically endangered red wolves. As the former field supervisor for the Gulf…
Is Cloning the Future of Red Wolf Conservation? No.
Recent news of Colossal Biosciences Inc. cloning of wolves was hard to ignore this week. As the Senior Research Scientist at the Wolf Conservation Center, I have spent my professional life dedicated to the conservation of Red Wolves in the wild and know first-hand the challenges that their recovery faces. Although cloning has some potential…
Wandering Wolf “Ella” Found Deceased in New Mexico
Media contacts: Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project (520) 623-1878; greta@westernwatersheds.org Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians (505) 395-6177, csmith@wildearthguardians.org Sally Paez, New Mexico Wild (505) 350-0664, sally@nmwild.org Nico Lorenzen, Wild Arizona (520) 289-0147, nico@wildarizona.org Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project (928) 202-1325 claire@gcwolfrecovery.org Regan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center (914) 763-2373, regan@nywolf.org Jacqueline Covey, Defenders of Wildlife (630) 427-7164, jcovey@defenders.org Taylor McKinnon, Center for…
Mexican Gray Wolves Celebrate Wild Anniversary
Twenty-seven years ago today, 11 captive-reared Mexican gray wolves (“lobos”) were released to the wild for the first time in Arizona and New Mexico. Missing from the landscape for more than 30 years, the howl of the rarest and most unique subspecies of gray wolf was once again greeted by the mountains of the southwest.…
Another Mexican Gray Wolf Has Wandered North, and Conservationists are Celebrating Her Intrepid Roaming
Claire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, 928-202-1325 claire@gcwolfrecovery.org Nico Lorenzen, Wild Arizona, 520-289-0147, nico@wildarizona.org Jacqueline Covey, Defenders of Wildlife, 630-427-7164, jcovey@defenders.org Regan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center, 914-763-2373, regan@nywolf.org Greta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, 520-623-1878, greta@westernwatersheds.org Kirk Robinson, Western Wildlife Conservancy, 801-468-1535, kirk@westernwildlifeconservancy.org Female Mexican gray wolf 2996 is returning to suitable wolf habitat near Mount Taylor ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Female…
Conservation Groups Call on House Natural Resources Committee to Oppose Anti-Wolf, Anti-Wildlife Bills
A coalition of over 60 environmental organizations, including the Wolf Conservation Center, sent a joint letter to House Natural Resources Committee leadership urging them to vote against HR 845 and HR 1897, bills that would attack wolves and endangered wildlife. HR 845, sponsored by Rep. Boebert (CO), would reinstate the 2020 gray wolf delisting rule…
Mexican Gray Wolf Numbers are Up, but Trump Administration Budget Cuts Could Threaten Recovery
Mexican gray wolf population count increases, but lobos are still threatened by low gene diversity and high illegal killing Chris Smith, WildEarth Guardians, csmith@wildearthguardians.orgClaire Musser, Grand Canyon Wolf Recovery Project, claire@gcwolfrecovery.orgMichael Robinson, Center for Biological Diversity, michaelr@biologicaldiversity.orgGreta Anderson, Western Watersheds Project, greta@westernwatersheds.orgRegan Downey, Wolf Conservation Center, regan@nywolf.org ALBUQUERQUE,N.M. – The Arizona Game and Fish Department and New Mexico Department of…
Montana Bill Would Allow Mass Slaughter of Wolves, Public Comment Needed
Montana’s legislative session is in full swing, and so are the anti-wolf, anti-science bills. On Thursday, January 30th at 3 pm MST, the House Fish, Wildlife & Parks committee will discuss HB 259. The bill would undermine science-based management of wolves and completely disregards the right of wolves to exist. We urge you to OPPOSE this bill,…
Montana Introduces Slew of Anti-Wolf Bills, Public Comment Needed
The start of Montana’s 2025 legislative session has seen the introduction of several anti-wildlife and anti-wolf bills, and a pair of especially dangerous bills are being discussed by the House Fish, Wildlife, and Parks committee on January 21st at 3 pm MT. The two bills, HB176 and HB222, would drastically cut the wolf population and…