Illegal killings, political opposition hobble wolf recovery

By ​Susan Montoya Bryan, Jonathan Drew and Matthew Brown

Susan Montoya Bryan,supervisory correspondent,Albuquerque,New Mexico; Jonathan Drew,acting Mid-Atlantic correspondent,Raleigh,N.C.; and Matthew Brown,correspondent,Billings,Montana, for reporting exclusively that poaching and political opposition are hobbling the return of two species of endangered wolves and undercutting government recovery efforts that have cost more than $80 million.