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JOHN FLESHER and MATTHEW BROWN|Updated Jun 7, 2013

BILLINGS (AP) — The Obama administration is proposing to end recovery efforts for gray wolves across most of the U.S. and return management to the states. Friday's announcement comes after wolves rebounded from widespread extermination during four decades on the endangered species list. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe says ending federal protections would let the agency concentrate on restoring Mexican wolves in the Southwest. Gray wolf protections previously were lifted in the Northern Rockies and western G...