1.   Already a federal judge in Wyoming is considering four lawsuits, backed largely by ranching groups, to reverse the wolf restoration program.

2.   Babbitt said the wolf program goes beyond building bridges with the local community.

3.   Although controversial among ranchers, the wolf program, according to opinion polls, has been immensely popular with the American public.

4.   But a US Appeals Court ruled this year that the wolf reintroduction program serves a legitimate ecological purpose, and that the Canadian wolves must not be molested.

5.   Demonstrating that the wolf reintroduction program will continue, Babbitt brings two more wolves to the forests of eastern Arizona.

6.   Funding for the wolf reintroduction program in Yellowstone comes under scrutiny by a congressional panel.

7.   Holaday said the White Sands site is too small geographically for a full-scale wolf reintroduction program, so both sites likely would be used.

8.   If a federal district court decision stands, the nation may have seen the end of the wolf recovery program in Yellowstone National Park and in central Idaho.

9.   In losing, paradoxically, McKittrick ended up giving a boost to the wolf recovery program.

10.   Nevertheless, the wolf reintroduction program is now in limbo.