A gray fox burned in the September 2024 Airport fire is spending his first day back in the wild on March 5, World Wildlife Day. We're now home to seven San Diego Community Newspaper Group newspapers.

Background. The Midwest’s gray fox population has declined “substantially” over the last 25 years, said Vince Evelsizer, a furbearer and wetland biologist for the Iowa DNR.

The DNR collared its first gray fox, called GF1, in November of 2023. The GPS data from the healthy, 10-pound male revealed its preferred den sites and hunting grounds over a 2-by-2-mile range on ...