Mexican Wolf SOP 6.1: Initial Releases and Translocations of Mexican Wolves

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) describes the process for proposing, approving, and facilitating translocations and initial releases (including release/translocation sites) of Mexican wolves on lands within the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area other than those within designated Tribal trust land. This SOP represents, in part, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife “Service-approved management plan” referenced in the 2022 Revised Experimental Population Rule (2022 10(j) Rule, 50 CFR 17.84(k)).