The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is holding eleven community open house meetings as part of a process to determine how to improve the three year old program that established an experimental population of Mexican wolves in southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico.
When the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program was getting started, the Service agreed to review progress after three and five years to determine whether the program should continue, continue with modification, or be terminated. A scientific review that concluded the program should continue but with modifications was recently conducted by three independent scientists under contract with the Conservation Breeding Specialist Group.
The purpose of the community meetings is to gather input on what is working well in the program and should be continued and where improvements can be made. The Mexican Wolf Management Rule, the Rule-making process, and how the public will be involved will be shared as well as the scientific findings of the three year review. The detailed report is not yet available but is expected before the first meeting. When published, it will also be available under Hot Topics on the Service
