An important New Mexico State Game Commission Meeting will be held on August 20 from 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the State Bar of New Mexico Auditorium, 5121 Masthead, NE, Albuquerque, NM. Agenda item #26, pertaining to Mexico’s plans to reintroduce Mexican wolves, is the second to the last item on the agenda and will likely be heard in the afternoon.
Agenda item #26 is Mexican Wolf Reintroduction in Northern Mexico:
Presented by US Fish & Wildlife Service – Staff from the Region 2 US Fish and Wildlife Service office will brief the Commission on the status of plans of the Government of Mexico to release Mexican wolves into northern Mexico. The Service will discuss the management implications if these animals disperse into New Mexico.
The Fish and Wildlife Service has long supported Mexican wolf restoration in Mexico. The Mexican government’s plans to release wolves are an important step toward science-based recovery. This is an exciting development - another population of Mexican wolves in the wild with potential to connect with the Blue Range Mexican wolf population in Arizona and New Mexico!
It’s essential that the Commission hear from wolf supporters!
Please attend the meeting in Albuquerque and tell the Commission that you support wolf restoration in Mexico and urge U.S. cooperation with the Mexican government to make this a success.
