Public comment sought on wolf project standard operating procedures

Call for Comments
January 14, 2005

PINETOP, Ariz. - Since 1998, the Arizona Game and Fish Department and five other agencies have been involved in the reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf to areas of Arizona and New Mexico where the species once thrived. After several wolf releases, 50 to 60 of the animals now live in the wild along the Arizona-New Mexico border.

Operating in an adaptive management approach, a core team representing the involved agencies, called the Mexican Wolf Adaptive Management Oversight Committee, has drafted 23 standard operating procedures to guide management activities and decisions regarding the reintroduction project.

The committee is asking for interested parties to review the draft of the standard operating procedures document and to provide written comment on it by Jan. 31, 2005. View the document.

Only written comments submitted via the Mexican wolf project's e-mail address, mexwolf@azgfd.gov, will be accepted.

The agencies cooperating in the wolf reintroduction project are the Arizona Game and Fish Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, USDA Wildlife Services, and White Mountain Apache Tribe.

 

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