false alarm--please delete

[jbc67]

OOPS! False alarm. BIG Mike Just pointed out the obvious to me: that this article is more than ten years old. Guess I should have seen that before posting it.

"Regional News and Recovery Updates

Region 2

Mexican Gray Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published a proposed rule in the May 1, 1996, Federal Register to establish a "non-essential, experimental" population of Mexican gray wolves in Arizona and New Mexico.

The FWS also has completed an analysis of nearly 18,000 comments received on the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the planned wolf reintroduction project. Current plans call for release of the final EIS by mid-summer. Outreach continues to be a major part of this project, which seeks to recover the rarest subspecies of gray wolf by reintroducing it to segments of its former range in Arizona and/or New Mexico. Project staff mail periodic status reports to over 6,000 people, give presentations to a wide variety of interest groups, and participate in panel discussions and media programs. Other outreach activities/materials include: fact sheets, a "Mexican Wolf Education Trunk" for teachers, training for outreach specialists at zoos, training Americorps volunteers to provide classroom presentations, development of an interagency Mexican wolf educational poster and pamphlet, and one-on-one outreach in communities that may be affected by wolf recovery. For more information about these outreach activities, contact Wendy Brown at 505/248-6664."

[Big Mike]

It already started. Wolf's were reintroduced in SW NM and SE AZ 10 years ago. But for some strange reason there population just doesnt seem to grow? Hmmmm I wonder why?

And lucky for us the Mexican grey wolf's arn't quite the beast your northern timber wolfs are. Lots of cattle depredation by them but not too many bad hound encounters YET!

[jbc67]

Oh, you're right. I guess I didn't see the date on there (1996). Guess I just cried "wolf."

[Big Mike]

Its the Mexican Grey. They are wanting to expand the recovery area of the program to include all of southern NM I think thats what its about.

[WTP]

It already started. Wolf's were reintroduced in SW NM and SE AZ 10 years ago. But for some strange reason there population just doesnt seem to grow? Hmmmm I wonder why?

And lucky for us the Mexican grey wolf's arn't quite the beast your northern timber wolfs are. Lots of cattle depredation by them but not too many bad hound encounters YET!

Population doesn't grow, thats a joke I am sure there is a lot of SSS, but if you talk to the wolf people, and they will tell you. The is only 12 left, Seen one down in the Christefer creek area, we saw 2 in the meadow about 200 yard from your camp last fall another one in Reserve the same day, seen 4 to 6 in packs down on the blue, heard them in greens peak, Game and Fish will tell you there is a troublesom pack in the Hawks nest area. WOW! All with only 12 in the state! Game and fish says we have about 3000 mt lions only seen one of them, that wasn't in a tree in 36 years of running around the woods of AZ.