The investigation is over, and it shows that southwestern New Mexico ranchers and public officials were right. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was mishandling a program to return the Mexican grey wolf to the area and then lying about it. The locals always knew something was amiss, and in July 2013 the Catron County Board of Commissioners filed a …
Issues in wolf recovery program have been addressed they claim
The July 16 Albuquerque Journal editorial “IG’s report reveals lies and manipulation on wolves” does not represent current operations within the Mexican wolf recovery program. As the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s southwest regional director, I would like to set the record straight. In 2013, I recognized that we were falling short in some key functions pertaining to wolf team …
Princeton-UCLA study finds gray wolves should remain protected
Researchers from Princeton University and the University of California-Los Angeles who investigated the genetic ancestry of North America’s wild canines have concluded that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s scientific arguments for removing gray wolves from endangered species protection are incorrect. The study, which contradicts conventional thinking, finds that all of the continent’s canids diverged from a common ancestor relatively …