Draft ROD for the Proposed Revision to the Regulations for the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican Wolf

Draft ROD for the Proposed Revision to the Regulations for the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican Wolf
Draft ROD FSEIS ProposedRevRegsNonessentialExpPopnMexWolf.pdf272.13 KB

The purpose of this draft ROD is to document the draft decision of the Service for the selection of an alternative to implement the Proposed Revision to the Regulations for the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi). The alternatives we considered have been fully described and evaluated in the May 2022, Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the project.

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A mexican wolf with a blue radio collar lays on the ground looking behind it
Once common throughout parts of the Southwestern U.S. and Mexico, the Mexican wolf was all but eliminated from the wild by the 1970s due to conflicts with livestock. In 1976, the Mexican wolf was listed as endangered and a binational captive breeding program was initiated soon after to save this...
Program
Albuquerque,NM
Species
Ecosystem
Mountain
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Southwest