Mexican Wolf 10j Revision Summary

Overview of changes to the revisions to our management of Mexican wolves in the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area in Arizona and New Mexico under section 10j of the Endangered Species Act. 

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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...
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