U.S.-Mexico Letter of Intent for Mexican wolf

U.S.-Mexico Letter of Intent for Mexican wolf
U.S.-MEXICO-LOI-SIGNED.pdf2.13 MB

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD), New Mexico Department of Game and Fish (NMDGF), and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) through its National Commission for Natural Protected Areas (CONANP) and the Directorate General for Wildlife, signed this Letter of Intent (LOI) establishing the intentions of all parties to collaboratively continue to conserve, manage, and recover the Mexican wolf in the U.S. and Mexico.

Publication date
Program
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
Subject tags
Endangered and/or Threatened species
International conservation
FWS and DOI Region(s)
Southwest