Public comment sought on wolf project standard operating procedures

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Endangered Species Updates

Jan. 14, 2004

Public comment sought on wolf project standard operating procedures

PINETOP, Ariz. - Since 1998, the Arizona Game and Fish Department and five other agencies have been involved in the reintroduction of the Mexican gray wolf to areas of Arizona and New Mexico where the species once thrived. After several wolf releases, 50 to 60 of the animals now live in the wild along the Arizona-New Mexico border.

Operating in an adaptive management approach, a core team representing the involved agencies, called the Mexican Wolf Adaptive Management Oversight Committee (AMOC), has drafted 23 standard operating procedures (SOPs) to guide management activities and decisions regarding the reintroduction project.

The AMOC is asking for interested parties to review the SOP draft document and to provide written comment on it by Jan. 31, 2005. View the document.

Only written comments submitted via the Mexican wolf project's e-mail address, mexwolf@azgfd.gov, will be accepted.

The agencies cooperating in the wolf reintroduction project are the Arizona Game and Fish Department, New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, USDA Wildlife Services, and White Mountain Apache Tribe.

Note: The Arizona Game and Fish Department prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability in its programs and activities. If anyone believes they have been discriminated against in any Game and Fish program or activity, including its employment practices, the individual may file a complaint alleging discrimination directly with the Game and Fish Deputy Director, 2221 W. Greenway Rd., Phx., AZ 85023, (602) 942-3000 or U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4040 N. Fairfax Dr., Ste. 130, Arlington, VA 22203. If you require this document in an alternative format, please contact the Game and Fish Deputy Director as listed above or by calling TTY at 1-800 367-8939 azgfd.com