Mexican Wolf

• "Conservation and Recovery of Mexican Wolf" - comprehensive article on Wikipedia (about efforts and history)
• MexicanWolves.org = "...using the Internet to help save the endangered Mexican gray wolf"
• "Mexican Wolves Released at Ted Turner's Ladder Ranch: A Longstanding Dream Realized" -- article by Mike Phillips (Spring 2022, 2-pages with photos)

Recent Reports and Legal Updates...

• Press Release (Mar 30, 2022): "Annual count reveals small gains in Mexican Wolf population in 2021"
• Quarterly Report: Mar 8, 2022: "Mexican Wolf Recovery Program" - 4th Quarter 2021  (released Mar 8, 2022) = PDF 10-pages
  • [excerpt] = "...a summary of Mexican Wolf Recovery Program activities in the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area (MWEPA) in Arizona, including the Fort Apache Indian Reservation (FAIR), San Carlos Apache Reservation (SCAR), and New Mexico."
    • with 10 pages of detailed tables of raw data!
    • ...Killing a Mexican wolf is a violation of state [and federal] law...can result in . . .
      • criminal penalties of up to $50,000,
      • and/or not more than one year in jail,
      • and/or a civil penalty of up to $25,000.
      • Reward of up to $37,000 = for information leading to a conviction
• Proposed Rule, Oct 29, 2021 -- [per Court Order]: "Revision to the Nonessential Experimental Population of the Mexican Wolf..." 
  • this is a long "published document" -- in The Federal Register (29 Oct 2021)
  • an excerpt = "...in response to a court-ordered remand of our January 16, 2015, final rule [which revised our] regulations for the nonessential experimental population of the Mexican wolf. This ["Proposed Rule"] proposes to modify the population objective, establish a genetic objective, and temporarily restrict three of the forms of take of Mexican wolves..."

Background Info...

• • • • "Mexican Wolf Program"
      • "Species: Mexican Wolf = Canus Lupus Baileyi" -- with interactive map and timeline
      • "Counting Mexican Wolves: Every Wolf Counts"
      • "Sevilleta Wolf Management Facility: Pre-release facility for captive Mexican wolves"
      • image to explain: "Mexican wolves and the legacy of genetic bottleneck and founder effect"
        • excerpt = "Mexican wolf gene diversity has been affected by both genetic bottleneck and the founder effect. Managers can use cross-fostering to bring valuable gene diversity from the captive population into the wild population."

• "Mexican Wolf Re-introduction and Management" webpage (with many links)
• "Mexican Wolf Reports and Documents" webpage
• "Mexican Wolf Natural History" webpage