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The Future Of Wolves In The Southwest

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Let’s Talk New Mexico 10/12 8a: This summer the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a long-awaited draft management plan for the Mexican gray wolf. It has come under intense criticism from many quarters.

 

Environmentalists and wolf advocates are concerned it does not promote enough genetic diversity, caps the number of wolves that will be allowed to exist in the wild at a level that's too lowand designates a habitat range that is too small.

 

Many ranchers are concerned about predation on their livestock by wolves and are frustrated by the size of payments they can get for dead livestock and the process to qualify for the payments. They also want to see more progress toward de-listing the wolf as an endangered species.

 

Why are wolves important to our ecosystem and what will it take to ensure they are no longer endangered? How can we ensure the coexistence of wolves with other land uses?

 

 

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Megan has been a journalist for 25 years and worked at business weeklies in San Antonio, New Orleans and Albuquerque. She first came to KUNM as a phone volunteer on the pledge drive in 2005. That led to volunteering on Women’s Focus, Weekend Edition and the Global Music Show. She was then hired as Morning Edition host in 2015, then the All Things Considered host in 2018. Megan was hired as News Director in 2021.
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