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Consent   4.
Regular Board of Supervisors Meeting
Board of Supervisors
Meeting Date:
04/08/2014
Letter of Support for Mexican Wolf EIS
Submitted By:
Arlethe Rios, Board of Supervisors
Department:
Board of Supervisors
Presentation:
No A/V Presentation
Recommendation:
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Agenda Item Text:

Ratify a Letter of Support for Cooperative Agency Alternative as the Preferred Alternative in the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) regarding a proposed Nonessential Experimental Population Rule for the Mexican Wolf in Arizona and New Mexico.
 

Background:

        Comments recommended by Ms. Mary Darling

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  1. Definition of a bi-state Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area (i.e. all of AZ and NM) that includes defined management zones as follows:
    1. No wolves north of Interstate 40.
    2. No wolves west of Highway 87 or I-19 in AZ or east of I-25 in NM.
    3. A Permanent Occupancy Zone (POZ) described as the Blue Range Mexican Wolf Recovery Area (BRMWRA) that is the focal area for wolf conservation efforts.
    4. A Dispersal Occupancy Zone (DOZ) that wolves will be allowed to occupy through natural dispersal or by translocation from other management zones where sufficient elk populations can sustain their presence.  Agencies or other entities shall not be allowed to release wolves from captivity within the DOZ.
 
 
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  1. The MWMA (see Fig. 3) established in Arizona and New Mexico by this rule includes all lands, except those within the BRMWRA, that lie:  (in Arizona) south of I-40 and east of State Highway 87 from its junction with I-40 at Winslow to its southerly junction with Interstate 19 (I-19) and then south on I-19 to the U.S.-Mexico border; (in New Mexico) south of I-40, west of I-25 and north of the U.S.-Mexico border; and in both States including any Tribal lands that are managed for wolf presence through a Tribal MWMP as provided in paragraph (k)(3) of this rule. Within the MWMA, the Service or its designated agent(s):
    1. May allow natural dispersal and establishment of Mexican wolves to help achieve and maintain the population objective established in paragraph (k)(1) of this rule; and
    2. May actively manage (i.e. capture, mark, release, translocate), as provided in paragraph (k)(8) of this rule, any wolves that as a result of birth or natural dispersal occur in the MWMA; but
    3. May not release, re-release or translocate Mexican wolves from captivity or from the BRMWRA, regardless of their captive or wild origin. In the MWMA, wolves may only be re-released or translocated if they have been captured in the MWMA
    4. And may not release, re-release or translocate Mexican wolves into any areas that do not have sufficient numbers of elk to support the wolves.
 
 

Department's Next Steps (if approved):

Send letter to Mary Darling to submit to Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD).

Impact of NOT Approving/Alternatives:

Cochise County's stance will not be known.

To BOS Staff: Document Disposition/Follow-Up:

Send letter to Mary Darling.

Fiscal Impact

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