BISBEE — With the passage of an agreement between Cochise County and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the county Board of Supervisors may have a say in the re-introduction of the Mexican wolf that could occur in the Chiricahua Mountains. The memorandum of understanding allows the county to have a seat at the table in regards to determining the expansion of the current management area of the wolves.
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“The memorandum of understanding is intended to establish a mutually harmonious and productive relationship between the parties and to clarify the roles of and provide guidance to cooperatively prepare appropriate National Environmental Policy Act documentation analyzing alternatives to a proposed rule for altering the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area and some aspect of currently authorized regulations for management of the Mexican wolf in Arizona and New Mexico,” the document states.
Supervisor Richard Searle said on Tuesday that he expected the Mexican wolf to enter the county from other re-established populations in the next 10 years.
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