Upcoming Public Meetings in Mexican Wolf and Jaguar Conservation Projects
Upcoming Public Meetings in Mexican Wolf and Jaguar Conservation Projects
Jaguar Conservation Team Meeting in Lordsburg NM on September 25
Due to an abundance of urgent Mexican wolf issues (e.g. a recent series of unlawful mortalities and possible changes in management guidelines) that require immediate attention, and a shortage of staff and time to work on them, the next Jaguar Conservation Team meeting will not be held until September 25. The meeting will probably be in Lordsburg, New Mexico (depending on meeting room availability). Further information on location, time, and agenda items will be released as soon as the wolf issues are resolved, which should be in early August.
Mexican Wolf AMWG Public Meeting in Morenci AZ on July 30, 2008
Adaptive Management Work Group Public Meeting
Location: Morenci AZ, at the Morenci Club in Morenci Plaza (next to Basha’s Grocery)
Time: AZ Time: 6 pm – 9 pm
Host: Arizona Game and Fish Department
Participants: Public meeting, open to all
Note: agenda may be modified during meeting; meeting will be adjourned early if business has been completed.)
Agenda
6:00 pm Welcome, introductions, ground rules, and agenda review
6:15 pm Interagency Field Team items
· Staffing changes
· 2008 breeding season (results to date)
· Depredation and nuisance responses in 2nd quarter 2008
· Outreach activities in 2nd quarter 2008
· Other IFT items
7:15 pm Break
7:30 pm AMOC items
· Update on NEPA scoping process for possible changes in the 10(j) rule
· Project guidelines and practices for loaning radio telemetry receivers
· Discussion of population objectives for the Reintroduction Project
· Update on Clarification Memo for SOP 11.0 (Depredation Incident Investigation)
· Update on Clarification Memo for SOP 13.0 (Control of Mexican Wolves)
· Update on 2008 unlawful mortalities and possible management responses
· Other AMOC items
8:30 pm Other business
8:50 pm Dates and locations of future AMWG meeting
9:00 pm Adjournment
Notes: (1) Information on the Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project is available on the Internet at http://azgfd.gov/wolf and http://mexicanwolf.fws.gov. (2) Notices for AMWG meetings and other news about issues pertaining to the Reintroduction Project are disseminated electronically through a self-subscription newsletter, the Endangered Species Updates. A self-subscription form is available at: http://azgfd.gov/signup. (3) Send email messages to the Reintroduction Project to: mexwolf@azgfd.gov; this is a passive account, so messages received will be read but individual responses will not be sent. (4) Send postal mail to: Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Project, 5000 West Carefree Highway, Phoenix, Arizona 85086.