Friday, September 05, 2008

Wolf Liaison Gets Acquainted With Residents, Issues Kathy Taylor has been settling in to her new job as the U.S. Forest Service liaison to the Mexican gray wolf reintroduction program, a newly created position. Taylor has been on the job for a little over a month and has been acquainting herself with the issues and the emotion surrounding wolf reintroduction. “My main goal is to work with people who are affected by the program who live in the recovery area -- ranchers and other residents,” Taylor said. “I want to work with them and try to get their views on what changes might make the program work better for them. I’m not making any promises. I’m just talking to people and listening to their thoughts on the program.” Taylor’s job is to work with ranchers and other residents to develop and implement management options designed to reduce the potential for wolf conflicts related to depredations of livestock and pets. She has been a Forest Service biologist for 27 years....

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