NM, feds reach agreement on wolf releases; CBD says local concerns are "myopic, provincial"

Maddy Hayden

Relations between the state and the federal Fish and Wildlife Service appear to be warming, as the two reached an agreement this week on the release of endangered Mexican gray wolves into the wild. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS), New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and Arizona Game and Fish Department signed a memorandum of agreement to “clarify the commitment” of each entity in determining the circumstances of wolf releases. The agreement states that “decisions regarding the timing, location and circumstances” of Mexican wolf releases will be based on input from both the federal and state agencies. , 2018 at 9:31pm Copyright © 2018 Albuquerque Journal A female Mexican gray wolf, seen upon her release in Arizona in 1998 as part of the federal reintroduction program, eventually died in captivity. (Source: Arizona Game And Fish Department) Relations between the state and the federal Fish and Wildlife Service appear to be warming, as the two reached an agreement this week on the release of endangered Mexican gray wolves into the wild. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife (FWS), New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and Arizona Game and Fish Department signed a memorandum of agreement to “clarify the commitment” of each entity in determining the circumstances of wolf releases. The agreement states that “decisions regarding the timing, location and circumstances” of Mexican wolf releases will be based on input from both the federal and state agencies. “In this act of good faith, we look forward to strengthening our partnership with the service,” New Mexico Game and Fish Director Alexandra Sandoval said in a news release. The new recovery plan stipulates that population levels reach an average of at least 320 in the U.S. over a four-year period to be taken off the endangered species list. Once the species has recovered, management will be transferred from Fish and Wildlife to the state. At last count, 114 Mexican gray wolves were roaming the U.S., a growth of just one since the prior year. At least 51 of those live in New Mexico...more

Here is what the enviros think of this agreement 

Bryan Bird, director of Defenders of Wildlife’s Southwest Program, said the agreement will likely put an end to the lawsuit. “If it (the agreement) does anything, it may increase communications,” Bird said. “There’s no harm in better communication between the parties.” While he believes the improved communication may be beneficial, Bird said the language needs to make it clear that Fish and Wildlife has the final say in releases.  Defenders of Wildlife and other groups sued Fish and Wildlife over the final Mexican Wolf Recovery Plan, which used similar language to the agreement. “It’s intentionally mushy,” Bird said. “The state has a role to play but ultimately, Fish and Wildlife has the final say.”

Just like when we had Kings, the King's men will control wildlife. Its as if there was no revolution. 

And here is what the CBD has to say: 

Michael Robinson with the Center for Biological Diversity, also party to the lawsuit, said there should be cooperation between states and the federal agency, but New Mexico’s past impediments to wolf releases constitute an exception. “… One of the impetuses for passage of the Endangered Species Act back in 1973 was to ensure that the long-term public interest in conservation would not be thwarted by myopic, provincial considerations …,” Robinson wrote in an email.

Myopic, as in shortsided, narrow-minded, or lacking imagination, foresight or intellectual insight.
Provincial, defined as "of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded."

This is King worship on steroids. How dare we "thwart"the King.  Also a nice insight into what  CBD thinks of the rural inhabitants of this state.  We are simply peons who must do the King's bidding.

The King rules! The Wolf rules! A complete subversion of this nation's founding.