Wolves - take the time to comment!

[CouesWhitetail]

John Koleszar asked me to post this and you can use the link that was in an email from Big Game Forever to send in your comments.

 

The pro wolf comments are running 100-1 for wolves. These mare made by people who do nit live in AZ and have no valid comments other than they are "pretty" or "wonderful". If your keyboard friends could take the time to comment, some of the coherent arguments are: 1) Program was estimated in 1998 to be at $7.2 million dollars for 100 wolves. Current spending is over $32 million dollars. 2) Arizona represents only 10% of the historic range of the wolves, for the program to succeed, Mexico needs to have the 80% of these wolves in their range. Arizona and New Mexico cannot recover a whole species. 3) Estimates in the FEIS drafted in 1995 pointed to the Yellowstone elk herd as a model. They stated that "no less than 5% nor more than 30% of the Yellowstone elk herd will be consumed by wolves". The herd in 1995 was over 21,000 animals. As of this spring, the current survey showed less than 4,000 animals, an 80% reduction in the herd. Their model is at best inaccurate and at worst a fraud. 4) The social impact to sportsmen who basically pay the way for there to be an AZGFD and USFWS is catastrophic in the northern states and we have no guarantee what they would do here... Hope this helps.

 

 

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Big Game Forever <ryandbenson@msn.com>
Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:20 AM
Subject: An Important Wolf Delisting Update

 

Folks,

This week, three public hearings on the proposed national wolf delisting will be held across the country. The first hearing will be held tonight in Washington D.C. On Wednesday a second hearing will be held in Sacramento, California. On Friday a third hearing will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico. These hearings are being held by US Fish and Wildlife Service as part of the public comment period.

Concerns have been raised that 2 of the 3 hearings will be held in states that are not faced with expansion of wolves in the near future. Big Game Forever will have a representative at each of the hearings to support efforts to restore state management authority over wolves and to protect wild game populations.

We encourage American sportsmen and livestock producers to submit comments in support of state management of wolves. You can send a message in support of wolf delisting at http://capwiz.com/biggameforever/issues/alert/?alertid=62830341&PROCESS=Take+Action The comment period has been extended to Oct. 28th, 2013.

Here is when and where this week’s public meetings will be held.

Washington, DC.
September 30, 2013, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Department of the Interior, Auditorium, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20240; (202) 208-3100

Sacramento, California
October 2, 2013, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Clarion Inn, Martinique Ball Room, 1401 Arden Way, Sacramento, CA 95815; (916) 922-8041 


Albuquerque, New Mexico
October 4, 2013, from 6 to 9 p.m.
Embassy Suites, Sandia Room, 1000 Woodward Place NE, Albuquerque, NM 87102; (505) 245-7100

For more information on the public comment period and public meetings visit: http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=E9DD0F28-E88C-946A-AA694B1DB07C401D

Thank you for your support,

--
Ryan Benson
http://biggameforever.org/
ryandbenson@msn.com
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[SilentButDeadly]

done.

[rthrbhntng]

Direct link to USFWS Comment page:

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=FWS-HQ-ES-2013-0073-19350