The meeting will be open to Luna County residents only.
It appears Mexican gray wolves may be in Luna County in coming years and local officials are working to determine the most effective way to manage the endangered animals into the area’s environmental and economic dynamic.
Luna County Endangered Species Advisory Committee Chairman Tink Jackson said county officials and committee members are aware that federal officials want to expand the reintroduction area of the Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program.
The current Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area is identified as the Apache National Forest in Arizona and the Gila National Forest in New Mexico.
Any expansion to the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area or the Mexican Wolf Experimental Population Area would affect Luna County, which has already had one documented Mexican gray wolf visitor and at least one other reported sighting.
Again, the public meeting for input on changes to the Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery Program has been set this Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. at the Historic Train Depot off North Country Club Road.
The meeting will be open to Luna County residents only.