The number one reason government agents remove wolves in the wild is rancher
complaints.
Since the Mexican wolf recovery program started in 1998, 70
wolves and their pups have been removed because ranchers choose to graze their
cattle on public lands and don’t want to share this land with wolves.
WildEarth Guardians wants to provide wolves a place of their
own to live free and unmolested. Join us in asking the U.S. Forest Service to
retire land currently permitted to ranchers and make it a sanctuary for wolves.
We have a unique opportunity to do this as a result of a legal
agreement between the Forest Service and WildEarth Guardians. The Gila National
Forest in Southern New Mexico is required to consider a wolf-friendly
alternative proposed by WildEarth Guardians for grazing management on a portion
of the forest.
Our proposed alternative retires cattle grazing from four
contiguous grazing allotments and reallocates that land to native wildlife
giving wolves room to roam.
Show your support for wolves by advocating to close these
selected public lands to grazing. Send your email to the District Ranger on the
Gila National Forest.
WildEarth Guardians’ alternative for this actively grazed
land will result in significant improvements for imperiled species—especially
el lobo—and will improve ecosystem processes and water quality. Our alternative
will also save $1 million for taxpayers by preventing the need to construct government-funded
fences, pipelines and stocktanks.
Stand up now for the lobo and give them room to roam.
