You might want to read this message from Amy that was posted in the general Forum on this topic.
Amy (70 posts)
Jan-18-12, 03:11 PM (MST)
34. "RE: Anyone else receive this?"
I spoke to our wildlife chief about these rumors yesterday. He explained that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is in the early stages of developing a recovery plan for Mexican wolves, and no final decisions will be made for several years. Any proposal to introduce wolves would go out to the public for input before a final decision was made. In other words, there is nothing official right now: not a proposal, not a reintroduction area, not a timeline.
In the meantime, Utah's DWR is represented on the recovery-plan team, and we're working vigorously to keep all recovery efforts within the historic range of Mexican wolves (areas outside of Utah).
The following paragraph is at the end of a recent DWR fact sheet and provides a bit more information about Mexican wolves:
What about Mexican wolves?
The Mexican wolf is a unique subspecies that occurred in Mexico and parts of the southwestern United States. Biologists have determined that the core population of Mexican wolves did not range farther north than central Arizona and New Mexico. The DWR opposes any efforts to recover this subspecies in Utah.
Amy Canning
Communications Specialist
Utah Division of Wildlife Resources