{"id":39697,"date":"2022-06-17T10:01:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T17:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=39697"},"modified":"2022-06-17T15:43:18","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T22:43:18","slug":"wildfires-impact-on-mexican-wolves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wildfires-impact-on-mexican-wolves\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire\u2019s Impact on Mexican Wolves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"pbs-viral-player-wrapper\" style=\"position: relative; padding-top: calc(56.25% + 43px);\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.pbs.org\/viralplayer\/3069054425\/\" allowfullscreen allow=\"encrypted-media\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6.17.2022 &#8211;<\/strong> More than 20 years ago, in 1998, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and partner agencies released Mexican wolves into the wild for the first time since the wolves had been driven to extinction in the United States in the 1970s. Today, a population of wolves lives in the Gila National Forest and across the border in Arizona. The program isn\u2019t without its challenges, and this year, the Black Fire ignited in the Gila National Forest during denning season, where it\u2019s affecting four wolf packs. Maggie Dwire, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\u2019s Deputy Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator, talks with Our Land Executive Producer Laura Paskus about the Mexican Wolf and recovery efforts.&nbsp; <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correspondent:<\/strong> Laura Paskus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Guest:<\/strong> Maggie Dwire, assistant wolf recovery coordinator, Mexican Wolf Program, US Fish &amp; Wildlife Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For More Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fws.gov\/media\/mexican-wolf-experimental-pop-area-map\"><em>Recovery Area Map<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/inciweb.nwcg.gov\/incident\/8103\/\"><em>Black Fire Maps &amp; Information<\/em><\/a><em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6.17.2022 &#8211; More than 20 years ago, in 1998, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and partner agencies released Mexican wolves into the wild for the first time since the wolves had been driven to extinction in the United States in the 1970s. 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