{"id":48467,"date":"2026-01-26T15:46:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=48467"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:46:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T22:46:41","slug":"mexican-wolf-protections-are-at-risk-as-delisting-bills-move-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/mexican-wolf-protections-are-at-risk-as-delisting-bills-move-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican wolf protections are at risk as delisting bills move forward"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>by Bryce Dix, KUNM News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-background\" style=\"background-color:#8080801f\"><em><strong>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunm.org\/local-news\/2026-01-23\/mexican-wolf-protections-risk-delisting-bills-move-forward\">story<\/a> was originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kunm.org\/\">KUNM<\/a>, a NMPBS partner.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexican-wolf-gets-vaccine.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people looking at a animal.\" class=\"wp-image-48471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexican-wolf-gets-vaccine.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexican-wolf-gets-vaccine-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexican-wolf-gets-vaccine-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexican-wolf-gets-vaccine-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexican-wolf-gets-vaccine-24x14.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexican-wolf-gets-vaccine-36x20.jpg 36w, https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Mexican-wolf-gets-vaccine-48x27.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Scientists and veterinarians with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provide vaccines and an IV drip to a Mexican gray wolf. Bryce Dix\/KUNM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two bills that aim to strip the Mexican gray wolf of its federal endangered species protections are now snaking their way through the federal lawmaking process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Republican-led pieces of legislation \u2013 the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/845\/all-actions\">Pet and Livestock Protection Act<\/a>\u201d introduced by U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, (R-Colo.) and the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/4255\">Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025<\/a>\u201d authored by U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, (R-Ariz.) \u2013 would essentially do the same thing: delist the Mexican gray wolf from the Endangered Species Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If successful, the delisting would shift management back to the states of New Mexico and Arizona, potentially create \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.azleg.gov\/legtext\/57leg\/2R\/bills\/HB2160P.htm\">opportunities<\/a>\u201d for lobo hunting and trapping (depending on individual state regulations), and halt genetic diversification efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While similar attempts to delist the animal have failed in the past, the current political atmosphere has advocates worried about what might happen if Congress decides the wolf doesn\u2019t need help anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leia Barnett, a conservation advocate with the New Mexico-based environmental non-profit WildEarth Guardians, said she is stunned these bills are sailing through Congress, and wants politicians to ground themselves in the science of consistent management of the species, not political bickering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re not going to see that if we&#8217;ve got a patchwork management scheme that&#8217;s based on individual state agencies determining what&#8217;s right, rather than a larger national plan that can work towards meaningful, robust recovery,\u201d Barnett told KUNM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, Rep. Gosar\u2019s bill went through a \u201ccommittee markup\u201d meant to tweak language before a bill is sent to the House floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There, Gosar made the claim that the wolf \u201chas been recovered\u201d and his constituents are \u201cpaying the price\u201d for increasing livestock depredations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRanchers are losing cattle, horses and dogs,\u201d Gosar said. \u201cFamilies who have been stewards for the land for generations are being driven out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the species was almost completely wiped off the landscape from trapping and hunting, the Mexican wolf population has made a significant comeback thanks to coordinated recovery efforts and the broad protections of the Endangered Species Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the same time, as wolf numbers continue to grow, data from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows that cattle kills have been proportionally dropping since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite these discrepancies, Gosar said the federal management of the wolf is costing taxpayers and ranchers lots of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is not an anti-conservation bill, it is a pro-science, pro-law and pro-people bill,\u201d Gosar said in support of his own legislation. \u201cIt acknowledges success where success has been achieved, and rejects the notion that federal agencies should operate without limits or consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To conservationists like Barnett, it\u2019s not as black and white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is robust science that tells us what we need to have a healthy, thriving, resilient lobo population,\u201d Barnett said. \u201cThat includes 750 wolves at a minimum, dispersed across three interconnected sub populations of 200 wolves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azgfd.com\/2025\/03\/03\/mexican-wolf-numbers-up-for-9th-straight-year\/\">recent survey count<\/a> estimates there are around 286 wolves in New Mexico and Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/mec.16037\">research shows<\/a> that the genetic diversity of the species is dangerously low \u2013 so much so, the whole population is as genetically related as siblings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the brief debate about the lobo\u2019s recovery &#8211; ranging from the population\u2019s growth, to the loss of rancher livestock from depredations, to science \u2013 the House Committee on Natural Resources ultimately decided to leave most of Gosar\u2019s bill untouched, and recommended the full House pass the measure when it\u2019s taken up for a vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The language of this bill, in particular, is alarming to Barnett because it would make any future attempts to relist the wolf much harder by preventing wildlife managers from considering the recovery status of lobos south of the border.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s vindictive and malicious,\u201d Barnett said. \u201cIt&#8217;s not based upon the needs of that species.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Rep. 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