Western Watersheds Project#GoAsha #LongMaySheRun #MexicanWolves
Her name, which means “hope” in Sanskrit, was chosen by seventh-grader Maesen Whiteside earlier this year through a contest held by the collaborative website mexicanwolves.org.
She's north of Interstate 40 again, and outside the bounds of the #MexicanWolf recovery area. Will they let her run? Stay tuned...
"She was already contributing quite a bit. She was showing us where unbound wolves will wander. Her scent trails will beckon the expanding wolf population into places well-suited for the species to survive in a changing climate paradigm. She doesn’t need to breed to be a leader, we only need to let her choose her own fate and to learn from her path."
https://www.abqjournal.com/2568264/mexican-wolf-didnt-have-to-be-captured.html
"Someday, #MexicanWolves and northern Rockies wolves will meet; ..." Anderson said. "They're worried about swamping their genes with the northern species, but at the same time they're not doing enough for the genetics down here to ensure the health and viability of the current population."
That's right. All this whinging about genetic vulnerability is the fault of the agencies!! #GoAsha
In which WWP's Deputy Director tries not to scream: #GoAsha #MexicanWolves https://www.krwg.org/krwg-news/2023-01-25/conservation-group-responds-to-the-recent-capture-of-a-roaming-mexican-gray-wolf
Conservation group responds to the recent capture of a roaming Mexican gray wolf
Recently a female Mexican gray wolf that roamed beyond the endangered species' recovery area into the more northern reaches of New Mexico was captured, with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish using a helicopter to locate and capture the wolf. Scott Brocato spoke with Greta Anderson, deputy director of Western Watersheds Project, about the capture and why conservation groups felt it was important to allow Asha to continue roaming.
We were depressed, then dismayed, and now straight up mad. Why on earth did they insist on removing her? #GoAsha #WILDlife
“We have to let wolves be wolves and this heavy-handed management that tries to force them into certain areas and keep them in specific places is not going to work in the long term if we are really hoping to recover this population,” she said.
Little lady just needs to go back home where its safe and have some puppies. 🙄
#GoAsha #MexicanWolves
Advocates push Feds to let Mexican gray wolf ‘roam free’ in northern New Mexico, elsewhere
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Mexican gray wolf, named Asha, has wandered from Arizona into Northern New Mexico. And advocates are asking the federal government to let her keep going. At issue is the current boundary of the Mexican Wolf Experimental Project Area’s (MWEPA), the area where federal reintroduction and monitoring projects for Mexican wolves is […]
Forgive us for another post about Asha (#GoAsha!), but reading this quote from our deputy director this morning reminded us how much work there is to do in deconstructing the management of wildlife.
"KRQE News 13 spoke with Anderson about a key issue for the wolf: finding a mate. “I think if that’s what she wants, and she’s not finding it, she’ll go back to where the other wolves are,” Anderson says. “And we should let her sort of make that decision.”"
Advocates push Feds to let Mexican gray wolf ‘roam free’ in northern New Mexico, elsewhere
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Mexican gray wolf, named Asha, has wandered from Arizona into Northern New Mexico. And advocates are asking the federal government to let her keep going. At issue is the current boundary of the Mexican Wolf Experimental Project Area’s (MWEPA), the area where federal reintroduction and monitoring projects for Mexican wolves is […]
#GoAsha! We're rooting for this wandering wolf to find her home wherever she wants it to be -- humans need to let wildlife be wild. #Wolves
Wildlife advocates say Asha the wolf should be allowed to continue wandering in northern New Mexico
Wildlife advocates want the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish to allow a wolf that school children in Arizona named Asha continue moving north after she crossed the Interstate 40 boundary that serves as the northern border of the Mexican wolf experimental population area. More than a […]
Heck yeah we want to let her roam! #GoAsha! #MexicanWolves
Anderson, from the Western Watersheds Project, says Asha shouldn’t be forced back. “We want to see wolves recovered on the landscape. We want to see them using the habitat that’s available to them.” The fact that Asha has made it to northern New Mexico might be a sign that the MWEPA needs to be expanded, Anderson adds.
https://www.krqe.com/news/advocates-push-feds-to-let-mexican-gray-wolf-roam-free-in-northern-new-mexico-elsewhere/
Advocates push Feds to let Mexican gray wolf ‘roam free’ in northern New Mexico, elsewhere
SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Mexican gray wolf, named Asha, has wandered from Arizona into Northern New Mexico. And advocates are asking the federal government to let her keep going. At issue is the current boundary of the Mexican Wolf Experimental Project Area’s (MWEPA), the area where federal reintroduction and monitoring projects for Mexican wolves is […]