Feds propose wolf releases in southwestern New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – Federal officials want to release two packs of Mexican gray wolves in wilderness areas near the Arizona-New Mexico border this year in an effort to bolster a struggling population threatened by inbreeding.
It will ultimately be up to New Mexico and a federal court whether that happens since the state and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are locked in a legal battle over the endangered predator.
New Mexico contends there’s no way to determine whether the pro