New Mexico Game Commission denies Turner ranch a wolf permit

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The New Mexico Game Commission has denied an appeal by the Turner Ladder Ranch for a permit to host Mexican wolves as part of a federal species recovery program.
Thursday’s unanimous decision caps a nearly eight-month saga in which the southwest New Mexico ranch owned by media mogul Ted Turner tried to convince the commission to reconsider its original denial in May.
The permit had been in place 17 years.
The Albuquerque Journal reports commission members inv