Arizona Game & Fish Department announced the partnership between the Eastern Arizona Counties Organization (ECO) and AZGFD’s Range Rider Program to reduce Mexican wolf depredations on livestock.
From their statement, “ECO is pleased to provide this funding to AZGFD,” said Jason Whiting, ECO chair. “Depredations peaked in 2019 when the Range Rider Program was initiated by the department and other cooperators. It is important to note that funding for the Range Rider Program comes from modest county budgets, but the ECO believes that putting what we can into on-the-ground wolf-depredation avoidance is vital to reaching a balance between the ESA goal of recovery and the costs to Arizona ranchers.”
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