Arizona game and fish department has actively partnered in the mexican wolf reintroduction program since its inception and additionally provides administrative support to the AZ livestock loss board…

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded a $240,000 Project Grant to the Arizona Game and Fish Department to support the state's participation in the Mexican Wolf Reintroduction Program and the Arizona Livestock Loss Board (ALLB). Of the total award, $114,000 (95%) in federal funds will be used to provide direct payments to ALLB-approved applicants for deploying conflict avoidance measures that reduce Mexican wolf depredations on livestock. An additional $6,000 (5%) in federal funds will support the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's contracted payment processing and tracking services. The remaining $120,000 represents non-federal match funding. This award, made under the Endangered Species Conservation-Wolf Livestock Loss Compensation and Prevention program (CFDA 15.666), aims to mitigate conflicts between wolf recovery efforts and livestock operations through compensation for verified losses and proactive, non-lethal prevention activities on federal, state, tribal, and private lands.

Arizona game and fish department has actively partnered in the mexican wolf reintroduction program since its inception and additionally provides administrative support to the AZ livestock loss board (allb). The allb has deployed conflict avoidance funding programs since 2016 with grant funds utilized to compensate participating AZ livestock producers for conflict prevention measures they deploy to reduce mexican wolf depredations of, or interactions with livestock. The project budget is 240,000 with 120,000 representing non-federal match and 114,000 (95 ) of federal funds supporting direct payments to allb-approved applicants and 6,000 (5 ) of federal funds directed to national fish and wildlife foundation for contracted payment processing and tracking services.