Deputy Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator Maggie Dwire lectures on Mexican Wolves Back from the Brink

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Maggie Dwire will discuss "Mexican Wolves: Back from the Brink". This will go over the history of the Mexican wolf. This is an online rebroadcast from the live version held in the Entry Auditorium at the National Conservation Training Center on Thursday, May 18, 2023.

Once extirpated from the wild and reduced to within 7 animals of extinction, the Mexican wolf is staging a remarkable comeback. A binational captive breeding program saved the subspecies from extinction and has grown to become one of the most reputable of its kind. Populations have been reintroduced into the wild in both the United States and Mexico, and the U.S. population reached more than 240 wolves in 2022. Once perilously close to extinction, the Mexican wolf is now in full pursuit of recovery, perhaps becoming known as one of the greatest success stories ever told under the Endangered Species Act.

Maggie Dwire is the Deputy Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. With degrees in Biological Anthropology and Environmental Studies, Maggie started her career with the Service more than 20 years ago already focused on recovery of the Mexican wolf. Maggie’s responsibilities as Deputy Recovery Coordinator include recovery and management of the Mexican wolf both in the wild and as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's liaison to the binational captive breeding program.