ALAMOSA, Colo.—Federal officials have drafted four possible options for managing the Alamosa, Baca and Monte Vista national wildlife refuges as they develop a comprehensive conservation plan for the refuges.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials are presenting the alternatives at public workshops this week, but they don’t expect to select one until 2014.
One option would largely keep things as they are now.
A second option is similar but would include public hunting to help control elk populations and increase environmental monitoring, partly to understand effects of climate change.
Another option would do more for restoring habitat, with Fish and Wildlife exploring the potential for reintroducing wolves to the area and introducing wild bison on the Baca refuge.
The fourth option focuses more on maximizing public uses.
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