Comission Not Opposed to Filming of Wolves
	From the 2000

By STEPHEN SIEGFRIED
Daily Press Staff

While county commissioners have sounded anything but keen about having Mexican gray wolves on the loose in the environs of Grant County, they apparently have no objections to film crews taking pictures of the endangered species.

Commissioners sounded more supportive than combative during their regular meeting Thursday, when asked for their comments about plans to film members of two wolf packs on the Gila National Forest.

Elizabeth Gross of the Gila National Forest supervisor's office said two film production companies have approached the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service about making a documen-tary movies about the wolves in Grant and Catron counties.

Gross said the documentaries would be made for commercial purposes to be shown on television.

"What's the county have to do with it?" Commissioner Manuel Serna asked Gross.

Gross said she is informing commissioners in Grant and Catron counties of the film proposal since commissioners from the two counties in the past have expressed interest "in what's going on with the wolf process."

Commission Chairman Carl Scholl, an opponent of wolf reintroduction in past meetings, voiced no opposition to the film, asking Gross only that the filmmakers "bring their equipment, leave, and leave no sign they were there."

Commissioner David Conway sounded almost upbeat on the film, saying it would be "free advertising" for the county.

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