New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham fired state wildlife commissioner Sabrina Pack Wednesday for Pack’s alleged conflict of interest around Mexican wolves and wolf management.⁠ ⁠ Grisham’s decision came just one day after a public records request was published, revealing that Peck had been privately communicating with the head of a cattlegrower’s association and a county commissioner regarding a strategic marketing plan around Mexican wolves. Grisham’s spokesperson said that the decision to remove Pack from her seat was due to Pack’s “failure to disclose her conflict of interest as well as her failure to recuse herself from pertinent votes.” In New Mexico, the governor has the power to appoint and remove members of the Game Commission at will. And while the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish doesn’t directly manage or set policy for Mexican wolves, it is an advisory member of the Mexican Wolf Interagency Field Team, a collaborative group that monitors lobo populations and works ...