“It would be a definite no from the council if we have got anything to do with it,” Wearmouth told the Local Democracy Reporting Service.
“It’s a nice, romantic idea but ultimately people have to make their livelihoods.
“Hill farming is difficult enough with all the things they have to deal with, never mind reintroducing an apex predator.
“It’s people’s livelihoods that are at stake.”
The Missing Lynx Project is overseen by the Lifescape Project, which began investigating the possibility of reintroducing lynx in April 2021.
North-west Northumberland and the border areas with Cumbria and Scotland are the only areas with the extensive forest habitats needed by them to thrive, the project said.
Mike Pratt, chief executive of Northumberland Wildlife Trust, previously said it was right to consider bringing back the species.