Arizona
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Here is an important, but little reported story from Demarcated Landscapes- Fire evacuations in the Blue Range Wolf Recovery Area. Update: Arizona fire: Residents forced to flee as winds fuel blaze. Threats to towns rise as governor declares a state of emergency. Arizona Republic. Update 2: Burnout to help endangered wolf pups in wildfire’s path.…
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Grows from 42 to 50 in the year 2010- Finally there’s a little bit of good news about Mexican wolves. After the population stagnated well below the recovery figure of 100 wolves, I has declined in recent years. In 2010, on the strength of wild born pups and a halt on government killing for livestock…
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Biggest reward offered in some time for info on a wolf shooting- Yet another collared Mexican gray wolf, F521 from the Fox Mountain Pack, found dead in December. $58,000 Reward Offered in Arizona Wolf Shooting. Arizona Reporter This reward was first offered in July for the killings of other collared Mexican gray wolves. Anyone with…
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Great article in Demarcated Landscapes rejects the dominion of ranchers over the rest of us- “. . . along comes this opinion piece from the Salt Lake City Tribune suggesting that if ranchers can’t make peace with the lobo, then the lobo cannot be recovered. …in the battle between our deep-seated fears and our hopes,…
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On the “open range” if you don’t want someone else’s cattle on your property, you have to fence them out! Arizona is rethinking the fairness of this tradition. So are people in other states. Arizona Rethinking Open Range Laws. By Marc Lacey. New York Times. If you hit a black cow in the middle of…
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Cumulative impacts of many factors cited A new report by the Us Fish and Wildlife Service assesses the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program and the news isn’t good. Cumulatively there are many risks for the population. Among them are poaching, too many controls related to depredation, small litter sizes and low pup survival possibly related to…
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Rare lions are to be killed to protect rare bighorn sheep. Ron Kearns, a frequent commentator on this site and retired wildlife biologist of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, was recently interviewed for a story about mountain lion management on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona. The refuge has set a policy which requires…
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Emil McCain pleads guilty to a misdemeanor crime: illegal take of an endangered species- Jaguar trapper guilty. Arizona Daily Star