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Arizona

  • Accounts conflict on how jaguar was trapped

    Ken Cole

    Was Macho B intentionally caught? The question about whether or not jaguar scat was placed at the trap site or not is the focus of the article. One former employee says she placed the scat at the trap site on the orders of her boss while the employee who was fired recently says she is…

  • G&F worker is fired for alleged lying, cover-up in jaguar capture

    Ken Cole

    The investigation of Macho B’s death is ongoing I saw this story but was too busy to post it when it was published last month. I’m posting it now because I think it is an important story and also because we’ve been covering the saga of Macho B, the last wild jaguar in the US.…

  • Mexico to place 5 wolves near AZ

    Ken Cole

    REINTRODUCTION PLANNED AS EARLY AS THIS MONTH This story appeared last week while I was gone and there was a little discussion about it on the open thread but I think it deserves its own thread. The significance of this story is not so much that wolves are being released into the wild but that…

  • Lawsuit Settled over grazing in Sonoran Desert National Monument

    Ralph Maughan

    Joint news release by the BLM and Western Watersheds Project- This is a victory for WWPs Arizona Office in Tucson. NEWS RESEASE (PHOENIX, AZ)—The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and Western Watersheds Projects announced today settlement of a federal lawsuit involving the Sonoran Desert National Monument southwest of Phoenix, Arizona.…

  • Mexican wolf population dipping

    Ralph Maughan

    Only 42 Mexican wolves! This was contributed by “TallTrent” on “Have you run across any interesting news?” – – – – – On December 28,  I posted an article about the status of Mexican wolves that was pessimistic, but some folks from the area commented that things were looking up.  This story casts doubt on…

  • Arizona Intentionally Snared Last Jaguar, Inquiry Finds

    Ralph Maughan

    Does this mean they deliberately killed the state’s last jaguar? Arizona Intentionally Snared Last Jaguar, Inquiry Finds. By Leslie Kaufman. New York Times.

  • Arizona might close 2/3 its state parks-

    Ralph Maughan

    Idaho’s governor wants to transfer state parks to Dept. of Lands. Folks fear loss of access to the Henry’s Fork- Arizona may shut down two-thirds of state parks. Associated Press The deep recession is taking a big hit on state parks in many states; even those parks that are big money makers.  Arizona has already…

  • Victory for Jaguars: Obama Pledges Recovery Plan, Habitat Protection

    Ralph Maughan

    Good news below in the press release from the Center for Biological Diversity- Capping a 13-year battle to save the American jaguar from extinction, this week the Center for Biological Diversity won a decision from the Obama administration to develop a recovery plan and protect essential habitat for North America’s largest and most endangered cat.…

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