New Mexico
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Long time wildlife foe, Pearce spreading lies about protecting lizard and jobs- Politics and reality clash in New Mexico. Posted on May 1, 2011 by Bob Berwyn. Summit County Citizens Voice. Although he was out of office for a couple years, newly elected Pearce (R-US Rep) is up to his old tricks, made meaner for…
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Pit bull mixes attacked while she was on a walk- I won’t bother to say the obvious about the danger of dogs versus wolves. Killer dogs attack. Idaho Statesman.
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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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Famed former Baca Ranch could emerge as national park after failed “free market” experiment- I have never been to this famous New Mexico supervolcano area with its scenic, but degraded grasslands and forests. The area is notable for its elk, but the herd is much smaller than it could be due to the competition with…
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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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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…
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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…
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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.…