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Here are our posts, for "Blog for Wildlife (AZ News)" -- about efforts to restore healthy wildlife populations...
Letter Urges Mexican Gray Wolves to Be Released as Families
June 25, 2024
Conservation organizations today asked the U.S. FWS to release captive-born Mexican gray wolf pairs together with their pups into AZ and NM -- Releases of wolf families that survive and breed would diversify the wild population’s depleted gene pool.
BLM safeguards 98.9% of Sonoran Desert National Monument, its Indigenous resources, desert life from recreational shooting
June 5, 2024
BLM to close almost 500,000 acres (98.9%) of Sonoran Desert National Monument to recreational shooting -- once allowed everywhere amidst the saguaro cacti, native desert life, ancient petroglyphs, and rich cultural history an hour from Phoenix
Book Review: "Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet" ~ by author Ben Goldfarb
June 1, 2024
~ reviewed by Stan Bindell -- Environmental author Ben Goldfarb makes the case in "Crossings" -- that the 40 millions of miles throughout the world that connect humans also kill millions of wildlife -- either by road kill or disconnecting them...
Get to Know AZ Wildlife: Gila Monsters!
May 26, 2024
"...memorable to see in the wild -- Highly colorful, Gila monsters stand out when they’re above ground -- Most of the time, Gila monsters are in underground burrows -- to find food in the nests of prey species like rabbits" ~ by Ricardo Small
Borderlands Wildlife Openings Provide Needed Connectivity for Animals
April 3, 2024
by Erick Meza: "...Sierra Club has advocated for wildlife openings where walls were constructed -- for storm gates to be opened year-round -- to provide movement of water as well as wildlife -- dozens of small wildlife openings...
Get to Know AZ Wildlife: Sonoran Tiger Salamander
April 3, 2024
"...an adorable, loveable reptile, endangered because of habitat loss -- We must keep these cute animals alive to make the world a better place for everything. That includes you!" ~ by Alexandra White, 13 yo Sierra Club Wildlife Activist
News from The Border - Sept 2023
September 20, 2023
(Version en Español sigue despues del Ingles) -- Wildlife and the Wall -- Storm Gates Opened, Now Closed and Erosion Control -- Events -- News -- La Vida Silvestre y El Muro -- Compuertas para Lluvia Abiertas, Ahora Cerradas y Control de Erosión...
New BLM Guidance to Protect Wildlife in AZ
November 16, 2022
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued new guidance to land managers today prioritizing wildlife conservation and connectivity on the agency’s 245 million acres across the west... [click thru for 2-page PDF]
An Open Letter to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission – Uranium Mines Do Threaten Wildlife
August 4, 2016
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission seems more interested in playing politics than in considering legitimate concerns facing wildlife and habitat. Its statement about uranium mining being a “non-existent threat” to condors is just wrong.
Former Arizona Game and Fish Commissioners Call on President to Protect Lands Around Grand Canyon as a National Monument
July 28, 2015
Phoenix, AZ – Today, five former Arizona Game and Fish Commissioners, sent a letter to President Obama supporting the creation of the Grand Canyon Watershed National Monument.