April 15, 2005
Jaguar in Arizona
Did you know that Jaguar (Pantera onca) roamed the San Francisco Peaks when Lt Beale surveyed the wagon road past near Antelope Springs, now known as Flagstaff?
For a long time, the jaguar was thought to be only an itinerant visitor from Mexico. At any rate, jaguar have taken up residence in Arizona again, and a recovery management team has begun work.
Called the Jaguar Conservation Team, their meeting scheduled for April in Lordsburg, NM has been cancelled, because the main action items from their January meeting ar not ready. These actions are a draft Risk Assessment for trapping and collaring, and a draft outline for a Recovery Strategy. Instead, these will be sent for review to team members for the 28 August meeting in Douglas, AZ.
Posted by The Naturalist at April 15, 2005 10:30 PM