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Written by Pack Leader
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Friday, 13 January 2012 00:00 |
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 The Arizona Game and Fish Department has launched an innovative new tool that utilizes the latest mapping technology to put wildlife data at your fingertips.
HabiMap™ Arizona is a user-friendly, web-based data viewer that allows users to visually explore the distribution of the state’s wildlife, wildlife conservation potential, and stressors to wildlife.
“This is a great example of how technology can be used to assist in transparent wildlife conservation and project planning,” said Arizona Game and Fish Department Director Larry Voyles. “We’re excited to offer a tool that not only allows the department to better manage wildlife at a statewide scale, but also can be used to help address the growth needs of our state.”
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Mexican wolf found dead in eastern Arizona |
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Written by Pack Leader
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Friday, 26 August 2011 17:45 |
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 Arizona Game and Fish Department personnel on the Mexican wolf Interagency Field Team discovered a dead wolf on the evening of Aug. 22 during routine pack monitoring activities.
The field team was alerted to the situation when it received a mortality signal from the telemetry collar on AF1110, the Hawks Nest Pack alpha female.
The animal was recovered by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) Special Agent and Game and Fish personnel the following day in the pack’s traditional territory on the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
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New guidelines aim to help develop wildlife-compatible fencing in Arizona |
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Written by Pack Leader
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Thursday, 25 August 2011 20:24 |
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 After years of research and development, the Arizona Game and Fish Department has finished its completely-revised fence guidelines aimed at helping landowners, project managers, land management agencies and others develop wildlife-compatible fencing across Arizona.
Fencing is an important part of the landscape, but while it is meeting its objectives of keeping something out, improperly designed or located fences can dramatically reduce the “connectivity” of habitat and potentially cause injury to wildlife. Impermeable fences can fragment habitat into small islands of resources, isolating animals and leading to starvation, genetic isolation and disease.
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Three cat monolith found in Mexico |
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Written by Pack Leader
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Wednesday, 10 August 2011 19:26 |
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 Measuring 5 feet tall and 3.6 feet wide, a “spectacular” carving of three seated jaguars was recently uncovered in central Mexico. The cats were carved into a stone monolith that is reminiscent of Olmec carvings.
While many pictographs and figures of cats have been uncovered through the years, the Triad of Felines is unique in that it profiles the animals in a sitting position. According to the National Geographic, the three cats “also appear to have supernatural qualities such as flaming eyebrows and stylized mouths that are reminiscent of traditional Olmec masks.”
Scientists believe the carving is circa 700 B.C. and they are calling it the Triad of Felines. It was located approximately 60 miles south of Mexico City at Chalcatzingo.
History of Cat Carvings
Cat carvings have been uncovered at Chalcatzingo since 1935 and this is the latest in approximately 40 large stone carvings. While it's difficult to determine exactly what type of big cats these are, the consensus is jaguars, although they may also be mountain lions.
"One of our hypotheses is that, in the time from 800 to 500 B.C., there was a frieze along the entire Cerro Chalcatzingo," or "Chalcatzingo hill," project member Mario Cordova Tello, an archaeologist with Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), said in a statement.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 11 August 2011 03:02 |
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AZ Wolves Monitored as Wallow Fire Burns |
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Friday, 03 June 2011 21:15 |
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 As the Wallow Fire continues to grow and impact eastern Arizona’s landscape – displacing residents and threatening livelihoods – wildlife officers are on the ground helping evacuate residents, protect structures and mitigate the effects on wildlife. The fire has burned nearly 106,000 acres as of early June 3 and is at zero percent containment.
An interagency team is monitoring the effects of the fire on the endangered Mexican wolf population that lives in the area.
Two of four wolf packs that are known to reproduce regularly in Arizona – the Rim and Bluestem Packs -- are in the immediately impacted area of the fire. Young pups have been confirmed for the Bluestem Pack, and the Rim Pack is displaying behavior that is consistent with denning activity. However, the fire’s impact on these wolves thus far has been low.
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Last Updated on Friday, 03 June 2011 21:22 |
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