Equal Protection, Daubert, the ESA and Jaguar critical habitat
Parker (2013) Equal Protection, Daubert, the ESA and the Proposed Rule to Designate Critical Habitat for Jaguars
Endangered Species
USFWS announces $284,000 for Mexican Wolf Demonstration Project
Sept. 24, 2015 USFWS Announces $284,000 for Mexican Wolf Demonstration Project
Sept 18, 2015 Endangered Species Multi-District Litigation Update
In May 2011 the Service entered into the Multi-District Litigation (MDL) Settlement Agreement with WEG and CBD. The Agreement required the Service make listing determinations for all species on the 2010 Candidate List, petition findings for species that are subject of petitions, and to finalize other outstanding litigation-related listing actions, by FY 2016. At the […]
Historic Wolf Attacks on Humans
Historical Wolf Attacks on Humans Quite often, people who advocate expanding the wolf populations in the rural areas of the United States will recite the slogan that “in the last 100 years, no documented wolf attacks on humans occurred in the U.S.A. within the lower 48 states.” This slogan is most likely a true or […]
$200,000 of DHS funds spent on jaguar “attitudes” surveys
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has given the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) more than $2 Million of its own funding to spend on jaguar recovery in the United States border region instead of securing the border. USFWS has already spent $775,000 of that funding to place camera traps around southern Arizona and New Mexico in […]
USFWS Proposes Critical Habitat for Cuckoo
Comment period on proposed critical habitat for the Yellow-billed cuckoo now extended to Jan 12, 2015. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed critical habitat for the “Western” Yellow-billed cuckoo (cuckoo). This proposed designation impacts major and minor waterways in nine states. It will negatively impact agriculture, water rights and grazing management here in Pima, Pinal and Santa Cruz counties. Click here […]
Sonoran Desert Tortoise study by Meyer et al. (2010)
A key study on Sonoran Desert Tortoises began when Dr. Walt Meyer discovered the charred shells of Sonoran Desert Tortoises that jojoba bean pickers camping on his grazing allotment had eaten. Meyer began monitoring the tortoises. Twenty years later, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service found that listing of the species as endangered or threatened may […]
Elections-Candidate Opinions on Ranching issues
This page updated 10-7-2014 SACPA has not endorsed any candidates for office in the upcoming election, but provides the following information that is highly relevant to our membership. Wondering what voting districts you live in? The links below will take you to the Arizona Redistricting Commission’s final statewide maps. Click here to find your Congressional District.. Click […]
USFWS: Grazing “not likely to adversely modify” Jaguar critical habitat
This page last updated April 17, 2014 The US Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has issued a Biological and Conference Opinion concurring with the Coronado National Forest that livestock grazing “may affect but is not likely to adversely modify” the recently designated jaguar critical habitat areas within the Coronado National Forest. USFWS Biological and Conference […]
Who Knows What’s Endangered?
Who Knows What’s Endangered? ESA article SU13 RANGE Magazine (Pages 71-74)