Arizona's Mexican Wolf
Entry #2 Arizona's Mexican Wolf
Recently I took a drive to the White Mountains on an over night fly fishing trip, the open country of Arizona's most eastern part of the state is truly breath taking with blue spruce and aspen doting the landscape, and rolling hills enveloping the rest. There are many lakes and streams regularly stocked will trout, plenty of camp grounds, activities for the family such as berry picking and the White Mountain Apache tribe also maintains the health of the forest. With the help of the U.S Forestry service the White Mountain Apache Tribe also maintains roads and trails for civilian use. However the drive from Phoenix to the white mountains will take the average driver about 5-6 hours, but the trip is well worth it! As you drive, the transition from desert to rocky mountains, flat plains and finally forest is truly the over looked beauty of our state. Yet to most onlookers there is another hidden beauty of our state and the is the Wildlife, especially the wildlife of the White Mountains, from white tail deer, antelope, black bears, turkey, elk and at night if you listen carefully you can hear an endangered species that is being brought back to life the Mexican Grey Wolf.
Once populating most of the Gila desert, the Lobo (Mexican Grey Wolf) are now only about a hundred strong in Arizona. During the early to mid 1900's hunters killed of most of the native animals that the Lobo prey upon such as deer and elk; however, Lobo populations were dramatically reduced by cattle and sheep ranchers. With the help of the US Biological Servery the predecessor of the U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service 900 Mexican Grey wolves were killed off in Arizona (Lobos of the Southwest). Lobos were eventually driven out of Arizona During the mid 1900's and in the 1970's the last three Mexican Grey Wolves were killed in the U.S. (Lobos of the Southwest). However in 1976 congress labeled the Lobo as an endangered species, and from just seven surviving wolves the plan to bring the species back to life was underway (Biological Diversity). For over 20 years the wolves were bred in captivity, finally being reintroduced back into the wild in 1998 the Mexican Grey Wolf has only reached a population of 113 in 2017 (Biological Diversity). Yet thanks to new legislature passed in 2009, with the idea of wolves and livestock owners coexisting. The Mexican Grey Wolf has a promising future to look forward to, and so do the people of Arizona.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/Mexican_gray_wolf/index.html
https://www.mexicanwolves.org
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Once populating most of the Gila desert, the Lobo (Mexican Grey Wolf) are now only about a hundred strong in Arizona. During the early to mid 1900's hunters killed of most of the native animals that the Lobo prey upon such as deer and elk; however, Lobo populations were dramatically reduced by cattle and sheep ranchers. With the help of the US Biological Servery the predecessor of the U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service 900 Mexican Grey wolves were killed off in Arizona (Lobos of the Southwest). Lobos were eventually driven out of Arizona During the mid 1900's and in the 1970's the last three Mexican Grey Wolves were killed in the U.S. (Lobos of the Southwest). However in 1976 congress labeled the Lobo as an endangered species, and from just seven surviving wolves the plan to bring the species back to life was underway (Biological Diversity). For over 20 years the wolves were bred in captivity, finally being reintroduced back into the wild in 1998 the Mexican Grey Wolf has only reached a population of 113 in 2017 (Biological Diversity). Yet thanks to new legislature passed in 2009, with the idea of wolves and livestock owners coexisting. The Mexican Grey Wolf has a promising future to look forward to, and so do the people of Arizona.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/mammals/Mexican_gray_wolf/index.html
https://www.mexicanwolves.org
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