Arizona Predator Watch

Opposition to Big Bend Border Wall Funding

• 🔥 Over 100 Groups Urge Congress Rejection: More than 100 groups sent a letter to Congress urging...

Broad pushback against Texas Big Bend border wall funding favors non-invasive tech alternatives, safeguarding wildlife corridors akin to Arizona's.

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Multi-stakeholder opposition to border wall in Big Bend National Park sets precedent for remote ecosystems like Arizona's:

• Conservation groups...

Mexican Wolf Delisting Push

• 🔥 Arizona House Committee Advances HCR 2011: Arizona Senate’s Committee on Natural Resources gave a “do pass”...

South Texas groups are holding town halls against new border wall and waterborne barriers.

The No Border Wall Coalition of Laredo warns residents...

Policy threat looms as Senate committee backs HCR 2011 to delist wolves, defund recovery, and shift management to states – pitting 143 Arizona wolves...

• Texas sheriffs, judges, ranchers in five counties oppose border wall in Big Bend National Park and CBP sector, lacking community input.
• Rugged...

Timeline: Texas pushback shifts plans, spares Big Bend wildlife

• Local opposition surges: Alpine council unanimously urges AI cameras, sensors...

Bipartisan sheriffs set precedent for non-invasive security:

• Wall harms critical wildlife habitat and migrations in remote border landscape.
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The Kaibab lesson highlights predator-prey dynamics' vital role in sustainable wildlife, profoundly influencing modern conservation efforts.

• Sudden policy shift: CBP's Smart Wall Map now shows detection technology only in Big Bend NP, scrapping Rio Grande wall plans.
• Protects core...

• Coyote packs doubled in Phoenix over a decade, lured by fast-food waste and leftovers.
• Habitat loss from sprawl, food waste, and climate shifts...

NMLC's vital role in wildlife conservation:

• Conserves land for corridors enabling species movement, genetic diversity, and ecosystem resilience.
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Pima County's Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan (SDCP) marks 25 years with projects that reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions, reconnect habitats, and...

Western voters, including Arizonans, demand leaders protect public lands over extraction. Key poll insights:

• 76% want conservation prioritized, up...

Border Migration Barriers

• 🔥 50 Border Openings in Mexico: Around 50 'doggy doors' sized eight by eleven inches are set to be installed along...

Trail cam jackpot at TNC’s Gila River Preserve: bears, bobcats, coyote, coati, ringtail plus turkeys, fawn, coues buck.

• Sightings showcase riparian...

Arizona stands out in the national coyote boom:

• Supports 200,000 coyotes, listed as “common” with year-round hunting and trapping
• Still abundant...

Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center (SWCC) rescues Arizona native wild mammals that have lost their homes to development. Motto: Saving Our Wildlife, One Life at a Time—key support for local conservation.

NM ranchers get new protections amid wolf spread:

• CLLA unanimously adds gray wolf depredations to compensation alongside Mexican wolves
• Gray...