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Endangered Species
> Mexican Spotted Owl
Mexican Spotted Owl
Photo: USFWS
The Mexican spotted owl inhabits
canyon and montane forest habitats across a range that
extends from southern Utah and Colorado, through
Arizona, New Mexico, and west Texas, to the mountains of
central Mexico. As of January 2001, the US Forest
Service designated approximately 4.6 million acres of
critical habitat for the owl in Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico, and Utah.
Critical habitat refers to
specific geographic areas that are essential for the
conservation of a threatened or endangered species and
that may require special management considerations.
9/7/04 - Forest Guardians has
appealed a U.S. Forest Service decision to allow
continued cattle grazing in the Lincoln National
Forest's Sacramento and Dry Canyon Grazing Allotments,
claiming a new plan would continue to pollute and
degrade streams and wetlands and further imperil the
endangered Mexican spotted owl and two rare plants, the
Sacramento Mountain thistle and the Sacramento prickly
poppy.
For specific questions about our efforts to protect endangered species,
contact Dr. Nicole Rosmarino,
endangered species program director.
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