JAGUAR CONSERVATION TEAM MEETING

The Jaguar Habitat Subcommittee will be meeting November 18th in Lordsburg, New Mexico, at The Baxter Center, 313 East 4th Street. The meeting will begin promptly at 10 am.

The public is invited to attend. The subcommittee will be reviewing a map the Center for Biological Diversity has developed for "potential habitat" for jaguar in New Mexico.

This map includes all the historical sightings of jaguar over the last 500 years and includes many counties in New Mexico that have not been previously included in the current Jaguar Conservation Assessment and Strategy. Right now the only entity in New Mexico that is a signator to the Arizona/New Mexico Jaguar Team, besides the federal and state agencies (who have nothing to lose in this mapping process), is the Hidalgo NRCS.

It is extremely important that potentially affected ranchers, farmers and elected officials show up to discuss this map. In my opinion, it goes way beyond common sense and the scientific planning necessary to protect any jaguars that might wander into New Mexico from Mexico.

Although the radical environmental community is not a signator on the Jaguar Team, the Sky Island Alliance, Wildlands Project, Center for Biological Diversity and their supporters, will certainly be there!!

Please plan to attend!!

Judy K