THE WESTERNER

Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Arizona officials cancel bridges for squirrels

Arizona Department of Transportation is cancelling plans to install 41 new bridges on Mt. Graham for squirrels. The nylon webbing bridges were for the endangered red squirrel. The goal was that the bridges would provide easier access to food. ADOT Director John Halikowski says, "ADOT will not spend funds simply because they are available."...more

My previous post on this was $1.25 Mil To Save Rodents In Crime-Infested Border State.

1 comment:

Brett said...: The Center for Biological Diversity is probably filing a lawsuit demanding the reinsitatement of the program as we speak.; 10:41 AM