Lincoln NF fences spring to protect jumping mouse

A special closure order affecting 15.3 acres on the Sacramento Ranger District (Order No. 08-273) is in place until November 30, 2015, unless rescinded sooner, for the Mauldin Spring in Wills Canyon riparian area within the Lincoln National Forest, Sacramento Ranger District. The specified area encompasses occupied habitat for the New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse (NMMJM), which has been listed as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The special closure prohibits going into or being upon the areas of ‘occupied habitat’ (15.3 acres), described as the Mauldin Spring riparian area, including both the existing barbed-wire fenced areas and the temporary electric fenced areas...Livestock watering lanes are provided in order to allow permitted livestock to access water. These watering lanes are considered to be outside of the restricted area...more