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Group cites climate change in fight for frog protections
By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press Writer
Article Launched: 04/12/2008 04:25:49 PM MDT
ALBUQUERQUE -- Environmentalists are suing the federal government over protections for a threatened frog found only in New Mexico, Arizona and a small part of Mexico, arguing that the amphibian is just one of many species facing increasing pressures due to climate change.
...Fish and Wildlife spokeswoman Elizabeth Slown [wife of John Slown who was in Alamogordo for the Wolf Meeting] ... added that the frog can be found living around stock tanks and that the agency has received help from private landowners who don't mind the frog's presence. ...
It appears the rational course of action would be to have more stock tanks. Suppose Fish and Wildlife will come up with that alternative? Course not; too simple, too inexpensive and does not require bunches of bureaucrats to accomplish success.
BUT, WAIT! LOOK AT THIS:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Listing Chiricahua Leopard Frog as a Threatened Species
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to list the Chiricahua leopard frog as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because it is imperiled by non-native predators, disease, loss of habitat, and potential natural events such as floods and drought. A species is designated as threatened when it is at risk of becoming an endangered species throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
Today's proposal includes a special rule encouraging cattlemen to continue their regular management of livestock tanks that are harboring leopard frog populations.
The Chiricahua leopard frog is a medium-to-large sized frog from 2.5 to 4 inches in length. It is spotted and often greenish with a raised fold of skin running down each side of the back. The frog is found in ponds, streams, stock tanks, and other aquatic sites in the mountains of central and east-central Arizona and west-central New Mexico, and in the mountains and valleys of southeastern Arizona and extreme southwestern New Mexico. The species is also known from several sites in Chihuahua, and from single sites in Sonora and Durango, Mexico....
http://www.fws.gov/news/newsreleases/R2/A11C3D64-AC20-11D4-A179009027B6B5D3.html?CFID=833272&CFTOKEN=95921207
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If You Squint Your Eyes the Wolf Gourd Pasties Will Turn into Chiracahua Leopard Frog Pasties
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