Plant conservation on the Navajo nation
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The Navajo Nation comprises 17.5 million acres of the Colorado Plateau in northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico and southeastern Utah. It encompasses desert scrub and subalpine conifer forests and two major rivers run through the area. The Navajo Natural Heritage Program was begun in 1984 to collect and manage biological and ecological information. Since the start of the program, the Navajo Nation's plant life has been researched and documented to make information on plant locations easily accessible. Among the rare plants to be found in Navajo lands are the Copper Canyon milkvetch, the Navajo sedge and the Mesa Verde cactus.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1999
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The beaver and the flycatcher
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The Zuni Fish and Wildlife Department has a program of restoring river ecosystems and wetlands. Central to the program is the use of beavers to help restore severe erosion. The beavers' dams have slowed water flow, allowing sediment to settle on the river bed and water to spread over a wider area. This treatment has resulted in thicker, lusher riparian vegetation which is being used by wildlife such as the endangered southwestern willow flycatcher.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1999
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Restoring the gray wolf in Idaho
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The Nez Perce Tribe and the US Fish and Wildlife Service are in partnership to restore the gray wolf to Idaho. The wolf is an important feature of the history of the Nez Perce people and has become a symbol of the tribe's struggle to survive. The tribe has taken responsibility for the reintroduction of the gray wolf to the Central Idaho Recovery Area. It is hoped to maintain at least 10 breeding packs for three consecutive years.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1999
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