Jaguars will not be repopulated in New Mexico, after the federal government denied a petition by a conservation group that sought to use Gila National Forest for the species’ recovery. The ...

Back in 2022, the Center for Biological Diversity submitted a petition to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to request the reintroduction of jaguars to the Gila National Forest. They said ...

Feb. 4—Jaguars are not coming to the Gila Wilderness anytime soon. An environmental group's petition to reintroduce jaguars to the Gila National Forest in southern New Mexico has been rejected ...

In a letter to the Center received this week, the Fish and Wildlife Service said “recovery of the species could be achieved without the presence of jaguars in the Gila National Forest.” This rationale ...

The Gila National Forest harbors abundant deer, elk and javelina that could support a jaguar population. The last known female jaguar in the United States was shot in 1963 in Arizona, 159 miles north ...

However, the center claims Fish and Wildlife Service officials said “recovery of the species could be achieved without the presence of jaguars in the Gila National Forest.” As late as the ...

The last known female jaguar in the United States was shot and killed in 1963 in the Apache National Forest in a part of eastern Arizona that adjoins the Gila National Forest.

Jaguars will not be repopulated in New Mexico, after the federal government denied a petition by a conservation group that sought to use Gila National Forest for the species’ recovery. The ...

The Gila has a history of environmental protection. It was home to the first wilderness area anywhere in the U.S., established in 1924. Now, the Center for Biological Diversity points out that ...

The Pass Fire The largest wildfire of 2023 in the Gila National Forest started with a lightning strike on May 18. The Pass Fire has burned a 59,833 acres as of July 14, according to Moore, and is ...