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How recent jaguar sightings give experts hope for species recovery on both sides of the Arizona-Mexico border
The endangered cat may slowly be recovering in the borderlands, but the Trump border wall may hurt that progress.
Anton L. Delgado, Ian James and Erin Stone, Arizona Republic
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4:55 pm UTC Apr. 15, 2021
The endangered cat may slowly be recovering in the borderlands, but the Trump border wall may hurt that progress.
Anton L. Delgado, Ian James and Erin Stone, Arizona Republic
Published
4:55 pm UTC Apr. 15, 2021
Deer, javelinas and a black bear filled the screen as Ganesh Marin scrolled through hundreds of photos taken by one of the trail cameras used for his borderlands wildlife study.
Distressed, stranded hiker rescued from Huachuca Mountains near Sierra Vista Distressed hiker rescued from Huachuca Mountains in Cochise County. (Source: DVIDS) By KOLD News 13 Staff | January 27, 2021 at 7:00 PM MST - Updated January 27 at 7:00 PM
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations agents and deputies with the Cochise County Sheriff’s Office teamed up Tuesday, to rescue a stranded hiker from the Huachuca Mountains on Cochise County.
Late on Jan. 26, the Arizona Air Coordination Center received information from CCSO that a hiker was isolated and in distress in the Huachuca Mountains near Sierra Vista.
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At Sierra Vista Ranch in Arizona near the Mexican border, Troy McDaniel is warming up his helicopter. McDaniel, tall and slim in a tan jumpsuit, began taking flying lessons in the 80s, and has since logged 2,000 miles in the air. The helicopter, a cosy, two-seater Robinson R22 Alpha is considered a work vehicle and used to monitor the 640-acre ranch, but it’s clear he relishes any opportunity to fly. “We will have no fun at all,” he deadpans.
McDaniel and his wife, Melissa Owen, bought their ranch and the 100-year-old adobe house that came with it in 2003. Years before, Owen began volunteering at the nearby Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, and fell in love with the beauty and natural diversity of the area, as well as the quiet of their tiny town. That all changed last July when construction vehicles and large machinery started “barrelling