The estimated number of endangered Mount Graham squirrels that make their home atop the Pinaleno Mountains in southeastern Arizona is among its lowest in the past 15 years, but biologists are hopeful the small mammals will rebound.

Environmentalists, on the other hand, aren't so optimistic. They say the species won't be on the path to recovery without a significant effort to protect their habitat in the high elevation spruce-fir forest.

1/12/2011
BY: Sandra Rambler,  San Carlos

On Dec. 22, 2010, the Mount Graham Coalition, the Maricopa audubon Society and the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), filed a Notice of Intent to Sue the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for failing to reinitiate Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) regarding the Mount Graham Telescope Project which is situated atop Mount Graham, a mountain considered sacred since time immemorial to the San Carlos Apaches. Read more »

By Diane Saunders, Staff Writer - 9-29-10

The White Mountain Apache Tribe is opposed to the renewal of the long-term use permit that allows the University of Arizona to operate the Mount Graham International Observatory, but the U.S. Forest Service expects the renewal process to be completed next month.

The Western Apache tribes, including the San Carlos and White Mountain tribes, consider the Mount Graham observatory site sacred. Read more »

By Dexter K. Oliver, Eastern AZ Courier - Contributing Columnist (Published on Sunday, June 13, 2010 9:16 AM MST)

I enjoyed reading Jon Johnson’s article “Squirrel bridges planned for Mount Graham” in the June 9 Copper Era. It’s always nice to have a good laugh during these trying times, and, luckily, the wildlife management arena in Arizona is quite often willing to provide us with such chuckles and much shaking of the head. Read the full article in the Eastern AZ Courier Read more »