Holy Batblog Batgirl!: Historic Event

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Historic Event

Today at 11:00 am, black-tailed prairie dogs were

ceremoniously returned to southeastern arizona.

They were extirpated from arizona

in the 1930s, so this event has been a long time coming.

A critical component of our southeastern

grassland ecosystem, where prairie dogs

live, a multitude of species flourish.

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i have always loved wildlife. most significantly, i remember a family vacation at age 7. driving through oregon, the beauty of crater lake made an incredible impression on me. and at the gift store, my parents bought me a golden guide to mammals. afterward, it seems i had that guide with me wherever i went. i dreamed about making plaster casts of mammal tracks like the ones shown on the first couple pages. i wanted to know everything about wildlife.

twenty years later i got a job as a wildlife biologist for the arizona game and fish department. i've been privileged to work on a variety of projects including black-footed ferret reintroduction, mount graham red squirrel monitoring, habitat evaluation and planning, black-tailed prairie dog reintroduction, and bat conservation and management. in my current position, i focus on bat conservation full time. i love my job, it provides a daily connection with that obsessive enthusiasm i felt at the age of 7.