Open houses have been scheduled with staff from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arizona Game and Fish Department to explain the planning process and answer questions. Written comments will be accepted at the meetings.
The open houses will be held:
Tucson - Wednesday, November 19 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
National Advanced Fire & Resource Institute Auditorium on 3265 East Universal Way
Glendale - Thursday, November 20 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Cabelas Conference Room on 9380 W. Glendale Ave.
The purpose of the proposal to reintroduce Sonoran pronghorn is to boost the recovery of an endangered species. Sonoran pronghorn originally ranged widely throughout the Sonoran Desert in southwestern Arizona and northern Mexico. The Sonoran pronghorn is extremely skittish and very fast. Because it uses distance as protection from predators, it prefers wide open spaces.
For more information, please contact James Atkinson, Sonoran Pronghorn Recovery Team Leader at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, by mail at 1611 North Second Ave., Ajo, Ariz., 85321, by telephone at (520) 387-4989, by facsimile at (520) 387-5359 or by electronic mail at James_Atkinson@fws.gov. Submit comments by Dec. 12 using any of the above methods.
Once the comment period ends, the wildlife agencies will prepare a draft environmental assessment to evaluate the social, economic and environmental effects of reintroducing pronghorns into their historic range in southern Arizona.
