Endangered Mount Graham red squirrels face Arizona wildfires
In Arizona's Mount Graham region two major fires threaten the world's only colony of Mount Graham red squirrels, fewer than 300 individuals. Biologists consider trapping some for a breeding program if canopy loss seems imminent. The subspecies has lived on the summit for nearly 10,000 years and has been endangered since 1987, with a 284-population recently recorded.
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Fires threaten Arizona summer communities on Mount Graham
Firefighters battled two lightning sparked blazes on Mount Graham threatening nearly 100 homes in Turkey Flat and Columbine as they fought to protect a mountaintop observatory. The fires had burned about 15,899 acres and could merge, prompting crews to ready to combat spot fires beyond containment lines.
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