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Managing Fire on the US Mexico Borderlands
Managing Fire on the US Mexico Borderlands
Managing Fire on the US Mexico Borderlands

RAMPS met with DOI Office of Wildland Fire, US Customs and Border Patrol, and US Fish & Wildlife Service staff at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern AZ last November. The group is developing tools to reduce wildfire risk, conserve wildlife habitat and natural resources, and increase safety and security of border operations.

RAMPS met with DOI Office of Wildland Fire, US Customs and Border Patrol, and US Fish & Wildlife Service staff at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge in southern AZ last November. The group is developing tools to reduce wildfire risk, conserve wildlife habitat and natural resources, and increase safety and security of border operations.

A grassland
Arid grassland
Arid grassland
Arid grassland

Arid grasslands in the U.S. Mexico border are fire adapted and used by diverse groups. Science from the Southwest Biological Science Center and the Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) is helping these groups find common ground to manage this dynamic landscape.

Arid grasslands in the U.S. Mexico border are fire adapted and used by diverse groups. Science from the Southwest Biological Science Center and the Restoration Assessment and Monitoring Program for the Southwest (RAMPS) is helping these groups find common ground to manage this dynamic landscape.

A marten (weasel like mammal) walks under a wooden underpass
Sierra marten caught on camera using underpass in Sierra NF
Sierra marten caught on camera using underpass in Sierra NF
Sierra marten caught on camera using underpass in Sierra NF

A Sierra Marten (Martes caurina sierra) caught on wildlife camera in October 2019 passing beneath an elevated road segment built to study usage of the underpass by the Yosemite toad.

A Sierra Marten (Martes caurina sierra) caught on wildlife camera in October 2019 passing beneath an elevated road segment built to study usage of the underpass by the Yosemite toad.

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