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Pronghorn antelope
Background reading from the Pronghorn Antelope Foundation
Brief articles written by participants in the Antelope Foundation's
Youth and Conservation project at Las Cienegas
Black-tailed Prairie Dogs
A clear and concise article written for a University of Arizona environmental writing class about the prairie dog project.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s webpage on the black-tailed prairie dog reintroduction project:
A five minute video documenting a 2010 BTPD release into a new colony start in AZ:
A story that aired in May, 2013 on Arizona Public Media documenting the reintroduction project:
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
An article from the USGS about the importance of preserving the cuckoo's habitat
Grassland Birds
Birds are important indicators of an ecosystem's health. Learn about the research being conducted locally in these presentations:
Winter Bird Monitoring and Citizen Science
Groundwater and Bird Monitoring at Las Cienegas
How Birds Respond to Mesquite Habitats
Ten Years of Research on Grassland Birds
Learn more about birds and grasslands research from the National Audubon Society's Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch
Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
A site from the USGS with basic information about the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher
Chiracahua Leopard Frog
Resources from the FROG Conservation Project:
A video from the annual Science on the Sonoita Plain symposium about the FROG projet
Gila Topminnow
An overview by Arizona Game and Fish about the endangered topminnow and pupfish.
A 2011 news segment about restoring Topminnow to local waterways.
A teaching resource for a 2007 documentary about the restoration of Fossil Creek in Central Arizona.
http://www.usbr.gov/lc/phoenix/biology/azfish/aznativefish.html
Videos from the Bureau of Reclamation about the plight of native fish
Coloring pages of endangered species in Pima County
Teaching about invasive species
