Global News - March 2008
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Conservationists urge US government to protect rare rodent
Fri 28 March 2008 14:00 UK — North America,Other
Local conservationists have warned that climate change and unchecked livestock grazing are threatening the survival of a rare rodent in the south-west of the US.
Environmental expert Nicole Rosmarino said that the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse is close to extinction and blamed cattle grazing, climate change, drought and beaver removal for the situation.
She called on the Forest Service to take immediate action to reduce cattle grazing in the area to help the rodent survive.
"This rare mouse is barely hanging on. The Forest Service needs to step up and protect the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse from cattle grazing on our public lands," Ms Rosmarino explained.
"Right now, the Forest Service is allowing cattle to denude the streamside areas that the jumping mouse requires."
The US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently named the New Mexico meadow jumping mouse as a candidate for protection under the Endangered Species Act.
At the time, the FWS said that habitat destruction due to grazing pressure, water use and management and highway reconstruction had all contributed to drops in the rodent's population.
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