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"Someday, #MexicanWolves and northern Rockies wolves will meet; ..." Anderson said. "They're worried about swamping their genes with the northern species, but at the same time they're not doing enough for the genetics down here to ensure the health and viability of the current population."

That's right. All this whinging about genetic vulnerability is the fault of the agencies!! #GoAsha

https://www.taosnews.com/news/environment/mexican-gray-wolf-captured-near-angel-fire/article_39decce9-f62d-5c65-9ecb-d86a9bdbab40.html

We were depressed, then dismayed, and now straight up mad. Why on earth did they insist on removing her? #GoAsha #WILDlife

“We have to let wolves be wolves and this heavy-handed management that tries to force them into certain areas and keep them in specific places is not going to work in the long term if we are really hoping to recover this population,” she said.

https://www.abqjournal.com/2567193/ex-wolfs-path-is-a-sign-that-the-population-is-growing-and-expandin.html

#Diné

"Dismayed" is the media-friendly word for how we're feeling about this capture. They couldn't let #Asha the wandering #MexicanWolf go free, it seems. Had to chase her with a helicopter and drop her in captivity.

https://westernwatersheds.org/2023/01/conservation-groups-dismayed-by-agency-removal-of-wandering-wolf-asha/

Daily mass shootings, mass homelessness, & police brutality in the US are not due to “mental health.” They are due to the US failing to provide a livable nation.

#Photomonday

Pretty much ready to fly. Need to install the recovery gear and go. 5.25" diameter, 47" long Doorknob. 38mm motor mount. Planning I180 for the first flight. #rocketry #rockets #modelrockets #highpowerrocketry

@MasterNinjaTS here's my favorite. Some others can be found here (https://www.astrobin.com/users/observatoryj/) and here (https://www.astrobin.com/users/merlin_four/)

@MasterNinjaTS here's another. Not as technically good as the nebula, but still pretty darn cool #astronomy #astrophotography

"This water is hard."

Our local swans returned this morning just as tiny parts of the lake opened up (WTF, it's January). #birds

https://polarjournal.ch/en/2023/01/19/study-shows-warmest-decade-in-the-middle-of-greenland-in-a-thousand-years/

Forgive us for another post about Asha (#GoAsha!), but reading this quote from our deputy director this morning reminded us how much work there is to do in deconstructing the patriarchal management of wildlife.

"KRQE News 13 spoke with Anderson about a key issue for the wolf: finding a mate. “I think if that’s what she wants, and she’s not finding it, she’ll go back to where the other wolves are,” Anderson says. “And we should let her sort of make that decision.”"

https://www.krqe.com/news/advocates-push-feds-to-let-mexican-gray-wolf-roam-free-in-northern-new-mexico-elsewhere/