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- All Subjects: Pima County (Ariz.)
- Creators: Kingsley, Kenneth James
- Creators: Pima County (Ariz.). Small Business Commission
Concern has been expressed that mesquite bosques are disappearing or diminishing in quality, and that the survival of the mesquite mouse is consequently threatened. This study, funded by a grant from the Arizona Heritage Fund to the Pima County Regional Flood Control District, investigated the current distribution of the mesquite mouse by reviewing historical records from museum specimens, examining existing potential habitat at historic locations of the species and elsewhere in the county, and conducting a live-trapping study at 19 sites representing a range of ecological communities with mesquite as a major component.
The Commission was created in 2003. Each report briefly outlines the activities of the past year and the projects for the coming year.