Sonoran Broadband • Entered by Roz Switzer on August 3, 2025
Lobo Activity
January 1, 2025 – July 31, 2025
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 50 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 50 |
Key Issue: Wildlife Protection
Activity Type: Other Administration (reporting, emails, calls, planning)
Key Partners: Lobos of the Southwest
Short Description of Activity
Zooms, calls, e-mails with the Lobos of the SW coalition and their Recovery and Releases Committee, of which I am a member.
Reflection/Evaluation
As with all environmental work, things are heating up. The livestock owners are emboldened, resulting in county declarations in Arizona and New Mexico of emergencies due to losses from the Mexican gray wolf, rancher meetings with the new administration in Washington, and a bill introduced by Arizona Representative Gosar to take endangered species status away from the Mexican gray wolf. The bills name is “Enhancing Safety for Animals Act of 2025. Really.