Titre du document / Document title

Bombing and sonoran pronghom : A clear and present danger?

Auteur(s) / Author(s)

KRAUSAIAN Paul R. ; HARRIS Lisa K. ; WILSON Ryan R. ; CAIN James W. ; KOENEN Kiana K. G. ;

Résumé / Abstract

The United States Air Force (USAF) uses part of Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sononensis) habitat for bombing exercises (i.e., Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range [BMGR], southwest AZ, USA) that could be detrimental to the endangered subspecies. To minimize injury or death to Sonoran pronghorn, the USAF and United States Fish and Wildlife Service developed a monitoring protocol that would eliminate live ordnance delivery in the vicinity of pronghorn. From 1998 to 2003, we searched for pronghorn on or near military targets prior to ordnance delivery. If we observed pronghorn within 5 km of a target, the target was closed for >24 hours. We monitored bombing ranges on BMGR and closed >5,000 targets for >1,000 days due to military activity. To our knowledge, no pronghorn were killed or injured. We recommend that the monitoring program continue as long as military activity occurs in pronghorn habitat.

Revue / Journal Title

The Journal of wildlife management   ISSN 0022-541X   CODEN JWMAA9 

Source / Source

2007, vol. 71, n^o8, pp. 2820-2823 [4 page(s) (article)]

Langue / Language

Anglais

Editeur / Publisher

Wildlife Society, Bethesda, MD, ETATS-UNIS  (1937) (Revue)

Mots-clés d'auteur / Author Keywords

Antilocapra americana sonoriensis ; Arizona ; endangered ; military ; mitigation ; Sonoran pronghorn ;

Localisation / Location

INIST-CNRS, Cote INIST : 3369, 35400017421349.0400