After years of uptick, Mount Graham red squirrel numbers hold steady
The endangered Mount Graham red squirrel on the Pinaleño Mountains of southeastern Arizona is on the slow mend, with their numbers seemingly stabilizing a few years after crashing to an all-time low. The latest numbers came out of the annual survey by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, the Coronado National Forest and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. According to the report, the population size of the Mount Graham red squirrel now hovers at 232, whereas last…