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After decades of conservation work, the Iberian lynx has made a remarkable recovery. A new initiative is using a high-tech system to protect the wild cat from one of its deadliest enemies: road ...
The Iberian lynx is suggested to have evolved from Lynx issiodorensis. [12] [13] Its earliest known fossil remains date to the end of the Early Pleistocene, around one million years ago. [1] The Iberian lynx genetically diverged as a unique species 1.98 to 0.7 million years ago.
LCIE was founded in June 1995 by a coalition of scientists, land managers, government officials und conservation groups (leading among them WWF Europe) from 17 European countries. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The cause for the founding of LCIE was the critical situation of the Iberian lynx , [ 5 ] whose population had dwindled to less than 100 adult individuals ...
The department's primary responsibility is to manage the wildlife and public lands of Alabama. This includes: 22 state parks, 23 public fishing lakes, three freshwater fish hatcheries, 34 wildlife management areas, two waterfowl refuges, two wildlife sanctuaries, a mariculture center with 35 ponds, and 645,000 acres (2,610 km 2) of trust lands managed for the benefit of several state agencies ...
Public uses of the WMAs vary from area to area, but typically includes hunting, fishing, trapping, hiking, and camping. As of the 2007–2008 season over 768,000 acres (3,110 km 2) of land was under management as part of Alabama WMAs from the north Alabama mountains down to Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico coast. [1]
Entrance to the Alabama Wildlife Center. The Alabama Wildlife Center (AWC) is a wildlife rehabilitation and education center located in Oak Mountain State Park in Pelham, Alabama, United States. It is the largest and oldest rehabilitation center in the state. The Alabama Wildlife Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is a vulnerable species native to the Iberian Peninsula in Southern Europe. It was the most endangered cat species in the world, [24] but conservation efforts have changed its status from critical to endangered to vulnerable.
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources The Lauderdale Wildlife Management Area is an Alabama Wildlife Management Area (WMA) operated by the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources in Lauderdale County, Alabama near Waterloo, Alabama .