Jaguar Habitat Protected in U. S.

GarryRogers Nature Conservation

Habitat for Jaguars in the United States Protected

Areas are Key to Reestablishing Rare Cats in the U.S.
Contact: Taylor Jones (505) 490-5141

Washington, DC – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at last protected habitat deemed essential for the survival and recovery of the jaguar in the United States. The long-awaited rule designates 764,207 acres in Arizona and New Mexico as “critical habitat” for the imperiled cat. The jaguar was listed as “endangered” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) throughout its range in 1972, and listed explicitly in the United States in 1997.

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