Lawsuit: Cattle ruining endangered bird habitats near Gila River
Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit against the
federal Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service for allegedly failing to protect the habitat
for two endangered species of birds along Arizona’s Gila River.
The Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity and Maricopa
Audubon Society said damage from cattle grazing is decimating
the streams that the southwestern willow flycatcher and western
yellow-billed cuckoo rely on. … The Gila River is a
nearly 650-mile-long (1,046-kilometer-long) tributary of the
Colorado River and flows through parts of Arizona and New
Mexico.
