Habitat. Historically, the Mount Graham red squirrel inhabited about 11,750 acres (47.6 km2) of spruce-fir, mixed-conifer and ecotone zone habitats that were ...

Currently red squirrels are found throughout the mixed-conifer and spruce-fir habitat zones, from elevations of about 7800 feet on the north and east slopes to ...

A spruce-fir forest at the summit is the home of the Mount Graham red squirrel. Other animals sharing this lofty habitat are the Mexican spotted owl and the ...

Mount Graham red squirrels spend their time foraging for seeds of coniferous trees. They do not hibernate during the winter.

The spruce-fir and mixed-conifer forests burned in a large, high-severity fire in 1685, resulting in a much greater reduction in suitable habitat for MGRS, ...

Squirrels selected areas of denser forest with higher seedfall for midden sites. Among active middens, those in the densest and least damaged forests were ...

The Mount Graham red squirrel (MGRS) is an endangered subspecies found only in the Pinaleño Mountains of Graham County, southeastern Arizona.

Living in a conifer forest on a sky-island surrounded by desert, the Mount Graham red squirrel is one of the rarest mammals in North America. Over the last two ...

27 авг. 2024 г. · Recreation, special use, and permitted activities within Mount Graham red squirrel habitat include camping, horseback riding, hiking, and ...