Turner Endangered Species Fund Inc

BOLSON TORTOISE - THE MOST RECENT RESEARCH ESTIMATES THAT FEWER THAN 10,000 TORTOISES REMAIN IN THE WILD. INCURSION OF ROADS, RAILROADS AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT HAVE ACCELERATED THE DECLINE OF THE SPECIES IN THE LAST 40 YEARS. TESF REINTRODUCED THE BOLSON TORTOISE IN NEW MEXICO.

BLACK FOOTED FERRET PROJECT - FERRETS ARE THE MOST ENDANGERED MAMMAL IN THE UNITED STATES. TESF COMPLETED A CAPTIVE REARING FACILITY TO PRODUCE AND PRECONDITION FERRETS PRIOR TO US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICES RELEASE.

MEXICAN WOLF - WE DEVELOPED A CAPTIVE FACILITY FOR REARING WOLVES THAT ARE BEING USED IN REINTRODUCTION EFFORTS IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA. WE ALSO PROVIDE ROUTINE ASSISTANCE WITH THE MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT OF FREE-RANGING MEXICAN WOLVES.

CHIRICAHUA LEOPARD FROGS - TESF IS WORKING WITH THE CHIRICAHUA LEOPARD FROG RECOVERY GROUP IN NEW MEXICO TO CONSERVE IMPORTANT EXTANT POPULATIONS, AND TO AUGMENT AND RESTORE FROGS TO SITES THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED POPULATION DECLINES. OUR EFFORTS ARE BASED ON THREE MAJOR APPROACHES:(1) MAINTAINING HEALTHY WILD POPULATIONS ON THE LADDER RANCH(2) CREATING CAPTIVE REFUGIA FOR THREATENED POPULATIONS FROM ACROSS THE RANGE OF CHIRICAHUA LEOPARD FROGS (3) MAINTAINING A RANARIUM AND TADPOLE-REARING FACILITY ON THE LADDER RANCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAPTIVE BREEDING AND REPATRIATION OF THREATENED POPULATIONS FROM ACROSS NEW MEXICO