ʻO ka'Āinaʻo South Texas kahi Home i Ocelot a me nā mea'ē aʻe
Aia ma ka laguna Madre ma kahi hohonu o Texas Texas, kahi 25 mile ma ke kūkulu'ākau o Brownsville,ʻo Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge e hoʻolako ana i nā malihini eʻike i ka nui o ka heluna o nā holoholona āpau i kahi kūlana kūikawā. Ma muli o kona kū kokoke i ka palena'āina hema oʻAmelika a me kona huiʻana o nāʻano kaiāpana'āina, kahakai a me ka wao akua, he 45,000 ekaʻo Laguna Atascosa ka home no nā holoholona he nuiʻole e hikiʻole ke loaʻa i loko o nā hale kūʻai a me nā mākele'āina.
Me ka hopohopoʻole,ʻo ka'ocelot kahi kiʻi kiʻekiʻe loa no LANWR. ʻO kēia'āpīpī liʻiliʻi ma ka'āpana'ōpala i hoʻoweliweliʻia mai ka makahiki 1972 a hiki i ka hopena o ka makahiki 1995, he 120 mau pōpē i koe i loko o ka ululāʻau, kahi kokoke i 35 o loko o ka Laguna Atascosa NWR. I kēia mau lā, kākoʻo nā Hoa o Laguna Atascosa NWR i ka polokalamu Adopt-An-Ocelot, eʻae ana i nā malihini e "hoʻokomo" i kahi pōpili no kahi haʻawina liʻiliʻi.
Aiaʻeluaʻo LANWR e hoʻohei nei i nā "puka'ōpiopio" a me nā'anuhi e nānā i nā holoholona āpauʻelima a me keʻano e lōʻihi mai ka 1/8 mile i 3 1/10 mile ka lōʻihi. Hiki ke hele i kēia ala hele, kāpae a hika paha. Eia hou,ʻo ka "Alligator Pond," a me kekahi hapa o ka Laguna Madre Bay e komo i loko o nā palena'āina, e hāʻawi ana i nā malihini i nāʻanoʻano likeʻole e nānā i nā ola manu a me nā holoholona.
Hoʻomaopopoʻia ka hopuʻana o ka diaer i ka hopena o ka hāʻuleʻana a me ka hoʻoilo. Pono nā Hunter e noi a kohoʻia no kaʻae e loaʻa.
ʻAʻole iʻaeʻia ka lawaiʻa a me ka lawaiʻa i loko o ka puʻuhonua, akāʻelua mauʻoihana i kahi mamao aku ma Adolph Thomae Park (956-748-2044),ʻo ia kekahi o ka pūnaewele Park Cameron County a aia ma nā kapa o Arroyo Colorado ma ke kūlanakauhaleʻo Arroyo.
Eia kekahi,ʻo Laguna Atascosa ke mālama nei i nā papahana hoʻonaʻauao ma luna mau mai ka mahinaʻo Nowemapa a hiki iʻApelila a hāʻawi aku i nā manawa manawawā likeʻole no ka poʻe e makemake ana e komo i ka hana o ka puʻuhonua.
A, no kēlā mau mea aloha i hikiʻole ke loaʻa ka manawa ma ke kahua,ʻo ka mokuʻo Rio Rio Valley a me Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge aia ma kahi mamao loa o LANWR.