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Student finds proof of rare wild cat in northern New Mexico
Armed with dozens of motion-sensing cameras, William Grooms spent this past summer documenting wildlife across Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico.
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Armed with dozens of motion-sensing cameras, William Grooms spent this past summer documenting wildlife across Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico. It was his first field season collecting photos for a two-year study to understand how forest structure influences biodiversity in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Months later, while reviewing his first set of images, Grooms, a Ph.D. student at New Mexico State University, came across something so rare he initially didn't believe his eyes.
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