Western Environmental Law Center: Wolverines Listed as "threatened" Under Endangered Species Act After 20-Year Conservation Effort
November 30, 2023
November 30, 2023
EUGENE, Oregon, Nov. 30 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023:
Today, after more than 20 years of advocacy by wildlife conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) found that wolverines warrant federal protections as a threatened species. Numbering only about 300 in the contiguous U.S., snow-dependent wolverine populations have suffered from climate change, habitat loss, trapping, and other anthropogenic p . . .
Today, after more than 20 years of advocacy by wildlife conservation groups, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (the Service) found that wolverines warrant federal protections as a threatened species. Numbering only about 300 in the contiguous U.S., snow-dependent wolverine populations have suffered from climate change, habitat loss, trapping, and other anthropogenic p . . .