Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Species Protections Sought for Two Snails in Oregon's Grand Canyon
November 22, 2024
November 22, 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024:
PORTLAND, Ore.-- The Center for Biological Diversity filed petitions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protections for the Owyhee hot springsnail and Owyhee upland pyrg.
The two snails occur in small, isolated populations in the Owyhee River in the Owyhee Canyonlands, a remote, rugged corner of eastern Oregon known as . . .
PORTLAND, Ore.-- The Center for Biological Diversity filed petitions with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today seeking Endangered Species Act protections for the Owyhee hot springsnail and Owyhee upland pyrg.
The two snails occur in small, isolated populations in the Owyhee River in the Owyhee Canyonlands, a remote, rugged corner of eastern Oregon known as . . .