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ESA Expansion Could Mean Protections for Sage Grouse, Wolverine
By Courtney Lowery, 10-07-09
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected today to ask for habitat protections for the the Preble’s meadow jumping mouse in Colorado—a proposal that could be replicated for many other species in the coming months as the Obama Administration reevaluates which species get protections under the Endangered Species Act.
As the Denver Post reports today, “The Obama administration is taking a fresh look, in many cases under court order, at Bush administration rejections of special status. A move to prevent extinction of more plants and animals could limit housing construction and energy development.”
Among the other species being reconsidered are the mountain plover, wolverine, greater sage grouse, white-tailed prairie dog and Gunnison sage grouse.
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