Settlement Forces US to Decide Whether 9 Species Endangered
Source: Associated Press
Settlement Forces US to Decide Whether 9 Species Endangered
By MATTHEW BROWN, ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLINGS, Mont. — Aug 30, 2016, 3:39 PM ET
The U.S. government will decide if federal protections are needed for a small, fanged predator of the Northern Rockies, massive alligator snapping turtles in the South and seven other species.
Deadlines for the decisions to be made over the next several years were detailed in a Tuesday legal settlement.
The Center for Biological Diversity had sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in March after officials missed previous decision deadlines, sometimes by years.
One of the first species to be decided on, by October 2017, is the Northern Rockies fisher.
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