Threatened and Endangered Species: Achieving Recovery and Preventing Extinction
Service Broadens Florida Manatee Protections in Kings Bay
November 05, 2010
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today an emergency rulemaking to expand federal protection areas for manatees in Citrus County, Florida, creating a refuge that includes all of Kings Bay in Crystal River. These new provisions will provide greater access for manatees to critical warm water areas during the winter months and address public concerns associated with local, wintertime manatee viewing activities. Photo Caption: Manatee. Credit: Jim Reid/USFWS
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No. 538, November 11, 2010
Feds Deny Protection to 251 Species
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FEDS DENY PROTECTION TO 251 SPECIES
TELL THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THIS IS UN-ACCEPTABLE, and TO PLEASE
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Feds Deny Protection to 251 Species
The Obama administration on Tuesday acknowledged that 251 plants and animals are qualified for protection under the Endangered Species Act but won't get it. Instead, they were relegated to a "candidate" list where species often languish in limbo for years without protection. Many "candidate" species have been ignored for decades, including the eastern massasauga rattlesnake and the white fringeless orchid, which have been on the list 30 and 25 years, respectively. But instead of safeguarding the species on the list from extinction -- or even making the list shorter -- the administration has added five new candidates since its last candidate review.
The Center for Biological Diversity has an ongoing lawsuit to earn protection for candidate species, from the Oregon spotted frog to the Florida semaphore cactus to the Sonoyta mud turtle. "The Obama administration has no sense of urgency when it comes to protecting imperiled plants and animals," said Center Executive Director Kier%uFFFDn Suckling. "With extinction looming, imperiled species need more than promises of hope and change. They need real protection, and they need it now."
Check out our press release and learn more about the Center's Candidate Project.
