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CA Tiger Salamander Gets ESA Protections: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
said on Monday that it will list the California tiger salamander as threatened
under the Endangered Species Act as a result of a lawsuit by the Center for
Biological Diversity, reports the Associated Press, 7/27. In addition, FWS said
that they plan to propose designating nearly 400,000 acres in 20 counties as the
salamander's critical habitat. "Cattle ranchers will be exempted from the rule
because stock ponds on cattle ranches have become important habitat for the
salamander, which has lost 75 percent of its native habitat. The ranchers won't
be punished if they accidentally harm the amphibians, said FWS spokesman Al
Donner."
Greenlines 7/28/04
said on Monday that it will list the California tiger salamander as threatened
under the Endangered Species Act as a result of a lawsuit by the Center for
Biological Diversity, reports the Associated Press, 7/27. In addition, FWS said
that they plan to propose designating nearly 400,000 acres in 20 counties as the
salamander's critical habitat. "Cattle ranchers will be exempted from the rule
because stock ponds on cattle ranches have become important habitat for the
salamander, which has lost 75 percent of its native habitat. The ranchers won't
be punished if they accidentally harm the amphibians, said FWS spokesman Al
Donner."
Greenlines 7/28/04