Wildlife conservation efforts across the United States are at a critical point. More than one-third of American species are at-risk of extinction and in need of proactive recovery.
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SALEM, Oregon, July 22, 2021 (ENS) – A rare seabird that feeds at offshore but nests in mossy, coastal old-growth forests has just been listed as Endangered in Oregon. With this action, the marbled murrelet,
Brachyramphus marmoratusis, is now classed as Endangered from California to the U.S.-Canada border.
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission uplisted the species July 9 in response to a petition filed by five conservation groups to reclassify the marbled murrelet from Threatened to Endangered under the state’s Endangered Species Act.
The Commission’s 4-3 decision came two years after an Oregon judge ruled that the commission had violated state law by denying the groups’ petition without explanation in 2018. Lane County Circuit Court Judge Lauren Holland ruled in August 2019 that the commission had illegally changed its decision after first voting to accept the petition to list the m
A major new piece of legislation, co-sponsored by Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio, was introduced in the House of Representatives Thursdau. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act of 2021 (RAWA) would provide
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