A coalition of conservation groups are seeking federal protections for the pygmy rabbit, aptly named because as the smallest rabbit in the world, you can hold it in the palm of your hand.
The Georgia Environmental Protection Division wants the public to weigh in on whether a titanium mine will be allowed to operate near the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge. Conservation groups are urging Georgia s EPD to block permits for the Twin Pines Minerals mine near the Okefenokee s intact freshwater wetland system, which extends into Florida. Ben Prater - southeast program director for the group Defenders of Wildlife - said the Okefenokee refuge is one of the largest east of the Mississippi River, at 438,000 acres. .
Advocates are petitioning the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to save the smallest rabbit species in North America, the pygmy rabbit. Its habitat, the so-called Sagebrush Sea of the Intermountain West, stretches from Oregon to Wyoming. .
The world’s smallest rabbit, the pygmy rabbit, is losing its sagebrush habitat in Utah and the West due to wildfires, invasive species like cheat grass, and development. Learn more.