For Immediate Release, June 2, 2021 Contact: George Sexton, Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center, (541) 778-8120, [email protected] Tom Wheeler, EPIC, (206) 356-8689, [email protected] Lawsuit Launched to Reverse Trump Administration Denial of Endangered Species Protection to West Coast Fishers Rare Forest Carnivores Are Threatened by Logging, Fire, Poisoning PORTLAND, Ore.— Conservation groups filed a formal notice today of their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its denial of Endangered Species Act protection to the majority of fishers on the West Coast. Relatives of minks and otters, West Coast fishers once roamed forests from British Columbia to Southern California. Fishers throughout the West Coast range continue to face threats from intense logging, increased fire related to climate change and the use of toxic rodenticides by marijuana growers, which has caused a decline in their populations.