For Immediate Release, March 4, 2021
Contact: Maia Raposo, Waterkeeper Alliance, (917) 740-6545, mraposo@waterkeeper.org
Lawsuit Launched to Overturn Denial of Endangered Species Protection for Eastern Hellbenders
North America’s Largest Salamander Threatened by River Pollution From New York to Missouri
NEW YORK Conservation groups filed a formal notice of intent today to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision in April 2019 to deny Endangered Species Act protection to eastern hellbenders. These river-dwelling salamanders can grow longer than 2 feet and live in clear, fast-flowing mountain streams in 15 southeastern, midwestern and northeastern states. They have now been eliminated from much of their historic range.
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