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Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission raises marbled murrelet from threatened to endangered status OSU college of Forestry Marbled murrelet SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-3 Friday to reclassify the marbled murrelet from threatened to endangered under the state s Endangered Species Act. A total of 28 people testified for and against up-listing the murrelet, including several panelists invited to testify. the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said in a news release, which continues below. The Oregon Endangered Species Act sets out criteria and procedural requirements that apply to the commission s determination on whether to reclassify a species. To reclassify or up-list the marbled murrelet as endangered, the commission must determine that since 1995 (when the species was listed as threatened), the likelihood of survival of the species has diminished such that the species is in danger of extinction thr

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