Tagged: U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Endangered Species List
6:18 pm
Mon December 10, 2012

Mazama Pocket Gopher Slated To Join Endangered Species List

Credit Kim Flotlin, FWS / Wikimedia Commons
The Mazama pocket gopher

For the third time this fall, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to add a Northwest meadow critter to the endangered species list. This time, it's the Mazama pocket gopher. But, the listing is fairly limited.

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Northern Spotted Owl
4:27 pm
Wed November 28, 2012

More State Forestland Protected For Spotted Owl In Oregon

Credit John and Karen Hollingsworth / Wikimeda Commons
A new map dictating protected habitat of the northern spotted owl covers nine million acres of federal forest.

The new map of protected habitat for the northern spotted owl affects far more state forestland in Oregon than in Washington or California.

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