A hoped-for report on the status of Canada lynx, and the threats to
their survival, is yet to arrive in toto, but the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service has decided to forge ahead with its process for proposing the shy
animal for listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
The USFWS announced July 8 that that it would delay for six months its
decision on whether to list the forest-dwelling cat. The federal ESA allows
a delay in making listing determinations when there is …
