14. FEDS PETITIONED TO LIST GROUND SQUIRREL

The Northwest Environmental Defense Center, Defenders of Wildlife and
the Oregon Natural Desert Association filed today (Feb. 25) with U.S.
Fish and Wildlife for an emergency Endangered Species Act listing of
the
Washington ground squirrel.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife listed the squirrel in
January 2000 under the state’s endangered species statutes because
of a
decline in the squirrel’s population and the danger that its habitat
is
declining due to an expansion of …

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