Fisheries Service to Evaluate New Habitat Designation Off Coasts of Washington, Oregon, California
SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–April 24, 2014. In response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced today that it will consider expanding protected critical habitat for the endangered “Southern Resident” population of killer whales. If finalized the new rule would extend Endangered Species Act protection to the whales’ winter foraging range off the coasts of Washington,…
