Environmental

Endangered Sonoma County Tiger Salamander Gets Recovery Plan

California tiger salamander

Photo courtesy USFWS.

SANTA ROSA, Calif.—(ENEWSPF)–June 20, 2016.   In accordance with a settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a final recovery plan for the endangered Sonoma County population of the California tiger salamander. The plan calls for purchase and permanent protection of approximately 15,000 acres of the salamander’s breeding ponds and adjacent uplands.

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