Gophers’ Rare Puget Prairie Home Threatened by Sprawl, Invasive Species
PORTLAND, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–April 8, 2014. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finalized Endangered Species Act protection today for four subspecies of Mazama pocket gophers and designated 1,607 acres of protected critical habitat in Washington’s Thurston County, including at the Olympia Airport. The decision was part of a landmark settlement with the Center for Biological Diversity requiring the agency to speed protection decisions for 757 species across…
