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The future for hundreds of imperiled plants and animals in the United States just got much brighter.

Capping a decade-long campaign to save 1,000 of America's most endangered, least protected species, the Center for Biological Diversity on Tuesday struck an agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that, combined with another agreement, will lead to 757 species being reviewed for Endangered Species Act protection. The Center wrote scientific listing petitions and/or filed litigation for all of the 757 species. Tuesday's agreement sets legally binding deadlines between now and 2018 for the government to make protection decisions on species in all 50 states.

This major victory means many of the nation's most imperiled species will be fast-tracked for the protection they desperately need. Among them are the walrus, wolverine, Mexican gray wolf, New England cottontail rabbit, California golden trout and Miami blue butterfly, as well as 403 river-dependent species in the Southeast, 42 Great Basin springsnails and 32 Pacific Northwest mollusks.

The Center, with the help of supporters and activists, has worked intensively for the past decade to get these species to this point. It's a historic moment worth celebrating.

Watch a special video message from our executive director and check out our new website devoted to the win, where you can see an interactive map featuring all 757 species. Then read more in The Huffington Post.

 

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications/earth/newsletter-summer-2011.pdf

IMPORTANT:    NOT WRITTEN BY ADMINISTRTOR.  POST BY  Center for Biological Diversity. 

 

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