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The lawsuit pointed to issues such as development encroaching on gopher tortoise habitats and said the federal agency’s decision last year was “contrary to the best available science.”
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Gopher tortoises imperiled by loss of habitat largely caused by human development should be placed on the endangered species list in four Southern states, environmental groups said Wednesday as they prepared to sue the federal …
The Biden administration and groups representing the forest products industry have reached a deal to promote logging practices intended to protect imperiled species on private lands. The U.S. Fish and