ApocaDocs: U.S. reverses proposal to list wolverine as threatened species

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Posted Mon Jul 7 2014: from Los Angeles Times:


	U.S. reverses proposal to list wolverine as threatened species http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1404753788 A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service official has ordered federal biologists to withdraw their conclusion that the last 300 wolverines in the continental United States deserve threatened species status. The biologists had recommended the protection on grounds that climate change is destined to destroy the near-arctic conditions of the remaining animals' habitat -- even though the population of about 300 has shown signs of slight growth in recent years.... The states also warned that safeguarding the animals could have dire economic effects on recreational activities, development and trapping on large swaths of alpine terrain already locally managed for wolverines in their states.

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