Posted on Nov 29, 2023
U.S. moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges
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https://www.npr.org/2023/11/29/ [login to see] /wolverines-climate-change-protection-threatened-species
The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to scientists warning that climate change will likely melt away the rare species' snowy mountain refuges and push them toward extinction.
Across most of the U.S., wolverines were wiped out by the early 1900s from unregulated trapping and poisoning campaigns. About 300 surviving animals in the contiguous U.S. live in fragmented, isolated groups at high elevations in the northern Rocky Mountains.
The North American wolverine will receive long-delayed threatened species protections under a Biden administration proposal released Wednesday in response to scientists warning that climate change will likely melt away the rare species' snowy mountain refuges and push them toward extinction.
Across most of the U.S., wolverines were wiped out by the early 1900s from unregulated trapping and poisoning campaigns. About 300 surviving animals in the contiguous U.S. live in fragmented, isolated groups at high elevations in the northern Rocky Mountains.
U.S. moves to protect wolverines as climate change melts their mountain refuges
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Only about 300 left? They should have put them on the endangered species list long ago. Hopefully it won't be to late to save them.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
I've actually seen one in the wild when I was stationed in Michigan in the early 70s. I was told I was extremely lucky because very few were left in the state. Hope there are still some left up.there.
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