Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Federal Lands, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, National Forest System, National Park Service, Wilderness, Wildlife Andy Kerr Ecosystems, Endangered Species, Federal Lands, Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, National Forest System, National Park Service, Wilderness, Wildlife Andy Kerr

Withering Whitebarks and Wilderness

After decades of dithering, the Fish and Wildlife Service has finally proposed listing the species as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). But a special rule appended to the proposed listing creates a conundrum: Does ESA protection take precedence over wilderness area protection?

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