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Court ruling could bring new habitat protections for rare Sierra Nevada red fox
The ruling affects a population estimated at 18 to 39 wild foxes and says the agency misused a narrow Endangered Species Act exception.
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Sierra SunCourt ruling could bring new habitat protections for rare Sierra Nevada red fox
LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — For a species with fewer than 40 individuals remaining in the high Sierra, every patch of habitat matters. A federal court ruled Sept. 16 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the Endangered Species Act by declining to designate critical habitat for the Sierra Nevada red fox, a rare alpine carnivore recently documented in the Lake Tahoe Basin for the first time in decades. The court granted summary judgment in fav…
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