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STATE ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTION SOUGHT FOR MOUNTAIN LIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CENTRAL COAST

Some populations face extinction threat from freeways, sprawl, rat poison

 

East County News Service

 

Photo: National Park Service

 

June 25, 2019 (San Diego) -- The Center for Biological Diversity and Mountain Lion Foundation formally petitioned the California Fish and Game Commission today to protect mountain lions under the California Endangered Species Act.

 

The petition seeks protections for “gravely imperiled” cougar populations in Southern California and on the Central Coast, including all of San Diego County, the Eastern Peninsular Range as well as Santa Ana Mountains, San Bernardino Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains, Santa Monica Mountains, and north along the coast to the Santa Cruz Mountains.


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RUSTY PATCHED BUMBLEBEE GETS FEDERAL PROTECTION

 

Photo: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

By Miriam Raftery

March 22, 2017 (Washington D.C.) – For the first time ever, a bee has been added to the endangered species list.  The rusty patched bumblebee is now officially protected, meaning it’s a federal crime to harm or kill them. 


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