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Lawsuit Seeks Endangered Species Act Protections for Illinois Chorus Frog
CHICAGO— The Center for Biological Diversity today sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service over its decision to not protect the Illinois chorus frog under the Endangered Species Act.
The frogs’ spring choruses once filled the sand prairies of the Midwest, but virtually all their native habitat has been lost to agriculture and development.
“Science shows that these chubby, burrowing frogs are losing habitat fast and that they warrant protection, so federal officials made a big mistake here,” said Lindsay Reeves, a senior attorney at the Center. “The Fish and Wildlife Service needs to go back and do its homework about the threats these frogs face before their chorus fades forever.”
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