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Lawsuit Seeks Habitat Protections for California’s Southern Sierra Nevada Fisher
FRESNO, Calif.— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to finalize critical habitat protections for the Southern Sierra Nevada fisher.
“The Fish and Wildlife Service’s delay in protecting the forested lands that Southern Sierra Nevada fishers call home threatens the very survival of these adorable mammals,” said Andrea Zaccardi, carnivore conservation legal director at the Center. “By protecting the places where fishers live we can help them recover while also safeguarding California’s cherished wild landscapes.”
The fishers of the southern Sierra Nevada are medium-sized furry carnivores who are in the same family as weasels, mink, martens and otters. They depend on features found in old-growth forests such as tree cavities and downed wood.
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