It looks like a tiny kangaroo...but it's a mouse, and it will soon hop back on the Endangered Species Act list in Wyoming. A U-S District Court judge made that call for the Preble's meadow jumping mouse, after looking at a 2008 Bush administration decision to split protection for the species along the state line between Wyoming and Colorado. Wildlife biologist Erik Molvar at the Biodiversity Conservation Alliance says the Wyoming population is the critter's best chance for survival...
Molvar notes that the mouse had been protected for almost 10 years in Wyoming before the 2008 decision, and there weren't any major conflicts with state or private development. He says the mouse's habitat is also recognized as beneficial for other Wyoming wildlife...
That kind of split policy was applied in several E-S-A cases, although all have since been dropped. The Preble's meadow jumping mouse will be back under E-S-A protection August 6th.
Molvar notes that the mouse had been protected for almost 10 years in Wyoming before the 2008 decision, and there weren't any major conflicts with state or private development. He says the mouse's habitat is also recognized as beneficial for other Wyoming wildlife...
That kind of split policy was applied in several E-S-A cases, although all have since been dropped. The Preble's meadow jumping mouse will be back under E-S-A protection August 6th.
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