FWS: COMMENT PERIOD OPENS FOR PROPOSED BLACK PINESNAKE,
The US Fish and
Wildlife Service is proposing listing the black
pinesnake (Pituophis
melanoleucus lodingi) and the fisher (Pekania
pennanti) as "threatened"
under the Endangered Species Act.
The black pinesnake found in
Mississippi and Alabama suffers from
population loss caused by habitat
degradation, fire suppression
activities, road kills and intentional killing
by humans. The West
Coast population of the fisher, commonly known as a type
of weasel,
is threatened from habitat loss, rodent-killing pesticides and
wildfires.
The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned listing both
species.
Comments for the pinesnake listing are due by Dec. 8, 2014.
Comments
of the fisher listing are due by Jan. 5, 2015.
Click here to
view the Federal Register notice for the black pinesnake:
https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/10/07/2014-23673/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-threatened-species-status-for-black-pinesnake
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