Alabama Rivers Alliance, other environmental groups plan lawsuit on petition to protect species
A coalition of environmental groups, including the Alabama Rivers Alliance and the Center For Biological Diversity, have notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service they intend to sue, claiming it failed to act on a petition asking that 403 species in Southeastern streams and rivers be listed as threatened or endangered species.
The environmental groups petitioned FWS last April, asking that the species be considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act due to their declining numbers.
Among the fish, crayfish, mussels, birds and other animals included in the petition are the Florida sandhill crane, hellbender and Black Warrior waterdog salamanders, Alabama map turtle and burrowing bog crayfish.
"Unfortunately, the Southeast's rivers are the extinction capital of North America," said Noah Greenwald, endangered species program director at the center. "Dams, pollution, growing demand for water and global climate change mean these 403 species need Endangered Species Act protection to have any chance at survival."
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Click here for linkI get crawfish in my creek, that I just dug this month. I am a little confused over how in the world they got there, but even more so, how they could be endangered if they are showing up in random ditches that quickly.
Anyway, interested to get opinions on this.
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