The Canada Lynx—a rare and beautiful wild cat of our northern forests—is barely hanging on. After years of effort by Friends of the Clearwater and other groups, they were finally protected as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act in the Year 2000. Yet protections are still lacking on the ground, where it matters most to lynx. Critical Habitat is the best tool we have to identify and protect habitat needed to restore lynx. A previous Critical Habitat proposal was ruined by a senior official in the Bush Administration who resigned last spring. Please write a comment supportive of a much stronger designation that includes all of the lands needed to save the lynx, including the Clearwater, Nez Perce, and Idaho Panhandle National Forests!
For the full alert read more. http://www.friendsoftheclearwater.org/node/552
Comments due April 28.
