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NRDC Petitions to Protect Whitebark Pine Under the Endangered Species Act

December 9, 2008

Posted by Andrew Wetzler in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places , Solving Global Warming

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bear, endangeredspecies, endangeredspeciesact, globalwarming, grizzly, petition, whitebarkpine, yellowstone

Today NRDC filed a formal petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to officially classify whitebark pine, a tree found near the tops of mountains throughout western North America, as an endangered species.  It’s hard to overstate the importance...continued

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Andrew Wetzler
Director, Endangered Species Project
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