Tag: distinct population segment

February 17, 2021

Group files petition to list Texas ocelots as distinct population

WildEarth Guardians has petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to list ocelots (Leopardus pardalis pardalis) in Texas as a distinct population segment under the Endangered Species Act. The group...

October 12, 2020

Eastern black rail, coastal martens listed as threatened

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has added the eastern black rail and the coastal distinct population segment of the Pacific marten to the list of threatened species protected under...

May 27, 2020

Southern Sierra Nevada region fishers listed as endangered

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has added  a distinct population of fishers (Pekania pennanti) in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of California to the list of endangered species under...