Mountain - Prairie Region
Endangered Species Program
Wolverine
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced it is initiating a status review of the wolverine (Gulo gulo luscus) to determine whether the species warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act.
- Press Release 6/5/2007 Service to Review Status of Wolverine
- Extension Order 4/6/2007
- Support Memo 4/5/2007
- SJ Order
- Defendant's Unopposed Motion 4/5/2007
Wolverine Petition "Not Substantial"
The Biodiversity Legal Foundation and five other organizations petitioned the Service to list the wolverine within the contiguous United States and designate critical habitat. The Service determined that the petition and other currently available data is insufficient to determine wolverine distribution, habitat requirements, and whether there are threats to the continued existence of the wolverine.
Federal Register Notice:
90-Day Finding for
a Petition to List as Endangered or Threatened Wolverine in the United
States, October 21, 2003
90-Day Finding Literature Cited,
October 28, 2003
Press Release: Wolverine Will Not Be Considered for Listing Under the
Endangered Species Act, October 21, 2003
Questions and Answers: Regarding the Petition to List the Wolverine
Original Petition Material
Biodiversity Legal Foundation Petition to List
the Wolverine as a Threatened or Endangered Species, June 11, 2000
(337 KB PDF file)
Petition Bibliography (75 KB PDF file)
DISCLAIMER: The wolverine petition is available here in Adobe Acrobat 4.0 (PDF) format for viewing and/or downloading. The document was converted to an electronic format using a scanner and an optical character recognition application. Service staff have made every effort to preserve the original format and text, but discrepancies may occur. Note that the materials in the appendices are too extensive to include on this site. Please contact the petitioners if you have questions concerning the document, citations or appendices.
If you desire to provide comments or share information that you have regarding this species, please send your comments to: FW6_WOLVERINE@fws.gov.
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